ICE arrests in Minnesota include decades-old deportation orders
Largely uncooperative home countries and federal legal protections leave immigrants in limbo, attorneys say.
December 13, 2025
The art of ‘Place-Keepers’: How Latina cultural workers are preserving community space ‘with or without funding’
Jessica Lopez Lyman’s debut book uncovers the artists, spaces and performances keeping Twin Cities Latina/Latinx culture alive.
December 13, 2025
Prison sentence for stranger rape of 12-year-old grabbed off Minneapolis street
Girl said she was walking to a gas station late at night when a stranger grabbed her, according to prosecutors.
December 12, 2025
Roper: Want to revive Uptown? Grab a ‘passport’ and show Hennepin Avenue businesses some holiday cheer
The “Holidays on Hennepin” program aims to draw traffic to the street after a lengthy road reconstruction.
AuthoredEric Roper
AuthoredEric RoperDecember 12, 2025
Minneapolis City Council approves plan for George Floyd Square
The city of Minneapolis struggled for five years after George Floyd’s death to find consensus on a permanent redesign of 38th and Chicago.
December 12, 2025
Grand jury indicts Minneapolis man accused of killing ex-girlfriend
David Wright, 51, now faces first-degree murder charges, with the possibility of a mandatory life sentence, in the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Mariah Samuels.
December 12, 2025
Minneapolis City Council OKs homeless encampment plan requiring bathrooms, fire extinguishers
Proponents call the ordinance more humane, but Mayor Jacob Frey opposes and might veto it.
December 12, 2025
Two killed in separate shootings in Minneapolis
The homicides happened within a half hour of each other in different parts of the city Wednesday night. Hours later, an officer fired his service weapon while responding to a person with a gun; no one was injured.
December 11, 2025
Sick of getting lost in the Minneapolis skyway? This new interactive map should help.
Skyway.run fills the gap left by many maps in downtown Minneapolis buildings that have not been updated in years.
December 11, 2025
Minneapolis officials decry ICE arrest of Somali American citizen
Videos show ICE arresting a 20-year-old man who local authorities say is a U.S. citizen.
December 11, 2025
In the shadow of ICE, a St. Paul neighborhood store steps in to feed its community
While federal agents patrol the Twin Cities, a Mexican grocer in St. Paul is filling a gap for families too frightened to shop.
December 10, 2025
Minneapolis City Council looks to solve No. 1 problem downtown: Where to go No. 2
Businesses and homelessness advocacy groups say people are relieving themselves in public out of desperation. The council is exploring high-tech restrooms.
December 10, 2025
