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Minnesota lawyers say increased immigration enforcement is filling courtrooms
It’s been just more than two months since the Trump administration began implementing its plans to deport more people in the country without legal status. And the impact is being felt at the Fort Snelling Immigration Court.
Raccoon survives encounter with electrical transformer in Rochester
Nearly seven years after the MPR raccoon survived its high-wire adventure on the side of a St. Paul skyscraper — another Minnesota raccoon has beaten the odds to escape a life-threatening predicament.
Minneapolis city leaders approve plan to retain violence interrupters in Cedar Riverside
Some residents of the Cedar Riverside area and Elliot Park neighborhoods say the groups of unarmed civilian patrols called violence interrupters helped reduce crime between 2021 and 2024.
In St. Cloud, leaders of color aim to fill community's housing need
Several organizations in St. Cloud led by people of color are working to address local housing needs. A recent study found the city will need 17,000 new housing units over the next decade and a half to meet anticipated demand.