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Report: Minneapolis falling behind meeting goals in policing agreement with state
According to the organization that monitors implementation of the court-enforced agreement on policing between the city of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, the city is falling behind in implementing mandated reforms.
New Minneapolis clinic provides safe space for sexual assault exams, outside traditional ER settings
Southside Community Health Services, which recently opened a clinic on Lake Street in Minneapolis, is offering sex assault exams in a clinic setting, one step in its trauma-informed care.
Outdoor School program gets kids out of classrooms and into the wild for learning, healing
A new grant program approved by state legislators last year is helping more Minnesota students get out of the classroom and into the wild to study science and nature up close and in person. For one group of kids from a St. Paul Spanish immersion school, the trip to the outdoors couldn’t have come at a better time.
Suit alleges police inaction preceded Minneapolis neighbor shooting
A Minneapolis couple has sued their home’s previous owners, the city, former police chief Brian O’Hara and neighbor John Sawchak, alleging that concealed threats, police inaction and escalating harassment culminated in Sawchak allegedly shooting Davis Moturi outside his home.