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The State Patrol says the car was traveling at a high rate of speed Sunday night when it struck a concrete median wall, which caused the fuel tank to rupture and the car to burst into flames in the Lowry Hill Tunnel along Interstate 94.
Minnesota parks departments struggling to fill summer jobs
As city and county parks departments in the Twin Cities prepare to reopen pools and resume activities that were canceled by the pandemic last year, they're facing a new problem: a lack of summer workers.
More than 100 people arrested on sixth night of Brooklyn Center protests; journalists detained
Despite pleas from elected leaders for police restraint, law enforcement on Friday night took aggressive action against protesters and journalists outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department.
‘We’re going for broke': How the Brooklyn Center school district changed everything in a difficult week
The Brooklyn Center school district has canceled in-person classes this week and turned some of its buildings into community aid centers. School leaders say the worst thing they could do would be to carry on with business as usual as their students and families are frightened and in pain after yet another police killing, clashes with protesters and boarded-up grocery stores.