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Severe storms down trees, power lines across southern Minnesota on Saturday
Severe storms packing 70 mph wind gusts knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses across southern Minnesota on Saturday. Three people were evaluated for injuries after lightning hit a park shelter in the southern Twin Cities metro.
Judge orders release of body camera video showing Floyd killing
Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill ruled Friday that copies of the video from cameras worn by officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng may be released.
Community rallies around Bloomington mosque after imam assaulted on the way to prayer
Bloomington police are investigating an attack on the imam, Mohamed Mukhtar, who was walking to the nightly prayer service around 10 p.m. Thursday when two people approached and assaulted him outside of the Dar Al Farooq center.
Aug. 7 update on COVID-19 in MN: 'Fragile' gains; Sturgis worries
The state’s top public health leaders on Friday warned that hard-won gains over the disease the past few months are in danger, and that the massive motorcycle rally kicking off this weekend in Sturgis, S.D., may bring trouble back to Minnesota.
Remaining Powderhorn encampment residents told to 'transition' out
The Minneapolis park board is trying to get residents of a large homeless encampment in Powderhorn Park to move out. Even as officials cleared a camp from the park’s east side last month, they allowed one on the west side to remain. But neighbors, police and community groups say it has become a magnet for crime and is unsafe for those living there.