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Brooklyn Center council approves compromise public safety budget

Brooklyn Center council approves compromise public safety budget

The city of Brooklyn Center is making changes in its approach to public safety in the wake of the killing by a police officer of Daunte Wright. But a compromise preserved more of the Police Department.
by Peter Cox

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Arradondo won't seek a new term as Minneapolis police chief

Arradondo won't seek a new term as Minneapolis police chief

Medaria Arradondo said Monday he’ll retire from the department next month. Mayor Jacob Frey said he expected to announce an interim chief in the coming days along with plans for a national search to find a permanent leader.
by Matt Sepic and Nina Moini

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St. Paul school board approves plan that closes, changes 6 schools

St. Paul school board approves plan that closes, changes 6 schools

The St. Paul Public Schools board decided 5-2 to close Galtier, Jackson, John A. Johnson, Parkway and L’Etoile du Nord lower campus schools by June 2022. They also voted to close Barack and Michelle Obama Elementary by the end of the 2022-23 school year. Two of these schools have no reopening plan, while others will close temporarily and reopen with different programming.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Biden sells infrastructure bill at Minnesota tech college

Biden sells infrastructure bill at Minnesota tech college

President Joe Biden used a visit to a Minnesota community college Tuesday to highlight how his $1 trillion infrastructure law will create jobs and help train workers — and to make the case for nearly $2 trillion more in spending.
by The Associated Press and Tim Pugmire

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5-year-old fatally shot in Brooklyn Park; 13-year-old arrested

A 5-year-old boy was shot and killed late Thursday night at a home in the northwest Twin Cities metro, in what authorities say appears to be an accident. A 13-year-old boy is in custody.
by MPR News Staff

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Emergency care exceeding HCMC's capacity, military begin training in to help

Emergency care exceeding HCMC's capacity, military begin training in to help

Nearly four dozen doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists from the U.S. military are on the ground in Minnesota to ease the strain on the state’s health care system. Gov. Tim Walz asked the Defense Department for the help because hospitals across the state are beyond capacity caring for COVID-19 patients.
by Matt Sepic

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'Black Panther' helps children become vaccine heroes at Mpls. school

'Black Panther' helps children become vaccine heroes at Mpls. school

A north Minneapolis school decided to take a superhero approach to vaccinating children against COVID-19. Volunteers wore costumes from the “Black Panther” Marvel movie and, in at least some cases, distracted the 5- to 11-year-olds.
by Sonja Kleven

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Holiday nostalgia: Dayton's project hearkens back to window shopping

Holiday nostalgia: Dayton's project hearkens back to window shopping

The newly renovated Dayton’s building in downtown Minneapolis reopened to the public Thursday. While the department store is long gone, the project’s developers revived an old Dayton’s tradition, the holiday display windows.
by Matt Sepic

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