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Hmong Cultural Center Museum hit with white supremacist vandalism

Hmong Cultural Center Museum hit with white supremacist vandalism

Police are investigating after vandals damaged the front of the Hmong Cultural Center Museum in St. Paul early Wednesday morning and spray painted a slogan associated with a white supremacist group.
by Matt Sepic

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Edina police: Toddler's body recovered from water by Rosland Park

Edina police: Toddler's body recovered from water by Rosland Park

Officials had been searching for 2-year-old Iklas Abdullahi Ahmed, who’d wandered away from her family during a park outing Monday afternoon. Edina police Tuesday afternoon said a water rescue team located the girl’s body in water adjacent to Rosland Park.
by MPR News Staff

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Judge: Quick response coming on challenge to MPD ballot measure

Judge: Quick response coming on challenge to MPD ballot measure

The measure would replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety that may — but is not required to — include police officers.
by Matt Sepic

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Arrest made in July fatal shooting on Highway 169 in Plymouth

Arrest made in July fatal shooting on Highway 169 in Plymouth

Jay Boughton was killed July 6 in what police said they believe was a traffic dispute. Plymouth’s police chief said Thursday he expects the 33-year-old suspect, who was arrested last week in Illinois, will be charged soon with second-degree murder.
by Euan Kerr

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Freeman won't seek reelection as Hennepin County prosecutor

Freeman won't seek reelection as Hennepin County prosecutor

"When you get into your 70s and worked nonstop for over 50 years, I think you're entitled to a rest,” Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman told MPR News.
by Riham Feshir and MPR News Staff

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Ranked choice voting, explained

Ranked choice voting, explained

Ranked choice voting is used in Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Louis Park, Bloomington and Minnetonka elections. It’s complicated, but not that complicated. Here’s a refresher on the process.
by Grace Birnstengel

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What to know about the ‘strong mayor’ ballot amendment in Minneapolis

What to know about the ‘strong mayor’ ballot amendment in Minneapolis

Minneapolis voters in November will have the chance to decide whether the city’s governmental structure needs to be revamped to give the mayor more executive authority over city agencies. 
by Jon Collins

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The Yes 4 Minneapolis charter amendment, explained

The Yes 4 Minneapolis charter amendment, explained

Minneapolis will have the opportunity to weigh in on a proposal that would replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety. Here’s what voters should know.
by Jon Collins

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Donated goods for homeless people and trailer storing them disappear

Donated goods for homeless people and trailer storing them disappear

The organizer of the Thanksgiving Day Free Store said someone cut the locks off the trailer and towed it away from the St. Louis Park church where she'd been storing it.
by Matt Sepic

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3 killed in separate shootings in St. Paul

St. Paul police are investigating three separate fatal shootings early Sunday. Authorities said the shootings are the 19th, 20th and 21st homicides in the city this year.
by MPR News Staff

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