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Judge grants order barring feds from altering or destroying evidence in Pretti shooting
A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order barring federal officials from destroying or altering evidence related to Saturday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal agent in Minneapolis.
Church protesters freed as White House circulates fake arrest image
Activists Nekima Levy Armstrong, Chauntyll Allen and William Kelly were released after ICE-related arrests in St. Paul, as the White House posted a doctored arrest photo.
Bugs, blowdowns last year heighten Minnesota wildfire worries
A wind storm in June damaged more than 11,000 forested acres, mostly in Beltrami County. In a new report, the DNR says the blowdown raises fire risk in that area for the next three to five years.
Merkel family, Annunciation community honor first birthday without Fletcher
For the first time, third grader Fletcher Merkel’s parents celebrated his birthday without him, after he was killed during the Aug. 27 mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School.
Witnesses say they begged ICE agents not to detain Minnesota 5-year-old after father's arrest
People who saw federal agents detain 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in Columbia Heights pushed back against claims by ICE and Vice President JD Vance that the child was abandoned, saying neighbors and school officials begged agents to let the child enter the home to join his mother or be released to the school.
These businesses opened for free food, resources during Minnesota's economic blackout
Hundreds of Minnesota businesses shut their doors Friday in observation of a general strike. But a few made the choice to close their doors to customers but provide free coffee, food and resources for protesters.