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Court approves restrictions on MPD use of force during peaceful protests

Court approves restrictions on MPD use of force during peaceful protests

The agreement prohibits the city from arresting, threatening to arrest or using physical force like chemical agents, flash bang grenades and foam-tipped bullets against people engaging in lawful demonstrations. 
by MPR News Staff

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'Send help': Minnesotans worry as heating costs climb, winter nears

'Send help': Minnesotans worry as heating costs climb, winter nears

After a big infusion of federal pandemic funding last year, heating assistance grants have dropped back to pre-pandemic levels while fuel prices surge. It’s left many low-income Minnesotans wondering how they will pay their bills and stay warm this winter.
by Dan Gunderson

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Soccer fans of the north, World Cup watching in Duluth draws cheers

Soccer fans of the north, World Cup watching in Duluth draws cheers

The win or go home World Cup game between the U.S. and Iran drew a small crowd to Dubh Linn's, an Irish pub in downtown Duluth.
by Dan Kraker

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Gov. Tim Walz answers student questions, pledges education support

Gov. Tim Walz answers student questions, pledges education support

During a visit to Lake Middle School in Woodbury, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took questions from students and laid out hopes to focus on education priorities in the upcoming legislative session
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Court orders state to reconsider teaching license for ex-cop who killed Castile

Court orders state to reconsider teaching license for ex-cop who killed Castile

The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday ordered a state board to reconsider issuing a substitute teaching license to the former police officer who killed Philando Castile. A jury in 2017 acquitted Jeronimo Yanez of manslaughter in the traffic stop shooting death the previous year of the St. Paul school cafeteria supervisor.
by Matt Sepic

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Work of pioneering Arctic explorer from Minnesota gains new relevance in tracking effects of climate change

Work of pioneering Arctic explorer from Minnesota gains new relevance in tracking effects of climate change

Canadian researchers have been traveling to Minnesota to view plant specimens gathered in the Arctic decades ago by a boot-clomping, chain-smoking librarian who grew up near Duluth. The work of Margaret Oldenburg is finding new relevance as a way to better understand the effects of climate change.
by Tim Nelson

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Argentina-Mexico World Cup match brings people together in Minnetonka restaurant

Argentina-Mexico World Cup match brings people together in Minnetonka restaurant

More than 100 people filled the space at DelSur Empanadas Argentinas to watch the World Cup victory for Argentina 2-0 against Mexico. Fan support at DelSur favored the victors, but for many, the gathering at the Minnetonka restaurant was about more than a soccer game.
by Simone Cazares

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