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Grant provides housing for Native American elders

Grant provides housing for Native American elders

Developers have won a federal grant for a Native American elders housing project in Minneapolis, a development American Indian planners say will provide much-needed housing.
by Dan Olson

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Minn. Somalis meet with FBI, denounce al-Shabab

A group of elders in the Minneapolis Somali community on Wednesday publicly denounced al-Shabab, making it clear that they do not support the terror group they say is responsible for "sinister" acts of recruiting young Americans to fight in Somalia.
by Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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Group of Indians sues BIA for federal recognition

A group of American Indians in Minnesota is suing officials with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in an effort to restore its federal recognition as an Indian tribe.

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Pew study: 95,000 illegal immigrants in Minnesota

Pew study: 95,000 illegal immigrants in Minnesota

That number is down from an estimated 110,000 a year earlier. The numbers are deep in a national report that says illegal immigration has dropped for the nation as a whole, partly due to the poor economy.

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Couple's campaign changes newspaper's same-sex announcements policy

Couple's campaign changes newspaper's same-sex announcements policy

Kristy Wilke and Jessica Kitzman, both 26, plan to marry in Hackensack, Minn. next August. When Wilke's parents tried to take out an announcement in their hometown paper, the Omaha World Herald, the paper denied their request.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Study: Minn.'s immigrant population rising quickly

Study: Minn.'s immigrant population rising quickly

A new study shows over the past two decades, Minnesota's immigrant population grew more quickly than the national average.
by Sasha Aslanian

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To mark occupation, Indians gather at Mount Rushmore

American Indians gathered at Mount Rushmore to mark the 40th anniversary of an occupation of the monument.

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Latino 'agripreneurs' move from workers to owners

Latino 'agripreneurs' move from workers to owners

Maria Sosa, pictured, is one of the first so-called "agripreneurs," graduates of a of program that trains Latinos to grow organic vegetables and raise free-range chickens in Northfield.
by Elizabeth Baier

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St. Paul schools expand takeout breakfast program

When St. Paul students return to school Sept. 7, they'll find another dozen schools offering the district's unusual breakfast-to-go program.

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Feds arrest 370 criminal immigrants in Midwest bust

Feds arrest 370 criminal immigrants in Midwest bust

Federal officials announced Friday they had arrested 370 immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally or convicted of other crimes as part of a three-day roundup in the Midwest.

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