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• Minneapolis City Council members say Mayor Jacob Frey bypassed them to award $300K security contract

  17-06-2021 23:06
  
  Frey called criticism over Agape's contract to provide security at George Floyd Square "political theater."
  
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• Case to make GEO pay detainees minimum wage ends in mistrial

  17-06-2021 23:02
  
  A trial over whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage — instead of $1 a day — to immigration detainees who perform tasks like cooking and cleaning at its jail in Washington state has ended with a hung jury.
  
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• Mental health evaluation ordered for suspect charged with murder in Uptown crash

  17-06-2021 22:57
  
  Nicholas D. Kraus' attorney requested that his competency be evaluated by a doctor.
  
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• Woodbury mother charged with murder after child dies of injuries

  17-06-2021 22:26
  
  Prosecutors say Sadiyo Ibrahim Mohamed beat the child severely before neighbors found her laying in the street outside the family's home.
  
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• 'Obamacare' survives: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge

  17-06-2021 22:05
  
  The Supreme Court, though increasingly conservative in makeup, rejected the latest major Republican-led effort to kill the national health care law known as "Obamacare" on Thursday, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans.
  
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• Freshman lawmaker draws on personal experience as key police reform negotiator

  17-06-2021 21:58
  
  DFL Rep. Cedrick Frazier has quickly found a voice in Minnesota's halls of power as a key negotiator.
  
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• Penumbra receives $5M donation from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott

  17-06-2021 21:16
  
  The award will help Penumbra evolve into a "center for racial healing," promoting equality and inspiring creative resiliency.
  
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• Minneapolis Mayor Frey proposes $37M from American Rescue Plan for small businesses

  17-06-2021 20:21
  
  Mayor Jacob Frey held a news conference at Wendy's House of Soul, outlining the federal dollars he wants to invest in small businesses and Black business owners.
  
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• Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Affordable Care Act

  17-06-2021 19:50
  
  The Supreme Court preserved insurance coverage for millions of Americans Thursday, rejecting the third major challenge to the national health care law known as "Obamacare."
  
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• Wisconsin unemployment unchanged at 3.9%

  17-06-2021 19:21
  
  Wisconsin's unemployment rate was unchanged for May at 3.9%, the state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday.
  
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• Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott surprises Penumbra Theatre with $5 million, along with donations to two other Minnesota nonprofits

  17-06-2021 19:11
  
  Penumbra Theatre, Arts Midwest and Borealis Philanthropy received the "unrestricted" grants, which means nonprofits can use the money in any way they see fit.
  
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• Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott surprises Penumbra Theatre and two other Minnesota nonprofits with donations

  17-06-2021 19:11
  
  Penumbra Theatre, Arts Midwest and Borealis Philanthropy received the "unrestricted" grants, which means nonprofits can use the money in any way they see fit.
  
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• Kenny Chesney announces Twin Cities stop on 2022 summer tour

  17-06-2021 18:44
  
  Chesney's Here and Now 2022 tour will visit U.S. Bank Stadium next August 6. The No Shoes Nation star was forced to scrap a 2020 date due to COVID.
  
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• Live updates: New Minnesota COVID cases back up into triple digits

  17-06-2021 18:42
  
  Here are the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to vaccinate residents in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
  
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• Minnesota film boosters hoping for passage of tax-credit plan to lure TV series to state

  17-06-2021 18:07
  
  Legislative leaders have given their assent to the $5 million-a-year proposal.
  
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• Minneapolis City Council approves $5 million to cover police overtime

  17-06-2021 17:57
  
  The move offsets some cuts the Council made to police funding last fall.
  
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• Minnesota continues to gain back jobs lost during pandemic

  17-06-2021 17:52
  
  A new report shows that unemployment continues to drop, while labor force participation is up.
  
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• Minneapolis DFL fails to endorse in mayor's race, but challenger Nezhad finishes ahead of Frey

  17-06-2021 17:52
  
  Sheila Nezhad, a community organizer came in first in the final ballot, but failed to garner enough votes to win the party's backing.
  
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• Vikings announce training camp schedule, fan opportunities

  17-06-2021 16:47
  
  The club says 14 practices will be open to fans, with some key dates worth checking out.
  
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• Black community has new option for health care: The church

  17-06-2021 15:10
  
  Every Sunday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, the Rev. Joseph Jackson Jr. praises the Lord before his congregation. But since last fall he's been praising something else his Black community needs: the COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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• Nonprofits lobby Legislature to fund program that helps low-income residents buy at farmers' markets

  17-06-2021 14:45
  
  Market Bucks, which helps low-income Minnesotans buy fresh foods at farmers' markets, runs out of funding June 30.
  
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• Authorities seeking man charged with fatally shooting woman outside north Minneapolis liquor store

  17-06-2021 14:39
  
  Authorities say they suspect the 27-year-old shooter has left Minnesota.
  
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• Cruz, Ober lead Twins over Seattle 7-2

  17-06-2021 13:59
  
  His 431st career homer in the fifth inning helped Cruz and the Twins break a three-game losing streak.
  
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• Health officials tracking new COVID-19 variant in Wisconsin

  17-06-2021 13:34
  
  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is tracking a new variant of COVID-19 with more than two dozen cases in the state.
  
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• Suspending suspensions: One of many ideas floated by St. Paul equity committee

  17-06-2021 13:23
  
  The St. Paul Public School district's Equity Committee presented their ideas to the community on Tuesday.
  
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• Fire crews across the metro battle multiple blazes overnight into Thursday morning

  17-06-2021 13:19
  
  Fires at homes in Brooklyn Park and Minneapolis kept firefighters on their toes.
  
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• Armed robbery in St. Paul leads to chase, standoff in Minneapolis

  17-06-2021 12:59
  
  Minneapolis police say a suspect is in custody after four hours of negotiation with the SWAT team.
  
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• Man charged with murder in Uptown protester's death

  17-06-2021 12:43
  
  According to the criminal complaint, Nicholas David Kraus is charged with intentional second-degree murder and second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.
  
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• Police investigating deadly Minneapolis shooting

  17-06-2021 12:17
  
  According to police, a man believed to be in his 30s, was shot just after 6 p.m. on the 1700 block of East Lake Street.
  
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• Grandma's Marathon to be the first major race since the COVID pandemic began

  17-06-2021 10:56
  
  Race directors from around the country will be looking to the iconic Duluth race to see how things go.
  
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• Uptown business owners and residents holding onto hope for better days after weeks of unrest

  17-06-2021 10:10
  
  There have been a few businesses that have already closed their doors for good due to the pandemic and recent unrest in Uptown.
  
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• Revealing the hidden costs of a state government shutdown threat

  17-06-2021 09:47
  
  The mere threat of a shutdown can bring construction projects to a halt and add costs for taxpayers as contractors prepare to leave job sites.
  
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• Man who drove at Minneapolis protesters charged with murder

  17-06-2021 05:45
  
  A St. Paul man accused of speeding up and driving into a group of protesters in Minneapolis while he was drunk, killing one person, was charged Wednesday with intentional second-degree murder.
  
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• 'He was a very bright young man.' Loved ones remember 16-year-old killed in north Minneapolis hit-and-run

  17-06-2021 05:40
  
  MPD says the suspect hit several parked cars before he was later taken into custody. They say drugs or alcohol may have been a factor.
  
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• Police investigating man's shooting death near a gas station in south Minneapolis

  17-06-2021 05:08
  
  Police do not believe the shooting was random.
  
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• Evers promises to sign police bills, calls for more

  17-06-2021 03:15
  
  Gov. Tony Evers promised to sign bills banning chokeholds and making other policing changes passed by the state Assembly on Wednesday, while also calling on lawmakers to go farther to make law enforcement more accountable and transparent.
  
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• 'Let's start the party': Hopes high for marathon to kick off Duluth summer tourism as pandemic wanes

  17-06-2021 02:47
  
  With COVID waning, businesses expect a typical Grandma's Marathon weekend
  
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• Suspending suspensions: One of many ideas floated by equity committee

  17-06-2021 02:24
  
  The St. Paul Public School district's Equity Committee presented their ideas to the community on Tuesday.
  
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• Wisconsin Assembly passes local redistricting delay

  17-06-2021 01:40
  
  Redistricting of local political boundary lines in Wisconsin would be delayed a year or more under a bill backed by Republicans and local governments that the state Assembly passed Wednesday.
  
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• Moorhead man charged in connection with boy's shooting death

  17-06-2021 01:19
  
  A Moorhead man was arrested and charged with a firearms violation in connection with the March death of a 6-year-old boy who was unintentionally shot with a handgun.
  
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• MSP coming off of busiest week since the pandemic started

  17-06-2021 00:59
  
  Sunday was the busiest day, with more than 31,500 passengers. On the same day a year ago, that number was around 7,000.
  
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• Murder charges filed in Brooklyn Park hit-and-run death

  17-06-2021 00:11
  
  Christopher Dewayne Rice faces two counts of second-degree murder after investigators say the defendant ran into his neighbor as he retrieved his mail.
  
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