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New recruits for Minneapolis Police Department include first Somali-American woman, first non-U.S. citizen

New recruits for Minneapolis Police Department include first Somali-American woman, first non-U.S. citizen

The newest officers to join the Minneapolis Police Department include the city’s first Somali-American woman to wear the badge and the first non-U.S. citizen. They were among a group of 23 new officers sworn in at a ceremony Thursday night.
by Matt Sepic

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A casi un año de su aprobación, los inmigrantes de Minnesota adoptan la ley de Licencia de Conducir para todos

A casi un año de su aprobación, los inmigrantes de Minnesota adoptan la ley de Licencia de Conducir para todos

La ley de Licencia de Conducir para Todos aprobada hace casi un año eliminó la necesidad de mostrar evidencia de presencia legal en los Estados Unidos para obtener una licencia de conducir estándar de Minnesota.
by Sarah Thamer

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Fraud investigation targets priest’s alleged $72,000 in cash requests

Fraud investigation targets priest’s alleged $72,000 in cash requests

Police in southeastern Minnesota have opened a fraud investigation after a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Winona-Rochester allegedly requested tens of thousands of dollars from parishioners.
by Matt Sepic

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September heat and turning leaves: Where to catch fall colors

September heat and turning leaves: Where to catch fall colors

The Minnesota DNR’s fall colors map suggests leaves are in the beginning stages of turning colorful across northern Minnesota with the start of notable color in the Iron Range and near North Dakota, as well as a sprinkle along the southern border of Minnesota.
by Anika Besst

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Attorney General asks court to provide oversight in Rainbow Health closure

Attorney General asks court to provide oversight in Rainbow Health closure

Attorney General Keith Ellison is asking a district court to step in and monitor the dissolution of Rainbow Health, a long-running HIV and LGBTQ+ services center that abruptly shut down in July.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Police fatally shoot suspect in ‘cold-blooded’ killing of artist in St. Paul’s Lowertown

Police fatally shoot suspect in ‘cold-blooded’ killing of artist in St. Paul’s Lowertown

St. Paul police say the suspect in an apparently random homicide in the city’s Lowertown neighborhood on Wednesday evening was fatally shot by police early Thursday as officers tried to arrest him southwest of the Twin Cities.
by Anna Haecherl, Andrew Krueger, Peter Cox and Sarah Thamer

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