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Federal civil case against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan dismissed

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Minnesota railroads share in $2.4 billion value of federal transportation improvement grants

The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to assist pay for 122 projects nationwide with greater than half of the cash going to smaller railroads, including in Minnesota. The grants announced Tuesday by the Federal Railroad...

Federal changes aim to cut back prescription drug costs for older adults in Minnesota

Consumer advocates have long detailed how older adults struggle to administer the fee of their medications but hope is emerging in Minnesota and elsewhere with federal changes taking shape. Stay within the know. Enroll for our newsletter!Get your every day...

City ‘dropped the ball’ in employee’s shooting of minor outside St. Paul rec center, attorney in federal lawsuit says

The town of St. Paul must have been protecting young people at its rec centers, “reasonably than having an worker who was attempting to kill them,” an attorney said of a lawsuit he filed for a 16-year-old shot in...

St. Paul man pleads guilty to producing child pornography in federal cyberstalking and child exploitation case

A 39-year-old St. Paul man has admitted to recording sexually explicit videos of a woman and threatening to inform her family and friends about their “online relationship” if she stopped communicating with him, in line with federal documents. Chedor TV...

St. Paul bank robber caught by money tracker sentenced to federal prison

A St. Paul man has been sentenced to 4 years in federal prison for robbing a bank in town’s Battle Creek neighborhood. Andre Christopher Nelson on Jan. 17 pointed a handgun at three Huntington Bank tellers, demanded money and ran...

Arizona man who crashed into St. Paul police squad automobile arrested, faces federal drug charge

An Arizona man who authorities say fled law enforcement and crashed right into a St. Paul police squad automobile at about 80 mph — injuring his passenger and an officer — has been arrested and charged in federal court...

Federal grievance filed by Edina students suspended over pro-Palestinian chant

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. A grievance has been filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to rescind the suspension of two students who said “From the river to the ocean,...

Convicted former MPD officer Derek Chauvin stabbed in federal prison

A source told the Associated Press that former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison. The anonymous source said Chauvin was stabbed just after 12 p.m. local time on November 24, on the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI)...

Man sentenced to federal prison for robbing 3 markets on St. Paul’s University Avenue

A person has been sentenced to 14 and a half years in federal prison for robbing three University Avenue markets in St. Paul last 12 months. Nicholas Antwain Dancy, 39, admitted to robbing Towfiq Grocery, Midway Grocery and Deli and...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...