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Homeless advocates demand winter moratorium on encampment evictions

Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB) held a press conference outside Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s house on Oct. 28 to demand a moratorium on all unhoused encampment evictions. The group also held an “encampment protest” outside of Frey’s residence...

Homeless advocates complain of ‘militarized’ response by Minneapolis

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Says Stribber John Reinan, “Indignant at what they called the ‘militarized’ response to homelessness by the town of Minneapolis, protesters arrange a sidewalk encampment Sunday outside the house of Mayor...

Frey vetoes 2 City Council measures analyzing impact of Minneapolis homeless encampment closures

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey MinnPost file photo by Tiffany Bui Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. This from Stribber Susan Du, “Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday vetoed a pair of directives in search of a review of...

Minneapolis City Council votes to not pause homeless encampment evictions

Signs on a tree situated near the doorway to the Powderhorn East homeless encampment in south Minneapolis. The encampment was cleared by Minneapolis Police on July 21, 2020. Creative Commons/Chad Davis Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. At...

Mpls keeps the homeless on the move

An encampment on East twenty eighth St. and Bloomington Ave. was the most recent to be evicted last week. / Photos courtesy of Jack Nobles Officials claim secure shelter spaces available A tent encampment of about 60 people at East 28th...

Judge puts funding, demolition for St. Paul homeless shelter at original Red’s Savoy site on hold to Oct. 10

A Ramsey County District Court judge has ordered a short lived halt to any planned demolition on the old Red’s Savoy pizza location on East Seventh Street pending a hearing next month. Greater than a dozen business owners recently sued...

Lowertown business owners sue St. Paul over homeless shelter expansion at Red’s Savoy

Fifteen businesses in and around St. Paul’s Lowertown neighborhood are suing town of St. Paul and Listening House, a Dayton’s Bluff day shelter, with the intention to block their plans to expand into the previous Red’s Savoy Pizza location...

Judge: Homeless people’s stuff shouldn’t be destroyed when camps are cleared

When authorities clear homeless encampments on public property, they'll’t just trash the belongings of the individuals who were staying there illegally, a federal judge in Minneapolis ruled Friday. Despite the fact that those erecting the camps don’t have the best...

No prison time for homeless St. Paul driver who killed man who stole from her

A 32-year-old woman was sentenced Monday to 180 days of labor release for fatally hitting a person together with her SUV in October after he allegedly stole from her and her boyfriend in St. Paul. Landis Rachel Hill (Courtesy of...

St. Paul’s original Red’s Savoy to be converted into homeless shelter

The vacant industrial constructing that for many years housed the unique Red’s Savoy Pizza just outside of downtown St. Paul can be torn all the way down to the studs and remodeled to accommodate a brand new tenant —...
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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...