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Did library security use excessive force against Black teen?

A fight contained in the Minneapolis Central Library in late February culminated in what library advocates consider to be excessive force used against a Black teenager.  In keeping with an incident report obtained from a knowledge practices request, just before...

Metro Transit taps private security company to implement fares, code of conduct on buses and light-weight rail

Using private contractors relatively than Metro Transit staff is a change in plans from what had been envisioned for the reason that Legislature approved a transit safety plan in May. MinnPost file photo by Peter Callaghan Metro Transit will engage a...

M Health Fairview program increases food security for Minnesota families

Choice of fresh produce assembled for Veggie Rx patients James Letts remembers a time when patients would tell him that they’re struggling to pay for food – and there was nothing he could do about it.  “We knew lots of our...

St. Paul highschool student with gun in bag tussled with officers, security, charges say

Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old with having a gun at a St. Paul highschool last week. Officers went to Como Park Senior High School at 10:05 a.m. Oct. 4 to arrest the coed because police had issued a pick-up and...

‘Data security incident’ at St. Paul school district involved 43,000+ student names, email addresses

The St. Paul school district recently notified greater than 43,000 families a couple of “data security incident” in February. Student names and email addresses were the one information within the “unauthorized access,” in accordance with St. Paul Public Schools. “SPPS has...

After armed robbery at ‘little gem’ of ice cream shop in St. Paul, fundraising underway for brand new security system

An armed robbery at a St. Paul ice cream shop traumatized employees and sent the small business right into a “financial tail spin,” in keeping with the owner and a city council member. Dar’s Double Scoop has been closed since...

Minnesota State Fair to usher in more cops, FBI for security

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Following a shooting finally 12 months’s event, this 12 months’s state fair can have 170 officers, a FBI presence, horse patrols, extra security cameras, and metal detectors, MPR’s Tim Nelson...

Minnesota Muslims mobilize over spate of mosque attacks, ask for state help with security

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. For Sahan Journal, Alfonso Galvan, Katelyn Vue and Andrew Hazzard report, “A spate of vandalism against 4 mosques in Minneapolis and St. Paul in 4 weeks has Muslim community members...

How leaked school security maps could put Minneapolis kids at risk

Eamonn Fitzmaurice / T74 This story was produced by The 74, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on education in America. As a visitor approaches the front entrance of a Minneapolis elementary school, their every move is documented by a security camera....

Rochester schools canceled Monday as district pursues cyber security investigation

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. For KARE 11, Diane Sandberg reports, “Students in Rochester Public Schools may have a day without work from classes on Monday, April 10, following an entire shutdown of the district’s...
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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...