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MN Human Rights investigation finds Mpls, MPD engaged in “pattern of race discrimination”

April 27, 2022 By Scott Peterson

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights today released the findings of its investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department. Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero said in a press conference today that “after completing this extensive investigation the Minnesota Department of Human Rights finds that the city and Minneapolis Police Department engaged in a pattern or practice […]

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Rep Thompson issues statement: ‘would not misuse, intimidate or bully officers’ after St. Paul police incident

April 26, 2022 By Scott Peterson

Independent State Representative John Thompson of St. Paul is under scrutiny after a run-in with St. Paul police on Sunday. Police pulled over a van with expired tabs driven by a 26-year-old woman–later identified as Thompson’s daughter. According to police, the driver was uncooperative and refused to get out for a field sobriety test. Officers […]

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Body of missing Chippewa Falls, WI girl found; death being investigated as homicide

April 25, 2022 By Scott Peterson

Law enforcement officials in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, say they have found the body of a 10-year-old girl who was reported missing–and they’ve begun a homicide investigation. Iliana (Lily) Peters did not return from a visit to her aunt’s home Sunday night. Lily’s bike was found a short distance from her aunt’s home, near a walking […]

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Gov Walz urges lawmakers to get work done on budget; says he will NOT call special session

April 20, 2022 By Scott Peterson

Governor Tim Walz is again touting his so-called “Walz Checks”. At a Minneapolis Cub store today, Walz promoted his plan to distribute payments of $500 to tax filers 18 and over and $1,000 for married couples. Walz says, “I’m asking for us to give back a chunk of this check to folks right now not […]

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Masks no longer required at MSP Airport

April 19, 2022 By Scott Peterson

Masks are no longer required at Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) International Airport. That’s after a federal judge on Monday struck down a national public transportation mask mandate. MSP’s Jeff Lea says “there was a lot of confusion in the early evening and late hours yesterday from the ripple effect of the decision by the court and […]

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Gov Walz in Rochester: tax check proposal not a “gimmick, ” says “call them what you want to”

April 14, 2022 By Scott Peterson

Governor Tim Walz in Rochester today defended his proposal for one-time payout checks to Minnesotans. Walz wants to distribute so-called “Walz Checks”–payments of $500 to tax filers 18 and over and $1,000 for married couples. With a nine-billion-dollar state surplus, Republican leaders say Minnesotans have been overtaxed, but Walz counters, “we do not have a […]

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State Veterinarian and Board of Animal Health Executive Director, Dr. Beth Thompson stepping down

April 12, 2022 By Scott Peterson

Dr. Beth Thompson–State Veterinarian and Board of Animal Health Executive Director–today announced she is resigning from her position effective May 8th. Thompson has accepted the state veterinarian position in her home state of South Dakota. Thompson says she accepted the opportunity to be closer to family and friends. Thompson says that even though she is […]

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19-yr-old arrested in connection with 2016 sexual assault of child in St. Paul

April 8, 2022 By Scott Peterson

A 19-year-old is under arrest in connection to a 2016 sexual assault of a child in St. Paul. The suspect was arrested in Illinois in connection to the five-year-old girl’s sexual assault. Police aren’t releasing the man’s name because he was 13 when the assault happened at a school bus stop. In December 2021 investigators […]

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Judge Jackson confirmed to U-S Supreme Court (AUDIO)

April 7, 2022 By Scott Peterson

In a 53-47 vote, the U-S Senate today confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Jackson is the first black woman to serve in that role and Senator Amy Klobuchar says Jackson is more than qualified for the job. Klobuchar says, “she’s someone with more experience going into this as a judge than […]

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No criminal charges in death of Amir Locke

April 6, 2022 By Scott Peterson

No criminal charges will be filed in the death of Amir Locke. That’s the decision announced today by Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.  22-year-old Amir Locke was shot and killed in a Minneapolis apartment on February 2nd by Mark Hanneman–a SWAT officer of the Minneapolis Police Department. At the […]

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Wolves hire new president of basketball operations

The Minnesota Timberwolves today named Tim Connelly as the team’s President of Basketball Operations. Connelly will oversee and assume responsibility for all decisions made within the Timberwolves basketball operations department. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. “We are thrilled to announce Tim Connelly as the next leader of our basketball operations […]

Twins open a seven-game home stand – here are highlights

The first-place Minnesota Twins, who come home after a 5-1 road trip with a 4.0-game lead in the American League Central division and the AL’s third-best record overall at 25-16 (.610), return to Target Field tonight for a seven-game, seven-day homestand through Memorial Day weekend. The Twins are set to host a pair of divisional […]

Twins Annihilate A’s

(Oakland, CA) — Sonny Gray pitched six innings giving up two runs and striking out five as the Twins blew out the A’s 14-4 on Wednesday afternoon in Oakland. Twins shortstop Carlo Correa played in his first game since May 5th and went 2-for-4 with two runs and an R-B-I in his return to the […]

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