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Vikings place Najee Thompson on season-ending IR
Some shockwaves went through Minnesota when it looked like the Vikings were waving safety and special team standout Najee Thompson. Minnesota moved to sign offensive lineman Matthew Cindric and waived Thompson with an injury designation. However, according to NFL insider Aaron Wilson, Thompson cleared waivers and is back with Minnesota,...
Lathrop GPM merging with Silicon Valley firm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lathrop GPM, a national law firm with about 80 attorneys in its Minneapolis office, announced Wednesday that it is merging with Silicon Valley-based Hopkins Carley, effective Oct. 1. According to a news release from Lathrop GPM, the combination brings 62 attorneys from Hopkins Carley, increasing...
Home of the Week: The Pillsbury Castle in Minneapolis Just Emerged From a Swanky Transformation
When design aficionados Matthew Trettel and Ryan Hanson first stepped foot into Pillsbury Castle in Minneapolis, the duo immediately fell in love with its history and stately period architecture.Jeremy Renner's Longtime L.A. Home Hits the Market for $13 Million The imposing stone mansion was built in 1903 for Alfred F. Pillsbury, a entrepreneur and businessman born into the Pillsbury family, whose eponymous company is a flour-milling business known across the world today for its flour products and other packaged goods. Pillsbury paid $135,000 to construct the home, which is equivalent to around $4.825 million today. A landmark edifice in the local community, and specifically...
More than half of violent crimes go unsolved in Minnesota
More violent crimes are going unsolved in Minnesota today than a decade ago, according to FBI data analyzed by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, a nonprofit working on criminal justice issues. “In 2022, the year for which we have the most recent data, Minnesota saw 57% of violent crimes go unsolved, 5 percentage […]
“Employers are fighting over them!” 20 weeks of training at Summit Academy prepares adults to work in medical field
Minneapolis-based Summit Academy specializes in industry certifications and training workers for in-demand jobs. One popular career pathway at Summit Academy is its training for medical administrative assistants (MAA). Sheletta on why it’s needed.
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Car
BLAINE (WJON News) -- A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car early Saturday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened at about 5:45 a.m. in Blaine in Anoka County. Troopers say a 27-year-old man from Princeton was walking in the lanes of traffic of southbound university...
Arts Briefs: Waters of history and race at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Arts Briefs is a weekly roundup of Minnesota arts news compiled by the MPR News arts and culture team. The Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona opened a new exhibition this week: “A Nation Takes Places: Navigating Race and Water in Contemporary Art.”. The exhibition is co-curated by local...
Ocasio-Cortez: Walz is driving Trump and Vance ‘nuts’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in an interview broadcast early Friday that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the Democratic nominee for vice president, is driving former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), “nuts.” “I think that Trump and Vance, they think they have some kind of like, monopoly over masculinity,” Ocasio-Cortez…
Walz faces criticism for misleading IVF language
Republicans are jumping on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) for making misleading statements about the infertility treatment he and his wife used, accusing the vice presidential nominee of lying for political expediency. Earlier this week, would-be second lady Gwen Walz shared that she and her husband opted for intrauterine insemination (IUI) to deal with infertility,…
St. Louis Park man receives 6-year sentence for fatal crash on Hwy 55
MINNEAPOLIS — A man who killed a 68-year-old woman on the highway after already receiving a second chance from a judge was sentenced to prison Friday morning. Judge William Koch sentenced David Boll, 50, to six and a half years in prison for the death of 68-year-old Catie Caron.
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