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Its the second office tower in the Twin Cities complex that has faced foreclosure this year. A complaint filed in Hennepin County District Court late this week highlights the financials woes facing the owner of the largest multi-tenant office complex in the Twin Cities. The complaint says the owner of...

MINNEAPOLIS — Hennepin County Board Chair Irene Fernando pulled a resolution that would have increased pay for county commissioners by 49%. Currently, commissioners make $122,225 a year. The resolution would increase their pay to $182, 141, starting in 2025 with a 3% raise in 2026. The percentage of the...

The team behind the Roof Depot project in south Minneapolis is asking for local governments to fill the $5.7 million funding gap created when state lawmakers failed to pass a bonding bill to help purchase the property. The East Phillips Neighborhood Institute, a nonprofit organization aiming to convert an old...

The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners has backpedaled on plans to give itself a 49 percent raise. Last week, Irene Fernando, Chair of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, proposed raising the board’s salaries from $122,225 to $182,141, effective 2025. However, she withdrew this proposal on Tuesday afternoon citing...

Public outrage forced Hennepin County commissioners to abandon the 49% pay raises they backed for themselves just a week ago. Facing angry residents and employees, the County Board quickly voted 6-0 Tuesday to pull the raises from the regular meeting agenda. Board Chair Irene Fernando said it was "very clear" her pay proposal faced "strong opposition" from residents, employees and other local leaders.

Hennepin County commissioners were set to vote Tuesday on whether to give themselves a 49 percent pay increase. Instead, they withdrew the proposal entirely after resident opposition. Board chair Irene Fernando proposed the pay hike at last week’s board meeting, which was approved 4-2. It would have brought commissioners’ pay...

Corcoran - On Aug. 2, a deputy responded to the intersection of County Road 116 and County Road 30 to assist Corcoran Police with a bicyclist hit by a vehicle. The deputy assisted with traffic control and transported the bicycle from the accident scene to Corcoran Police Department. Greenfield - On July 31, two citations...

Welcome to The Topline, a weekly roundup of the big numbers driving the Minnesota news cycle, as well as the smaller ones that you might have missed. This week: Twin Cities crime; Hennepin Board pay in context; a 50-state property tax comparison; the biggest hailstone since 1986; and partisan pets. Violent crime continued to trend […]

The Minnesota Supreme Court previously ruled that a jury needed to decide whether a Facebook post accusing a Minneapolis dance instructor of sexual assault was true. A Hennepin County jury ruled that a woman’s social media post accusing a Minneapolis dance instructor of sexual assault was not defamatory because her statements were true. (Jenny Kane/Associated Press)

Hennepin County Commissioners decided to withdraw a large bump in pay for themselves of about $60,000 amid criticism from the public. Political analyst David Shultz of Hamline University says the move was very controversial.

Hennepin County commissioners will vote Tuesday on whether to increase their salaries by 49 percent. The elected commissioners currently earn $122,225 a year. The measure up for a final vote at Tuesday’s board meeting would increase their salaries to $182,141 starting next year, followed by a 3 percent increase in 2026.

MINNEAPOLIS — There is some positive news on crime coming out of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office: car thefts have seen a big drop.The sheriff's office responds to calls throughout Hennepin County; that includes Minneapolis and its suburbs, with a population of 1.26 million.The sheriff's office tracks the counties' key crime statistics. Violent offenses year to date have increased 5% over 2023, property offenses have decreased 6% and auto thefts have decreased a strong 25%. Auto thefts are also down in Minneapolis year to date, with 3,895 this year compared with 5,118 at this time last year. Carjacking figures in Minneapolis...

Hennepin County Commissioners were considering giving themselves a raise of nearly 50%, but they've decided to send the idea back to the drawing board. During a July 30 meeting, Commissioner Irene Fernando suggested the commissioners get a raise from $122,225 to $182,141. “Salaries are a reflection of and connected to the scope of responsibilities that accompanies a particular job,” Fernando had said. ...

It must be nice to give yourself a 49% raise, like the Hennepin County Board plans to do. Everyone else in Hennepin County will pay for it, even though nobody else in Hennepin County will have any say in it. Not, at least, until the four commissioners who raised the...