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Muslim spiritual care offers comfort — and improves patient outcomes — at HCMC
The providers, who serve Hennepin Healthcare’s growing Muslim patient population, help ease anxiety and reduce the stigma around mental health and other medical issues. The post Muslim spiritual care offers comfort — and improves patient outcomes — at HCMC appeared first on Sahan Journal.
Loring Park murder suspect competent to stand trial, judge orders
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A man accused of brutally murdering a Loring Park convenience store clerk – impaling him with a golf club in the process – is mentally competent to stand trial, according to a ruling on Tuesday that reverses a previous decision. In January, Taylor Schulz...
White Bear Lake man charged with murder in baby’s death
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. – A White Bear Lake man is charged with murder in the death of his three-month-old son. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office says Jackson Forester died in the hospital March 22 of complications due to blunt force head trauma. Prosecutors accuse 39-year-old Mark Forester of shaking the baby on Jan. 31 before the boy’s mother brought him to the hospital.
Champlin man facing charges for threats, fleeing police
A Champlin man has been charged in Hennepin County court with one count of threats of violence and one count of fleeing a peace officer with a motor vehicle. This is the result of several altercations, including threatening a person while their children were present. Damarion Bradley, 22, has been charged with the two felonies after a July 8 incident. Around 9 p.m. on July 8, Champlin Police were dispatched...
Boyfriend with history of abuse admits to murdering Hopkins woman
MINNEAPOLIS — In a Hennepin County Courtroom filled with family and friends of Danicka Bergeson Monday morning, the man accused of murdering her last summer admitted to the crime. Matthew Brenneman, 40, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while under a restraining order. He also admitting to a pair of...
Hennepin County deputies help with RNC security
MILWAUKEE — Deputies with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office are in Wisconsin this week helping with security for the Republican National Convention. The RNC kicked off Monday and goes for the next four days in Milwaukee. It comes after an attempted assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, who has officially become the Republican presidential nominee.
Hopkins man pleads guilty to murdering his girlfriend days after he was released from jail for abusing her
A Hopkins man admitted Monday that he murdered his girlfriend just days after being released from jail for previously abusing her. Matthew S. Brenneman, 40, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Danicka M. Bergeson in Hennepin County District Court, a little over a year after police found Brenneman covered in bleach in Bergeson's bathroom and her dead body wrapped tightly in blankets on her bed.
Minnesota City Now Has Most Mispronounced Name in the U.S.
When you think of all the cities and towns that make up the U. S. of A, can a small town here in Minnesota really have one of the most mispronounced names around? Yep!. There are a lot of cities and towns here in Minnesota that can be a little tricky to pronounce. But it's true-- this small Minnesota city was just named the town with one of the most mispronounced names in the entire country.
Raid of Twin Cities woman's home yields thousands of illegal pull-tabs, scratch-offs
MINNEAPOLIS — A Twin Cities woman faces dozens of felony charges after authorities say a raid of her residence yielded thousands of illegal pull tabs, scratch-offs and other games.The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office says its new Financial Crimes Unit was able to track down the woman they say was accepting illegal bets on Facebook. The sheriff's office says an individual stack of cards shown in the image above represents a single game with identical serial numbers. Ten of those games equal a single felony charge. Deputies also seized a "rifle and handgun with an extended magazine that were easily accessible to multiple young children in the home."Authorities didn't disclose her identity or the location of her residence.
Lack of training, education primary obstacles for workers seeking advancement
A lack of training or education is the primary obstacle to career advancement for more than half of employees pursuing a change in employment, according to a recent survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in partnership with community nonprofits WorkWell MN and Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County.
Chip Sealing And Fogging Occurring July 23-25
Hennepin County will be completing chip sealing and fogging on Douglas Dr from Hwy 55 to Medicine Lake Rd and on Duluth St from Douglas Dr to Brunswick Ave from July 23-25, weather permitting. No full road closures or detours will be occurring as part of this work. For more...
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