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Minnesota to raise minimum wage on Jan. 1
MINNESOTA. (Northern News Now) - Minnesota employees may see a pay raise come Jan. 1. During the last legislative session, lawmakers approved setting one minimum wage for all employees, except those in training. That means large and small employers now have to offer the same minimum pay, which will be...
Cleanup continues in St. Paul after strong overnight storms
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Descriptions of Tuesday morning’s storm make Mother Nature out as a supervillain. But after a glance at some St. Paul streets, locals wish this scene had stayed in the movies. "Ferocious, wicked rain was thrashing. Just pure evil. You couldn’t see anything outside...
A 12-year-old is in juvenile detention. There’s nowhere else to go.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - An emergency hearing on Monday for a 12-year-old boy locked up in juvenile detention highlighted the ongoing challenges in finding help for young offenders in Minnesota. The Brief. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and the boy’s mother appeared in court Monday afternoon and acknowledged the child...
Twin Cites metro area residents continue clean-up following severe storms
EDINA, Minn. — Lightning was far from the only thing hitting the ground during Tuesday morning's storms. Thousands of trees toppled across the Twin Cities metro area."I've got a garden over here and a zip line going down this tree," Edina resident Scott Thorpe said.Thorpe has put a lot of work into his backyard since he moved in two years ago. But the project of cleaning up a massive tree that split was not his idea. "It's kinda a mess," Thorpe said.Like many in his Edina neighborhood, the whipping winds woke him up early in the morning. "It was loud. I think...
Historic Minnesota Town Named ‘Best Downtown’ in Entire State
These days, it feels like you can find a strip mall, or big box store in just about every medium-sized town in the U.S. However, Main Street shopping is making a comeback in a big way. Buying a gift in your local downtown is just a little more special than...
Black Entrepreneur State Fair in Minneapolis temporarily closed due to storm damage
The homegrown Black Entrepreneur State Fair, now in its fifth year, had to close Tuesday after most stands saw damage in the severe thunderstorms that rolled through the Twin Cities. The post Black Entrepreneur State Fair in Minneapolis temporarily closed due to storm damage appeared first on Sahan Journal.
Minneapolis neighbors tried to clear homeless encampment: police report
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Some neighbors told authorities they were trying to clear a homeless encampment themselves after Minneapolis police responded to two incidents at the camp. What we know. Minneapolis police say they responded to two incidents at the homeless encampment at 4th Avenue South and 31st Street East...
‘Outside agitator’ narrative by Walz, community leaders was wrong but helped quell 2020 George Floyd protests
It was an exaggeration made in the fog of war that turned into a tactic that contributed to the calming of two cities following the murder of George Floyd in May of 2020:. Much of the destruction that occurred during the evenings of rioting, looting and arson were the work of outsiders, the state’s political leadership said. These troublemakers were coming in to exploit the pain caused by Floyd’s death, Gov. Tim Walz and the other leaders asserted.
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