Stories from Metropolis, Minnesota’s Twin Cities metropolitan area of over 3 million people.
The City Council passed a resolution promoting access to reproductive healthcare and abortion rights in the wake of news that the US Supreme Court appears prepared to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that guarantees federal constitutional protections of abortion rights.
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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is opening a new COVID-19 community testing location in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul and closing two existing testing sites as part of the state’s ongoing work to adjust testing resources to meet demand and need.
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Most of Minneapolis’ 70 neighborhood organizations are holding board member elections or other activities for their neighbors May 14.
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Officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Edmund Avenue at about 3:30 this morning on a report of a person shot. That’s where they found a man believed to be in his 20s suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
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Today, Mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz have finalized joint powers agreements (JPA) to provide investigative and law enforcement support in Minneapolis. The ongoing support comes at a critical time before warmer weather and will bolster the City’s overall crime prevention and enforcement strategies.
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An uptick in COVID spread and hospitalizations has preempted the Minneapolis Health Department’s recent recommendation that everyone — vaccinated or not — wear masks in indoor public settings and businesses such as stores, restaurants, theaters, family entertainment centers, schools, meetings and state and local government offices serving the public.
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Minneapolis officials responded to a recently released report from the Minnesota Department of Human Resources that found that City officials and the Minneapolis Police Department engage in a pattern or practice of race discrimination.
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Following its investigation, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) today released its findings and announced that the City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) engage in a “pattern or practice of race discrimination in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act.”
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Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 27 at 11:00 am CT, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights will announce the findings from its pattern or practice investigation into the City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) and lay out next steps.
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Saint Paul police are investigating after a shooting in the city’s Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood left a man dead early Tuesday morning.
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