MINNEAPOLIS — For the past month, Minneapolis partner businesses and individuals came together to gather new, warm clothes for Hennepin Healthcare patients through the Meet Minneapolis Warm Winter Clothing Drive. On Wednesday, January 4, at the Hennepin Healthcare Clinic and Specialty Center, more than 370 items were donated for distribution to patients in need.
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Congressman-elect Robert Garcia, a Peruvian immigrant, openly gay man and self-proclaimed “comic book nerd,”has been drawing a lot of attention from superhero fans bringing some much-appreciated levity into the political dimension.
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Jeremy Renner sends his love and thanks for all of the kind words he’s received over the week in a post to his Instagram account, days after what authorities are calling a “tragic accident” on New Year’s Day.
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Pennsylvania-based medical device distributor Jet Medical Inc. (Jet) agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve criminal allegations relating to a migraine headache treatment, and Jet and two related companies agreed to pay another $545,000 in a civil settlement involving the same device.
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Amber McLaughlin, 49, had been convicted of stalking and killing an ex-girlfriend and then dumping her body near the Mississippi River in St. Louis. McLaughlin’s fate was sealed on Tuesday (3), when Republican Governor Mike Parson turned down a plea for clemency.
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Frank James, 63, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today to 10 counts of committing a terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation vehicle – one count for each gunshot victim – and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of his attack.
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EDINA — Beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6 through 5 a.m. Monday, Jan.9, westbound Hwy 62 between France Avenue and Hwy 100 will be closed.
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Bloomington received word that it will receive $2.35 million in federal funds to construct a key section of the Minnesota Valley State Trail that runs from Lyndale Avenue to Nine Mile Creek in Bloomington. The funding for the project is included in the 2023 federal budget bill that Congress passed last week.
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BLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington Police Department (BPD) recently designed Citizen Reporting, a simple way to report certain nonemergency crimes that occur in Bloomington online.
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BLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington Police Department (BPD) made the holidays a bit merrier for more than 100 children in the community last month. Officers delivered toys and gifts—not in a sleigh, but in a squad car—for BPD’s third annual Santa Cop event.
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