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St. Paul leaders moved to remove city-owned Flock cameras after a council vote and public hearing. The public hearing was held in the City Council Chambers directly following a regularly scheduled City Council meeting, during which members unanimously passed a resolution calling ...
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Convicted quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger, who admitted to stabbing four University of Idaho students a year before he proclaimed his innocence and asked to withdraw his guilty plea, has been granted two days in court next year as part of his petition for post-conviction relie...
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The Timberwolves have added some much-needed depth in the frontcourt for the upcoming season. ESPN reports that Minnesota and forward Jonathan Kuminga have agreed to a two-year, $12.4 million deal with a player option on the second season. KSTP Sports has confirmed and has been t...
safety
The Anoka County Sheriff's Office is praising Flocks cameras after they used them to arrest an alleged scammer.
Local
A Minneapolis man is headed to prison after pleading guilty to his role in a fraud scheme that stole millions during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a deli as a front to falsely claiming to be serving thousands of meals daily....
business
The Better Bakehouse Snack Company is recalling certain lots of their donut snacks after one person reported having an allergic reaction.
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Gov. Tim Walz used his executive order authority last March to create what he calls a “ Minnesota Truth Council ” to establish a public record of what happened during Operation Metro Surge last winter. The council conducted its first public hearing on Wednesday to begin hearing s...
safety
After the City Council passed a resolution to end Flock Safety’s contract, Mayor Kaohly Her and Police Chief Axel Henry announced the removal of two city-owned cameras....
schools
As Minnesota students prepare to return to school, new statewide literacy requirements and national data are raising concerns about how children are learning to read and who is falling behind. At the first Midwest Black Book Fair in Minneapolis, families moved through a bus fille...
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ATLANTA (AP) — The Pro Bowl is no more, the NFL announced Wednesday, ending an exhibition of the league’s top players that was held in some form almost every year since 1951. The game wasn’t played in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that was the only pause in the posts...
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“We really want to make sure that AI assists, educators are teaching, and students are learning,” said Katie Herrbold, the Executive Director of Innovation, Information Technology and Information Systems for the St. Cloud Area Public Schools. Before student bodies fill the halls ...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Players who leave the NFL to return to college won’t be allowed to come back to the league this season. NFL executive Troy Vincent reiterated the longstanding policy at the league’s meetings Wednesday, saying players who go back to college will be ineligible to pla...
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The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday followed the Southeastern and Big Ten conferences in banning players who were on NFL rosters from returning to college. The decision by the Big 12 came a day after rulings by the SEC and Big Ten. Earlier Wednesday, the NFL made it clear that pla...
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A woman says she won't stop serving free breakfast in Harrisburg, Missouri, despite a health department letter saying she needs a permit.
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New research from Voyageurs Wolf Project says wolves may help blueberries spread and sprout more successfully in northern Minnesota. In a research summary published Tuesday, the authors said blueberry seeds eaten and passed by wolves germinated faster and more often than seeds ta...
parks
Eleven visitors became stranded during flash flooding at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah after heavy rain swept through the area.
schools
A man charged in the killing of a 16-year-old boy this spring outside the North High School football stadium in Minneapolis is also linked to a separate murder case, court documents show. Markez Patton, 19, faces one count each of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree ...
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Miley Cyrus opened up Wednesday about the heartbreaking loss of her godmother, Dolly Parton.
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The brewery’s taproom will close after this weekend, but unnamed proprietors are planning to reopen it soon.
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Mourners gathered at a West Asheville hair salon mural depicting Dolly Parton and RuPaul following the country icon's death at age 80.
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Kia is recalling 21,290 EV9 electric SUVs from the 2025 and 2026 model years because a faulty sensor may fail to deactivate the front passenger airbag....
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An alleged child predator accused of exploiting a child aboard his sailboat was arrested in Canada, after the FBI warned he could be sailing across the Pacific Ocean to evade authorities....
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With finale spots on the line, judge Tiffany Derry teases Wednesday night’s new episode and why the remaining home cooks will need confidence to make it to the finish....
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Scores of people were killed Wednesday when flash floods swept through communities along the China-Nepal border. Rescue teams are still trying to locate hundreds more who are still missing in the Himalayan region, including nearly 50 Americans....
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A father was released from immigration detention after Border Patrol officers arrested him while he was waiting for his son, a Navy sailor, to return from the USS Abraham Lincoln....
safety
Christian Castro has been held for 90 days after being arrested for allegedly shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis during Operation Metro Surge and lying about it....
government
The lawsuit warns new voter eligibility and envelope design rules are unconstitutional and would hamper mail-in balloting across the country.
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A Texas federal judge has denied Minnesota’s request to compel the extradition of an ICE agent charged in connection with a shooting that wounded a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis. The ruling, handed down on Wednesday, opens the door for Christian Castro’s release from the jail in ...
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Bridge to Books The post Bridge to Books first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News .
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Imagination Library enrollment The post Imagination Library enrollment first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News .
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A judge has denied an attempt by Minnesota officials to block the release of the ICE agent charged in a January shooting in Minneapolis as the state battles with Texas Governor Greg Abbott over the agent's extradition....
business
Abdihakim Ali Ahmed was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme — one of the largest pandemic-era fraud cases in the country....
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Minnesota will get at least $214 million from a settlement that is worth a minimum of $12.2 billion. The social media giant that owns Instagram and Facebook is also changing its products in the face of mounting public pressure....
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Good Wednesday evening! The Minnesota State Fair opens in just hours, with the gates set to open Thursday morning at 7:00 a.m., and the weather could not be much better for Day 1. Tonight stays mostly clear and seasonable, with lows falling near 60 degrees. Thursday looks fantast...
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A 37-year-old Brainerd man is dead after a freight train struck his vehicle as he attempted to cross railroad tracks near Highway 210 in Cass County on Tuesday....
business
Target wants to know how something like this got through. But it’s not a mystery when the company has retreated from corporate diversity initiatives.
parks
With Sunday’s 53-man roster deadline looming, several position battles remain unsettled as players take the field for training camp today. Follow updates and analysis from TCO Performance Center....
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Three Secret Service agents were placed on administrative leave with details of what may have occurred not revealed amid an internal review.
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A CHS executive said the new facility will reduce the need to import this fertilizer by at least 48%.
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Canadian authorities seized hundreds of pounds of cocaine entering Ontario from Michigan at the Blue Water Bridge.
safety
Since Operation Metro Surge ended, most ICE detainments focused on people released from jails and prisons.
Local
Today’s Weather in the Twin Cities will bring Partly Cloudy Skies with a few Sprinkles possible and Breezy Northwest Winds at 10 to 20 mph. Partly Cloudy early this evening with some Sprinkles possible then Clear Skies after 12 a.m. Thursday with lows near 60 degrees and Northwes...
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The week of September 21st, Twin Cities Live is highlighting some of the unique spots, restaurants, shopping, and people who call Northfield home. All week, we’ll bring stories that feature this area – then on Thursday, September 24th, Reunion will open their doors for our viewer...
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The medical device maker said it had activated incident-response procedures, working with third-party cybersecurity specialists to investigate and contain the threat....
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Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and the smug concierge in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” has died. He was 80. Curry, who suffered a stroke...
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After four years, the case against the teen accused of raping and murdering 10-year-old Lily Peters ended on Wednesday with a guilty plea and a life prison sentence. Carson Peters-Berger pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide, as per an agreement, ABC affiliate WQOW ...
government
The “Bark Down Barriers” ordinance would no longer require felons to get a special permit to have large pets.
