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The liquor license renewal for Reign Event Center will now move forward after a mass shooting last month prompted the Minneapolis City Council to hold it for further review. The renewal application first came before the Minneapolis City Council’s Business, Housing and Zoning Comm...
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A suspect has been arrested and charged for his alleged role in two recent commercial burglaries, including at The Gnome Craft Pub and Lexington in St. Paul....
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CBP officers in San Diego seized 553 pounds of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine worth $67 million during 144 smuggling attempts in July.
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A newly finalized Justice Department rule creates a pathway for people with criminal convictions to apply for the reinstatement of their gun ownership rights....
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket . The space agency released before-and-after photos of the impact area on Tuesday. The Falcon rocket’s upper stage plowed into the ...
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Minnesota’s housing market continued to pick up steam in July, with the latest data showing both buyers and sellers more active, with inventory at its highest level in years....
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More than 1,600 pounds of pickled goat and chicken products sold nationwide have been recalled over federal inspection concerns.
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A man now charged in a more than $1 million Medicaid fraud case, in which some defendants have also been linked to a sex trafficking operation, previously received an award from the state of Minnesota. Thirty-year-old Salman Elmi faces five counts of aiding and abetting theft by ...
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The Great Minnesota Get-Together is right around the corner — the Minnesota State Fair starts next Thursday. There is a way you can get into the fair for free if you’re willing to lend a helping hand. There are several volunteer opportunities at the fair, and no experience is req...
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A crash between a truck and a motorcycle in Benton County on Monday left one person dead. According to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, just before 4:15 p.m. in Langola Township, a Ram 2500 truck was going south on Fifth Avenue Northwest attempting a left-hand turn to go east ...
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The city of Bloomington reached a settlement on Tuesday after claims that its officers incorrectly identified and jailed a man in 2021. The Minnesota Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-MN) said the city agreed to settle a lawsuit over the wrongful arrest of Kyles...
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Three Minneapolis firefighters were injured Monday afternoon in a house fire that displaced two people. Crews were called to a 1.5-story, single-family home with flames and smoke visible on Russell Avenue North around 4 p.m. on Monday, a spokesperson for the Minneapolis Fire Depa...
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A daycare teacher at New Creations Child Care & Learning Center in Prior Lake was charged with physically hurting six children in her care.
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A St. Paul man is facing serious charges after police say he fired a gun at Eagan officers during a domestic disturbance call.
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Good Tuesday evening! After scattered severe storms moved through parts of Minnesota Monday evening, today has been much quieter and more comfortable. We’re back to a more seasonable pattern, with sunshine, lower storm chances, and calmer weather for the next couple of days. Toni...
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The copper-nickel mine between Ely and Babbitt has been a political football for a decade. Congress revived its prospects, but the governor is now using state authority to try to stop it....
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A Minneapolis city council committee has approved the liquor license renewal for Reign nightclub nearly a month after a mass shooting that left nine people wounded....
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Minneapolis is asking neighbors to watch for copper wire thieves after repeated street light thefts in several neighborhoods. The city said thieves have hit street lights in Minneapolis neighborhoods, including along East Minnehaha Parkway, in five cases in recent weeks. The dama...
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Hayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend, according to a police report released Tuesday. A Greenville police officer who responded to ...
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A historic stretch of buildings along Lyndale Avenue in south Minneapolis has recently become available for prospective investors – potentially signifying a true end of an era....
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NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top who kept the tempo for the band’s biggest hits like “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Legs” and “Gimme All Your Lovin”, has died. He was 77. Beard was in hospice care when he died Tuesday at his ranch in Richmond,...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top who kept the tempo for the band’s biggest hits like “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Gimme All Your Lovin’” and “Legs,” has died. He was 77. Beard was in hospice care when he died Tuesday at his ranch in Richmond...
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Frank Beard, the longtime drummer for Texas rock band ZZ Top, died this week. He was 77.
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A woman who branched off from a group for a solo ride home on her motorcycle was found dead following a crash north of Richmond Sunday evening.
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Childhood vaccination rates have again fallen, with many Midwest states' rates dropping below the national average and non-medical exemptions for vaccinations continuing to rise....
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Republican‑endorsed governor candidate Lisa Demuth on Tuesday outlined a series of proposals she said would crack down on fraud inside Minnesota’s Department of Human Services (DHS), arguing taxpayers are frustrated by repeated reports of wasted public dollars. “Minnesota taxpaye...
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A Texas mom was arrested after police say her 6-year-old son was found alone and scared at a Florida park.
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A man who fired his gun toward a police officer tried to shoot at a second officer during a contentious arrest Saturday in Eagan, charging documents state. Adrian Ricardo Flowers, 37, faces seven felony counts in connection with the incident, including charges of first-degree att...
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It’s been a tough stretch for the city, so it was gratifying to see the mayor focused on her forte: fiscal fitness.
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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has proposed an insurance plan that could protect local police officers who make immigration arrests....
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A woman in her 50s was found dead after crashing in a Stearns County ditch on Sunday evening. Stearns County officials say the family of 52-year-old Kelli Jo Gauthier, of Avon, reported her missing around 5:20 p.m. after she didn’t return home from a group motorcycle ride. Cold S...
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The next governor of Minnesota will have significant sway in what happens next with the Twin Metals mine proposal between Babbitt and Ely.
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Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) – State Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) Cycle 3 Funding FY2024 The post Wisconsin Emergency Management first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News ....
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The bruising primary exposed divisions among Democrats that Republicans are hoping to exploit in the general election.
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American Idol Across America . The post American Idol Across America first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News .
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Parts of the Twin Cities in the suburbs west of downtown Minneapolis picked up .50″ to 1.50″ of Rainfall from the T-Storms just after the Midnight hour while many of the eastern suburbs picked up nothing more than a Trace to .10″ of Rain. Today brings a slight chance for an Isola...
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Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie. Authorities have said she was taken from her home in northern Tucson in the early hours of Feb. 1, after a masked intruder appeared on her front steps in recovered doorbell camera video....
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Police are investigating after a person was found dead near the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis Monday afternoon.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Justice Department is pushing to revive criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia , telling a federal appeals court late Monday that a judge erred in his scathing ruling that called the case against the man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador pri...
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Bricksworth’s new Mendota Heights location follows add-ons and makeovers at La Doña, Wooden Ship and more taprooms.
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Average wait times from diagnosis to first treatment grew by more than 10 days across all six cancer types studied.
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A Lakeville man who admitted in court to his role in the Feeding our Future fraud scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic will be sentenced Tuesday afternoon in Minneapolis Federal Court....
