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 looking at how the community has transformed the site of George Floyd’s killing — 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis — and at the people behind its transformation. It is the culmination of reporting over several months, and a partnership with South High School to engage neighborhood youth in telling their community’s story. All summer, Isak Douah, volunteered to work security at the intersection where Floyd died. Seeing the trauma there, he decided to develop a mobile app ...

How we got through: 10 great escapes from the hellscape that was 2020 The unexpected arts, outdoor diversions and online alternatives that helped our writers endure a challenging year.  By Star Tribune staff writers December 22, 2020 — 12:17pm Text size Copy shortlink: Shall we dance (take 1) Polka during a pandemic? It seemed unlikely, even unnecessary. But one summer night, a bands oom-pah-pah rhythms filled an outdoor hockey r...

‘We still care.’ Minnesota’s food industry shifts gears to feed the most vulnerable David Guttenfelder © None A box of food delivered by the Sanneh Foundation awaits a family in St. Paul. The foundation, started by Tony Sanneh, a former Major League Soccer player, works with 10,000 kids a year with soccer and other activities. After COVID-19 struck, the foundation began providing free meals to families in need. The pandemic exacerbated a hidden hunger problem in a state ...

The year of reckoning: How 2020 revealed the fault lines in American policing, and what we can expect next CNN 12/18/2020 © Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images Every morning, Victor Wahl walks into his office with a sense of dread. © Riverside Police Department Riverside, Illinois, Police Chief Tom Weitzel Months of intense protests and heightened scrutiny have left the acting police chief of Madison, Wisconsin, like many in his shoes, on edge about what lies ahead. © Mark Makela/Getty ...

$2,500 reward offered in Mobile’s 8 unsolved 2020 murders Updated Dec 16, 2020; Mobile police are looking for tips to help solve eight unsolved murders in 2020. So far this year, Mobile has had 45 homicides. In one case, an arrest was made but more information is needed, police said. A $2,500 cash reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible. Investigators say solving each case will help bring closure to the family members of the victims, and any new pie...

KVRR Local News December 16, 2020 Minneapolis 3rd Precinct burns. May, 2020 MINNEAPOLIS – A Brainerd, Minn. man has pleaded guilty for his role in helping to set fire to a Minneapolis police station during rioting in the days following the death of George Floyd. A federal complaint accuses 23-year-old Dylan Shakespeare Robinson of lighting a Molotov cocktail that another person threw toward the Third Precinct headquarters on May 28. Prosecutors say Robinson and others tore down a fence that ...

April 04 | 2021 Talking about the challenges faced by the United States and its allies in a world always ambivalent about democracy, President Joe Biden said a few words the other day that bear directly on his own confrontation with authoritarian forces at home. What he aimed to explain is more important than any specific aspect of his infrastructure proposal or the debate over how to pay for that big bills cost. "It is absolutely clear," said the American president, that this era "is ...

Guilty plea from alleged Boogaloo who planned violence in MN By AP author Benjamin Teeter, Michael Solomon (Credit: Sherburne County sheriff) MINNEAPOLIS - A North Carolina man and self-described member of an anti-government extremist group who authorities say traveled to Minnesota during protests following the death of George Floyd pleaded guilty Wednesday to a terrorism charge. Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, of Hampstead, North Carolina, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to prov...

The approaching inauguration date of president-elect Joe Biden is just one of the contributing factors leading to an increased demand for ammunition in South Dakota and the nation. Other factors that have made ammunition a hot commodity are the COVID-19 pandemic and protests throughout the country. Runnings, which has 55 stores in eight states throughout the Midwest and Northeast, is just one of the companies throughout the United States that has seen a demand increase. “Earlier this year,...

Brainerd man pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit arson of Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct The 23-year-old is the second Brainerd lakes area man convicted of arson of the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct. Written By: Forum News Service | 10:32 am, Dec. 16, 2020 × Dylan S. Robinson (left) is wearing white shirt with a distinctive black stripe across the middle and a black stocking cap. This image was taken May 28 from the Minneapolis Police Department third precinct surv...