St. Paul grocer's delivery eases ICE fears

When federal agents started their immigration crackdown in Minneapolis on Dec. 1, customers quickly dwindled at Bymore Mercado in St. Paul. The grocery store said it lost 75 percent of them within days.

10,000 Takes: Dec. 24, 2025

Eric Nelson and Wally Langfellow talk about the new-look Wild, speak with PGA Volunteer of the Year Josh Swanson, and they send some holiday gifts.

Twin Cities is known as the ‘Hmong Capital of the World’

The first Hmong family arrived in Minnesota in December 1975. In the 50 years since their arrival, an estimated 95,000 to 100,000 Hmong people now call the state home. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, 360,000 people in the U.S. identify as Hmong. While California is the state with the largest Hmong population, the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area is home to the largest urban Hmong population in the country.