Closing the COVID-19 gap: Efforts continue to vaccinate more in Minneapolis Somali community
A clinic inside the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is taking another step towards closing a COVID-19 gap in a continuing effort to get the Somali community, which numbers about 52,000 people, vaccinated.
Closing the COVID-19 gap: Efforts continue to vaccinate more in Minneapolis Somali community
A clinic inside the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is taking another step towards closing a COVID-19 gap in a continuing effort to get the Somali community, which numbers about 52,000 people, vaccinated.
1 dead, 1 injured in early morning shooting in Minneapolis
One dead, one injured in early morning shooting in Minneapolis.
Man charged in deadly armed robbery at Cedar-Riverside store in Minneapolis
A 30-year-old man has been charged in connection to a deadly shooting of man at a store in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
1 arrested in connection to robbery, fatal shooting in Cedar-Riverside neighborhood
Police say a man was arrested in connection to Tuesday's robbery and fatal shooting in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
Somali community mourns store clerk killed in Minneapolis robbery
Members of the Somali community are grieving the death of a store clerk killed in a robbery in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on Tuesday.
Robbery attempt leads to fatal shooting in Cedar-Riverside, police say
Update: Police say a suspect was arrested overnight in St. Paul.
Smith, Klobuchar join calls for high-rise sprinkler funding
Minnesota’s U.S. Senators joined an effort from some state legislators to require fire sprinklers in public housing high-rise buildings.
Charges: Elderly Somali woman pistol whipped, robbed in Cedar-Riverside on way home from bank
A 76-year-old Somali woman was shot and nearly beaten to death outside her apartment in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood Saturday afternoon as she was returning home from the bank with her rent money. A 21-year-old Brooklyn Park woman has been charged in the attack.
Report: Fire sprinklers could have saved lives in Minneapolis high-rise fire
Fire sprinkler systems could have saved the lives of five people who died in an early morning fire at a high-rise apartment building in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood last fall, according to a report from state officials.
New, expanded clinic to open in heart of Cedar Riverside community
The Somali community is getting an expanded health clinic and moving into the exact space where many of them live.
Medical examiner says 2-year-old Minneapolis boy died from scalding, drowning
The death of a 2-year-old Minneapolis boy earlier this year has been ruled a homicide, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said in a report released on Friday.
Residency questions raised for Ward 6 candidates in Minneapolis City Council race
As candidates for the Minneapolis City Council Ward 6 gear up for the final two weeks of the campaign, there are questions about whether some actually live in the ward or moved into it just to run for the office.
Minneapolis police investigating death of child in Cedar-Riverside neighborhood
Police in Minneapolis have opened a death investigation after a child died Thursday morning in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
Minneapolis mosque publicly broadcasts historic call to prayer during Ramadan
Thursday night marked the first publicly broadcast call to prayer, or "Adhan," in Minnesota.
Call to prayer to be broadcast in Cedar-Riverside during Ramadan in Minneapolis
To allow Minneapolis residents to pray together during Ramadan while maintaining social distance during the coronavirus pandemic, Adhan—the call to prayer—will be played over a loudspeaker in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood five times per day for the duration of the Islamic holy holiday.
Lawmakers push for sprinklers in all high-rise apartment buildings after deadly Minneapolis fire
Some Minnesota lawmakers are pushing for all high-rise buildings to have sprinklers following a deadly fire at a high-rise apartment building in Minneapolis late last year.
Benefit concert raises money for victims of Cedar-Riverside fire that killed 5
A show put on Saturday night in the Twin Cities raised money to help the families who lost their homes in the massive fire in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood last year.
U.S. representatives call for public housing assessment following deadly high-rise fire
Four Minnesota U.S. representatives are calling for an assessment of national public housing following a deadly high-rise apartment fire in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis.
Klobuchar and Smith call for increased sprinkler protection following deadly high-rise fire
In a letter to HUD, the senators are asking how the department plans to address retrofitting its properties with sprinkler systems.