ICE agents pepper spray crowd in Minneapolis
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ICE agents used pepper spray to disperse a crowd blocking their vehicles in Cedar-Riverside on Tuesday amid an immigration enforcement detail in the predominantly Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. Video from the Associated Press.

MnDOT clears Minneapolis homeless encampment connected to deadly shooting

MnDOT crews have cleared a homeless encampment in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood that was connected to a deadly shooting last week in Minneapolis.

Cedar-Riverside shooting: Councilmember calls out ‘disgusting’ lack of action on encampments

Following a reported shooting at a homeless encampment in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis on Thursday, a city council member is putting the blame on several agencies for their lack of action on tackling violence connected to encampments.

Afghan refugees celebrate solstice in Minneapolis; hope for more secure future in US

Afghans from across the Twin Cities metro gathered Wednesday night to celebrate a winter solstice holiday and their community, just as many of its most recent members are facing renewed anxiety about having to face death or persecution if they have to return to their homeland.

Minneapolis' West Bank businesses beginning to see resurgence
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An immigrant community in the heart of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis is home to dozens of small businesses. More than two years since the start of the pandemic and the death of George Floyd, the boards are beginning to come down for most.

Tekle Sundberg shooting: Radio calls detail timeline of incident

A new report released by the City of Minneapolis is giving a better timeframe of the moments leading up to Tekle Sundberg being shot by the Minneapolis police snipers after an hours-long standoff.

19-year-old shot in leg during fight at Augsburg library

A 19-year-old man was shot in the leg Tuesday evening after an altercation on Augsburg University's campus, police say.

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
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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.

Somali community mourns store clerk killed in Minneapolis robbery
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Members of the Somali community are grieving the death of a store clerk killed in a robbery in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on Tuesday.

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.