Minneapolis Veterans Affairs research workers laid off amid federal cuts

The Veterans Affairs Healthcare System serves about 100,000 veterans in the Minneapolis area. The VA is assessing how it will be impacted by government spending cuts.

Veterans Affairs impacted by government spending cuts
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Veterans Affairs is being impacted by government spending cuts implemented by President Donald Trump. In Minneapolis, at least 12 employees at the Veteran?s Affairs Healthcare System in Minneapolis got laid off.

Minneapolis fails to track violence prevention funds
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The Minneapolis City Council signed off on $800,000 in funding for violence intervention contracts with small grassroot groups and organizations last week despite ongoing questions about management, administration, and oversight of the public safety programs. Court and public records obtained by the FOX 9 Investigators over the last year reveal more questions about how the funding was used.

Minneapolis failed to track millions in violence prevention funding. It just approved even more.

The Minneapolis City Council signed off on $800,000 in funding for violence intervention contracts with small grassroot groups and organizations despite questions about management, administration, and oversight of the public safety programs.

Bird flu drives up egg prices for Twin Cities businesses

Bakeries here in the Twin Cities are scrambling to find eggs, with one Minneapolis bakery facing the hard choice of potentially raising prices.

Twin Cities businesses face high egg prices
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As the price of eggs continues to rise, some businesses might have to pass that cost onto the consumer. FOX 9's Leon Purvis has the full story.

Polar Plunge continues in Minneapolis
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FOX 9's Ian Leonard joined thousands of people at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis to support the Polar Plunge effort and raise money for Special Olympics Minnesota.

New renters rights going into effect in Minneapolis March 1

New renter rights are going into effect Saturday in Minneapolis, in an effort to provide more protections for renters. 

FOX 9's Ian Leonard does the plunge in Minneapolis
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FOX 9's Chief Meteorologist Ian Leonard did the Polar Plunge in Minneapolis to raise funds and awareness for the Special Olympics.

Art-A-Whirl weekend returns for its 30th year

Art-A-Whirl, the ever-popular showcase of artists in Northeast Minneapolis, is set to return this summer for its 30th year.

Feeding Our Future trial: Witness says Aimee Bock told him to falsify claims

Mohamed Hussein said it was in the spring of 2020 when two men from Feeding Our Future came to his wife’s small restaurant in Faribault to recruit them to become a meal site for children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Youth-run BIPOC business creates healthy desserts in north Minneapolis

A vegetable-based dessert business in north Minneapolis is booming and kids are the employees who are gardening, baking, and taking orders.

Mpls council overrides George Floyd Square veto
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The Minneapolis City Council voted to override Mayor Frey's veto of the pedestrian study of George Floyd Square. Mayor Frey spoke to reporters following the vote.

Minneapolis boulevard garden ordinance approved to expand vegetation

The Minneapolis City Council has approved a city-wide boulevard garden ordinance that will allow people to create gardens in front of their property, provided they follow a range of restrictions.

George Floyd Square pedestrian mall study veto overridden by city council

Backed by activist groups, council members have promoted the idea of creating a “pedestrian mall" to honor the site of George Floyd's death. However, Mayor Jacob Frey previously vetoed the proposal, citing the needs of surrounding residents and business owners' wishes to have the area reopened for traffic.