After a year of struggles caused by pandemic, recovering addicts celebrate graduation from rehab

During the pandemic, experts say there was a massive increase in addiction troubles across the nation. At the same time, facilities that help addicts were forced to take steps to stop COVID-19 spread.

State files request for aggravated sentence for Derek Chauvin

The state filed a request Friday for an aggravated sentence for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted by a jury for the murder of George Floyd.

U of M students call for police changes at rally on Gabel's lawn

Student activists took their message straight to University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel’s home in St. Paul to call for more police accountability on campus.

Activists deliver 30 boxes of signatures for petition to replace Minneapolis Police Department

Community activists delivered stacks of boxes Friday to the Minneapolis city clerk's office to file a petition to amend the city charter in order to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a public safety department.

'George Floyd worked here’: Signs honor lives killed by police

Signs created by an area artist are appearing in northeast Minneapolis with the intent to stir conversation about the Minnesotans who’ve died at the hands of police and serve as a reminder that people are connected in ways they may not realize.

Minneapolis school launches 'I am' campaign to promote confidence

A south Minneapolis elementary school is hoping to inspire some of their youngest students to make their voices heard. 

Minneapolis school launches campaign to promote confidence
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A south Minneapolis elementary school is hoping to inspire some of their youngest students to make their voices heard.

Chauvin trial juror and Minneapolis coach describes deliberations

Brandon Mitchell, a JV basketball coach at North Minneapolis High School, has been better known as juror 52 over the last month in the trial of Derek Chauvin.

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.

Minneapolis man charged with murder in Yadhira Romero Martinez's death

Murder charges were filed Wednesday against a Minneapolis man in connection to the death of a 19-year-old woman who disappeared after leaving work last week and was later found dead at a home in south Minneapolis. 

Minneapolis Park Board orders removal of boulevard garden

A debate is brewing in Minneapolis over a boulevard garden on Minnehaha Parkway after the city's parks and recreation board issued a cease-and-desist letter to remove the plants.

Cameras will be allowed to stream 2nd trial for former officers charged in George Floyd's death

The second trial for three former Minneapolis police officers facing charges in the death of George Floyd will have cameras in the courtroom, much like the trial for Derek Chauvin, a court administrator announced Wednesday.

Minneapolis Park Board orders removal of boulevard garden
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A debate is brewing in Minneapolis?over a boulevard garden on Minnehaha Parkway after the city's parks and recreation board issued a cease-and-desist letter to remove the plants.