Star Tribune
SHOCKING FRIDAY IN MINNESOTA! Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Derek Falvey both out
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- SHOCKING FRIDAY IN MINNESOTA! Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Derek Falvey both out
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- 29:25
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Michael Rand breaks down the stunning day in Minnesota sports, with Twins boss Derek Falvey and Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah both losing their jobs.
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- Vikings fire General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Less than nine months after giving General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah a contract extension, the Vikings fired him on Friday, Jan. 30, triggering another major shift in their front office four years after they brought in Adofo-Mensah and coach Kevin O’Connell.
Though Adofo-Mensah had continued to work through the first weeks of the Vikings’ offseason after the team missed the playoffs with a 9-8 record, ownership deliberated over a change following the team’s end-of-season meetings. Adofo-Mensah was at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., this week scouting prospects for the upcoming NFL draft, but Vikings owners made the move on Friday morning.
Video by Emily Leiker/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Photos by Jerry Holt and Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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- Journalists George Fort, Don Lemon arrested after covering Minnesota church protest
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Federal agents arrest Don Lemon after he covered Minnesota church protest
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Jan. 29 on charges that he violated federal law during a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, multiple people familiar with the matter said, in a case rejected last week by a magistrate judge.
Lemon has said he was simply reporting as a journalist when he entered the Cities Church on Jan. 18 to observe a demonstration against the immigration crackdown in the area.
The protesters interrupted a service at the church, where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official serves as a pastor, and chanted “ICE out.” Afterward, the Trump administration sought to charge eight people over the episode, including Lemon, citing a law that protects people seeking to participate in a service in a house of worship.
But the magistrate judge who reviewed the evidence approved charges against only three of the people, rejecting the evidence against Lemon and the others as insufficient. The Justice Department then ...
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- Minneapolis bookstore owner goes viral for anger after Alex Pretti killing
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Shield your eyes, Vikings fans... it's a Darnold vs. Maye Super Bowl
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- 37:35
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Ben Goessling, Andrew Krammer and Emily Leiker discuss the Vikings likely losing a key coach on defense, assistant Daronte Jones, to a promotion with the Washington Commanders. They also discuss coordinator Brian Flores staying in Minnesota, the Sam Darnold-Drake Maye matchup in the Super Bowl, and one expected need along the offensive line.
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- Nobody is coming to save the Timberwolves
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- 29:01
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Chris Hine and Michael Rand from the Minnesota Star Tribune discuss the Minnesota Timberwolves' lack of depth and how they will have a hard time making any roster upgrades at the trade deadline. They also get into the somber atmosphere Sunday at Target Center and fallout from higher season ticket prices.
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- A chaotic confrontation, a gun and 10 shots: The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
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- 4:09
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The Minnesota Star Tribune analyzed video frame-by-frame showing how another encounter with federal agents turned deadly.
Analysis by Walker Orenstein, Amanda Anderson, Anna Boone and Jake Steinberg.
Video by Amanda Anderson/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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- Son of veteran recalls Alex Pretti helping his father through his final days
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse with the Minneapolis Veterans Medical Center, was fatally shot by federal agents during an immigration enforcement action in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. Shortly after Pretti's death, Mac Randolph shared how the nurse had helped his father in the ICU years earlier. “You could see that it wasn’t the first time he had done that,” Mac Randolph said.
Video courtesy of Mac Randolph.
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- Man tackled after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omat at town hall
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- A man wearing a black jacket was tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
Video: Ilhan Omar via Storyful
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- U.S. citizens in Minnesota allege racial profiling by federal agents
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- There have been multiple documented instances in recent weeks of federal immigration agents confronting people of color in Minnesota — at bus stops, on sidewalks, in parking lots — and demanding proof of citizenship. Many of the interactions have been filmed and showcased on social media platforms as examples of alleged racial profiling by ICE agents. Media outlets, including the Minnesota Star Tribune, have also documented instances of Somali, Latino and Native Americans being detained when they were unable to immediately prove their citizenship. Federal officials deny that they are targeting people based on race and ethnicity and have repeatedly said they are following the law during immigration enforcement.
Reporting by Sofia Barnett, Rohan Preston and Carson Hartzog. Videos submitted to the Minnesota Star Tribune and photo by Alex Kormann @alexkormann12/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
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- At St. Cloud City Council meeting, dueling resolutions on welcoming immigrants, enforcing the law
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The moves come as dozens of videos posted online show residents being detained on city streets.
Video: Jenny Berg/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
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- Noise protest held outside hotel where Bovino reportedly staying
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Protesters gathered outside the SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Maple Grove to make noise Monday night. Organizers believed it is the hotel where order Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is staying. Law enforcement eventually declared an unlawful assembly.
Video: Jeff Wheeler and Elliot Hughes/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
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- Report: Bovino expected to leave Minneapolis
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino, who has become a public face of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota, is expected to leave the area on Tuesday, CNN reported.
Video from Anthony Souffle and Emmy Martin/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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- Wolves hold moment of silence for Alex Pretti
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Timberwolves held a moment of silence before Sunday's game for Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.
The NBA postponed the game between the Wolves and Golden State Warriors on Saturday at Target Center after the shooting.Before the game,
Wolves coach Chris Finch said the team is "heartbroken" over Alex Pretti’s death.
Federal officials have said Pretti was armed and that agents fired in self-defense. Video and witness accounts contradict federal officials' claims.
Video by Chris Hine/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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- Ellison on what would happen if federal officials ignore court order to preserve evidence
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Attorney General Keith Ellison was asked by reporters Sunday if he is confident the Trump administration will heed a federal court order instructing the federal government to preserve evidence in the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Video: Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
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- Memorial grows on street where federal agents shot, killed Alex Pretti
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The shooting on Eat Street added to tensions that have been building since federal agents launched a surge in immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
Video: Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
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- Videos show federal agents killing Minneapolis man
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Warning: Video contains graphic violence and strong language. A man was shot by federal agents in south Minneapolis Saturday morning. The man has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation. A video taken from across the street shows agents wrestling Pretti to the ground then shooting him multiple times. Go to StarTribune.com for the latest on this breaking news.
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- Protesters swarm scene of fatal shooting of Minneapolis man by federal agents
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Walz says Minnesota will investigate fatal shooting by federal agents
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him. The Department of Homeland Security said the man was armed with a gun.
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- Mayor Frey to Trump: 'How many more citizens have to die for this to end?'
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Federal agents fatally shot a man in south Minneapolis, setting off confrontations between protesters and agents at the scene.
At a news conference, Mayor Jacob Frey said he saw the video of six masked men "pummeling one of our citizens" and shooting him.
“How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?" Frey asked. "How many more lives need to be lost before this administration realizes that a political and partisan narrative is not as important as American values?"
Frey noted that on Friday thousands of people protested peacefully in Minneapolis streets. He said he is "done" being told it's up to citizens to turn down the temperature of the city.
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- Chemical irritants, flash bangs deployed at scene where man was killed by federal agents
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- A man was shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis Saturday morning, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said.
Video by Elliot Hughes, Susan Du, Louie Krauss and Josie Albertson-Grove/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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- Minnesotans protest ICE in frigid cold
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Thousands marched through downtown Minneapolis in 30-below wind chill to protest the federal deportation operation in Minnesota.
Hundreds of shops, restaurants and cultural institutions closed their doors Friday in the Twin Cities area and some in Rochester, Duluth and St. Cloud. Activists urged Minnesotans to abstain from economic activity as part of the protest.
Find more ICE coverage at the link in our bio. Videos by Jennifer Brooks, Elizabeth Flores @lizrflores, Alex Kormann @alexkormann12, Kyeland Jackson, Sydney Lewis, Victor Stefanescu and Jennifer Brooks/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
#minneapolis #minnesota #twincities
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- ICE detained a man in his underwear. The suspect agents were looking for was already in prison.
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Where is the man ICE said they were looking to arrest when they grabbed the wrong person on Jan. 18 and led him handcuffed from his St. Paul home into the cold, with only a blanket over his bare shoulders?
The suspect's name is Lue Moua, and he’s in a state prison in Faribault, where he has been locked up since Sept. 4, 2024, according to Department of Corrections (DOC) records.
Reporting by Paul Walsh.
Photos by Jack Brook/The Associated Press
#minnesota #ice
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- Photographer explains moments before viral photo of man sprayed in face with chemical irritants
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Vance on 5-year-old being detained by ICE: 'What are they supposed to do?'
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Vice President JD Vance responded to a question about a 5-year-old who school officials say was detained by ICE this week.
Video: The White House via YouTube. Photo: Columbia Heights Public Schools
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- The Vikings QB issue is priority No. 1. But offensive line isn't far behind.
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- 10:00
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Michael Rand and La Velle E. Neal III break down the Vikings' offseason priorities and their offensive line failures.
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- Does Indiana's national championship put pressure on Gophers football?
- Runtime
- 9:30
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Michael Rand and La Velle E. Neal III talk about Indiana's improbable rise and what it can mean for Minnesota.
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- Bovino says no end date for Operation Metro Surge
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Greg Bovino was asked if federal authorities have a target date or number of arrests to determine when Operation Metro Surge will conclude. He said the mission will continue and won't set a timeline. Agents will continue working “until there are no more of those criminal illegal aliens.”
Video: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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- Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino tosses smoke canister at Minneapolis park
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
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- Family recounts being caught in unrest after man is shot by federal agent
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Jackson family was driving home from 11-year-old Shawn Jr.’s basketball game on the night of Jan. 14 and were a few blocks from home when they were caught in the middle of unrest after an undocumented Venezuelan man was shot in the leg by a federal agent during ongoing immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities.
Video/Photo: Renée Jones Schneider and Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
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- Vikings mailbag: Roster needs? Potential cuts? Coaching carousel?
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- 47:37
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Andrew Krammer and Emily Leiker discuss receiver Jordan Addison being cleared of charges in a recent arrest. They also open the mailbag to answer your Vikings questions about roster needs, cornerback Byron Murphy Jr., potential cuts, and more. And will Vikings fans be subjected to a Super Bowl between Sam Darnold and Drake Maye?
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- Why videos of ICE in Minnesota are a ‘breakthrough moment’ online
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Most news events don’t widely register in the public consciousness. Experts say it’s different with the killing of Renee Good and the ICE surge in Minnesota.
Video: Alex Kormann, Greta Kaul and Susan Du/The Minnesota Star Tribune. HotMathematician2022 and I_may_have_weed on Reddit. Bill Madden, TheWarMonitor and noturtlesoup17 via X. quadzillahikes, Status Coup News, David Guttenfelder, elliottforward1 and The Tennessee Holler via Instagram.
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- ICE agents pull shirtless U.S. citizen from his home in frigid cold
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Minnesota labor unions endorse 'no work, no school, no shopping' strike on Jan. 23
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Minnesota labor unions voiced their support for a statewide economic strike on Jan. 23. Organizers are asking all Minnesotans to not attend school or work and not to shop on Friday to protest the ICE surge in the state.
Video: Eleanor Hildebrandt/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
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- Bovino says well-organized protesters make ICE operation harder
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Greg Bovino cited “collusion and corruption” by Twin Cities officials and “anarchists” as reasons Operation Metro Surge has been more difficult than previous operations in other states.
Video: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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- Off-duty Brooklyn Park police racially profiled by ICE
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- An off-duty Brooklyn Park police officer was stopped by federal agents who demanded proof of her citizenship, the city's police chief, Mark Bruley, said Tuesday. In a press conference at the Minnesota Capitol, Bruley and fellow law enforcement personnel spoke against what they said is a spate of racial profiling by federal immigration agents deployed to the state in President Donald Trump's Operation Metro Surge.
Video: Allison Kite/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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- How 'Bachelormania' once swept the town of Herman, Minnesota
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- 14:01
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- “Wanted: A Few Good Women.” That’s how a 1994 Associated Press story about the west-central Minnesota town of Herman began. The tale of the town with 78 bachelors and fewer than a dozen unmarried women became an international media sensation. Jenny Berg caught up with some of those erstwhile eligible bachelor farmers and shares their stories with host Erica Pearson.
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- Shot nine times, Sen. John Hoffman is resolute in continuing political life
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- In the seven months since Sen. John Hoffman was shot nine times in the doorway of his home, he has learned that healing from physical and emotional trauma is not linear.
Video: Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
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- Community sings, celebrates at MLK Day event in Powderhorn Park
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Community members sang, danced and celebrated during the 28th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. event at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Center Monday. Jayanthi Rajasa, Cornbread Harris and more local artists performed for the event, put on through a collaboration between the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association and the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board.
Video: Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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- Witness films man being kneed in the face during Minneapolis arrest by federal agents
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- A Minneapolis nurse who filmed a widely circulated video showing a U.S. Border Patrol agent repeatedly kneeing a man in the face said she began recording after hearing shouting outside her workplace in the Phillips neighborhood.
Video: Monica Bicking
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- Activists interrupt Sunday church service, say pastor works for ICE
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Demonstrators disrupted a service at Cities Church after learning one of the pastors also works as the acting director of ICE’s field office in St. Paul. The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation of possible criminal violations. Protest organizers said the demonstration was justified.
Video: Black Lives Matter Minnesota via Storyful
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- Counterprotesters chase off conservative influencer’s group from downtown Minneapolis
- Runtime
- 0:46
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Title
- What if the Vikings move on from J.J. McCarthy this offseason?
- Runtime
- 16:21
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Michael Rand and Chip Scoggins discuss what it would take for the Vikings to cut their losses and reverse course on their QB plan.
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- Minnesota to create 'database of atrocities" by federal agents, Gov. Walz says
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Gov. Tim Walz encouraged Minnesotans to "peacefully film ICE agents" in address on Wednesday night.
The Minnesota Attorney General's Office is asking residents to share information about the actions of federal agents in Minnesota, including those from the Department of Homeland Security, that have affected them or someone close to them.
Reporting by Liz Sawyer, Brooks Johnson and Allison Kite. Photos by Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune and David Guttenfelder and Todd Heisler/The New York Times.
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- Clergy present list of demands at Target HQ
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- More than 50 clergy and community members gathered late this morning at Target's downtown Minneapolis store on Nicollet Mall for a news conference and then marched to the retailer's corporate headquarters a block away to present demands and ask to speak to CEO Brian Cornell.
Video: Carson Hartzog/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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- Federal agents leave Mexican restaurant in St. Paul after diners yell at them
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Federal agents left a Mexican restaurant in St. Paul on Jan. 11 as patrons shouted at them, saying they weren't welcome and needed a judicial warrant.
Tensions are high in Minnesota as protesters and observers continue to confront federal agents following an ICE agent's fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
In a post on Facebook, the restaurant thanked customers who "stood strong and protected our community."
Video by Aldora Gutierrez via Storyful.
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- Cody Alexander joins to talk Brian Flores, Vikings defenders
- Runtime
- 45:46
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Ben Goessling, Andrew Krammer and Emily Leiker are joined by MatchQuarter's Cody Alexander (a former cornerback and graduate assistant coach at Baylor) to discuss Vikings coordinator Brian Flores' unique and effective approach, his head coaching prospects, and the Vikings' defensive roster. They also look ahead to this weekend's NFC Divisional playoff games.
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- The Gophers are on the right path under new men's basketball coach Niko Medved
- Runtime
- 10:53
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Chip Scoggins and Michael Rand from the Minnesota Star Tribune break down the differences in the Gophers men's basketball program under first-year coach Niko Medved.
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- Lawyer for Renee Good's family promises transparency
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- The attorney for the family of Renee Good said that an ICE agent killed “the best of the best” when he shot the Minneapolis woman a few blocks from her home last week and pledged timely public transparency of the firm’s findings.
Video: Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
