Minnesota’s House of Representatives will return to a tie after special elections for vacant seats in the east metro Tuesday night delivered two Democratic-Farmer-Labor wins. In the special election to fill St. Paul’s House District 64A, DFLer Meg Luger-Nikolai won … Continued
Rick Johnson knows how easy it is to cave to helplessness and despair during these dark times. To ask oneself: What difference can I possibly make? Yet Johnson has so far never yielded to such feelings. The Red Wing, Minn., … Continued
The younger sister of Alex Pretti issued a statement Monday memorializing her big brother’s kindness and criticizing “disgusting lies” told in the wake of his death. Micayla Pretti called her brother a hero and thanked everyone who had reached out … Continued
Selamawit Mehari, an Eritrean single mother of three, was starting her day when federal agents showed up at her apartment in St. Paul on a recent morning. As her 13-year-old son wailed and her older daughter produced paperwork proving her … Continued
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have acquired catcher Jhonny Pereda from the Minnesota Twins for cash. The Mariners announced Tuesday they had acquired Pereda and designated right-handed pitcher Jackson Kowar for assignment. Minnesota designated Pereda for assignment on Friday. … Continued
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man sprayed an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar before being tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a … Continued