An affordable housing developer has entered a purchase agreement to convert Catholic Charities’ vacant Mary Hall building in downtown St. Paul into an 88-unit supportive housing facility for the recently-homeless. Those plans have drawn the attention of a seemingly unlikely … Continued
Today is Friday, July 12, the 194th day of 2024. There are 172 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 12, 1979, as an angry reaction to the popularity of disco music, the Chicago White Sox … Continued
Jurors on Thursday convicted an Iowa man of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a police officer who was trying to arrest him. Kyle Ricke, 43, faces life in prison for the murder of 33-year-old Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram, the … Continued
A mental health advocate with a statewide police watchdog group is raising concerns after the same Crookston Police Department officer was involved in two deadly shootings just 45 days apart. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified the officer as … Continued
The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a set of best practices to ensure the security of unstaffed absentee ballot drop boxes that the state Supreme Court last week ruled could be installed for the fall elections. The use of … Continued