Ramsey County on Monday tapped a longtime social worker to head its Social Services Department. Sophia Thompson, who has overseen its mental health division for three the past three years, will take over the department as director on July 1. … Continued
The inmate who died at Minnesota Correctional Facility — Stillwater over the weekend is believed to have ingested synthetic drugs. Minnesota Department of Corrections officials identified the man as Dalmario Smith, 22, who was serving time for escape from custody … Continued
By TERRY TANG (Associated Press) For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the … Continued
Civil disobedience led to arrests Monday evening as a vote cued up rent increases of 2.75 percent on one-year leases and 5.25 percent on two-year leases for the city’s rent stabilized tenants. Adi Talwar Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes was one of … Continued
A group of residents from the Tri-Lakes area in Lake Elmo and Oakdale are asking state officials to provide bottled water until they can get testing done to show whether their private wells have PFAS chemical levels exceeding the new … Continued