Dan Niepow at Twin Cities Business writes the Minneapolis Downtown Council is reporting downtown added about 2,000 residents in 2024, bringing the total population to 60,549 people, up 3.7% over the prior year.
Tommy Wiita at Bring Me the News is reporting the Hope House of St. Croix Valley in Stillwater has had its license suspended Friday by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, which alleges that residents at 451 Everett St. N. were “at an imminent risk of harm.”
Sarah Thamer at the Pioneer Press reports Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota is eliminating 27 staff positions, after the Trump administration’s suspension of the Refugee Admissions Program in January.
Leon Purvis at FOX 9 is reporting residents at Brentwood Apartments in Minneapolis are unionizing under a new law after they spent days last month without heat. They’re demanding their money back and for things to get fixed.
Alex V. Cipolle at MPR News talks with members of local arts nonprofits about a Trump executive order that forbids grant recipients from promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and “gender ideology.”
Kelly Rissman at the Independent shares the story of an Idaho man who shattered one of his vertebrae while skiing in Switzerland, paralyzing him from the waist down — but UnitedHealthcare has refused to help cover the cost, leaving the family begging for money, they claim.
Riley Moser at WCCO News reports police arrested former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe in California on Tuesday after he spoke out against Huntington Beach’s decision to display a plaque that spells out “MAGA” — an acronym synonymous with President Trump.
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