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Community Plea Grows for Missing Columbia Heights Teen Jordan “Manny” Collins Jr.
6/24 Update: The Anoka County Sheriff's Office has conducted multiple searches at the Waste Management landfill in Elk River for evidence...
Rebecca Gilbuena
Jun 244 min read
Mr. B: Conducting Change and Creating Opportunity in Music Education
DeLaSalle Music Program Director David Billingsley is a quarterfinalist for the Grammy Music Educator Award. Awarded by the Recording...
Rebecca Gilbuena
Jun 234 min read
Jason Sole’s Fight for Full Freedom Advances: Pardon Hearing Scheduled After Public Pressure, Concerns Remain
After decades of advocacy, a prominent voice in justice reform finally gets a date to plead his case. The news comes weeks after Jason Sole publicly gave the state a Juneteenth deadline to act on his petition—a bold demand that resonated with many advocates, and shined a spotlight on what he and others have described as a broken and politically delayed clemency process.
Rebecca Gilbuena
Jun 193 min read
Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and Husband Killed in Targeted Political Attack
Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday morning in a...
Rebecca Gilbuena
Jun 143 min read
Federal agents arrest local poet outside Georgia Fort’s office in Downtown Saint Paul
Isavela Lopez sat down for an interview with Georgia Fort on Monday, June 9. She was arrested by federal agents upon leaving the...
Rebecca Gilbuena
Jun 102 min read
Lawmakers Repeal MinnesotaCare for Undocumented Adults in Special Session
June 9, 2025 – In a dramatic and emotionally charged special session, the Minnesota Legislature passed a bill to remove undocumented...
Rebecca Gilbuena
Jun 92 min read
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