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U.S. fencer wants to be an ‘image’ for black Muslim women in ‘tough political environment’

By Rachel Blount Minneapolis Star Tribune RIO DE JANEIRO — Had she wanted, Ibtihaj Muhammad could have remained relatively anonymous. Fencing isn’t a sport followed ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, August 12, 2016 10:13 am

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Backers of $15 Minneapolis minimum wage ask judge to overturn council’s decision

Supporters of a Minneapolis charter-amendment proposal to increase the city’s minimum wage have filed a legal complaint against the city, arguing that the City Council ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 10:01 am

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Man threatened cable repair man with shotgun

A Lakeville man was charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor for using a gun to threaten a repair man who had come to his ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 10:00 am

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Minnesota attorney general sides with mobile home owners fighting redevelopment

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is throwing her support for St. Anthony mobile home park residents who are now in a fierce legal fight to ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 9:55 am

News

State Fair to celebrate Prince

It will be all things purple at the Great Minnesota Get-Together as State Fair officials have declared Aug. 26 “Unite in Purple” Day in honor ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 7:59 am

Guest Columns

Instead of civility, Freeborn County chose Ted Nugent

Freeborn County, the rural area surrounding Albert Lea, Minn., roughly 90 minutes south of the Twin Cities, is in the midst of a movement called ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, August 4, 2016 10:14 am

FEATURE SPOT -- NEIGHBORS

Minnesotans come together, provide more housing for homeless vets

Last August, Herman Johnson was homeless. A year later, the 62-year-old former U.S. Air Force mechanic is living in an apartment in St. Paul. He ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 10:33 am

Politics

New refugee program brings joy to families, adds fuel to debate

By Mila Koumpilova Minneapolis Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS — Ana Ruano and her daughter Julissa Escobar lingered near a Minneapolis airport arrivals gate, held each other ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 10:27 am

News

Franken mocks Trump in DNC remarks

By Bill Salisbury St. Paul Pioneer Press He was back in his old “Saturday Night Live” satirist mode Monday evening as he addressed a national ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, July 26, 2016 10:12 am

Lifestyles

St. Paul man helps collect 700K glasses for those in need

By Mary Divine St. Paul Pioneer Press ST. PAUL — The conference room in Jeff Fenske’s St. Paul law office generally serves as meeting space ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, July 25, 2016 10:24 am

News

Minn. delegates say Trump shows ‘strength’ after recent violence

Adam Gilbertson, an Iraq war veteran now traversing this heavily guarded city with Minnesota’s delegation to the Republican National Convention, said Monday that he got ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, July 19, 2016 10:04 am

Opinion

Another blow for Baton Rouge, nation

A nation desperately in need of healing instead has more lives to grieve after a shooting in Baton Rouge, La., left three law enforcement officers ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, July 18, 2016 10:15 am

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

Black Lives Matter St. Paul to protest at Rosedale shopping center Sunday afternoon

ROSEVILLE — Black Lives Matter St. Paul plans to demonstrate at the Rosedale shopping center on Sunday to pressure the city of Falcon Heights into ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, July 15, 2016 7:39 am

Agriculture

Water Quality: Time for public to weigh in on new buffer strip law

Farmers and other stakeholders have criticized the plan to require buffer strips around Minnesota streams, rivers and some drainage ditches. They now have chance to ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, July 14, 2016 9:37 am

Opinion

Charges send tough, needed message

St. Paul officials made a hard but fair decision Monday to charge demonstrators with third-degree riot — a gross misdemeanor — after a Saturday protest ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, July 14, 2016 9:35 am

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