More from the HomepageMan, 20, killed after being pulled over for traffic violation in Brooklyn Center ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:READ:READ:READ: —-A Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot a man during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon, inflaming already raw tensions between police and community members in the midst of the Derek Chauvin trial.Relatives of Daunte Wright, 20, who is Black, told a tense crowd gathered at the scene in the northern Minneapolis suburb Sunday afternoon that Wright drove for a short distance after he was shot, crashed his car, and died at the...…More from the HomepageMan, 20, killed after being pulled over for traffic violation in Brooklyn Center ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:READ:READ:READ: —-A Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot a man during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon, inflaming already raw tensions between police and community members in the midst of the Derek Chauvin trial.Relatives of Daunte Wright, 20, who is Black, told a tense crowd gathered at the scene in the northern Minneapolis suburb Sunday afternoon that Wright drove for a short distance after he was shot, crashed his car, and died at the...WW…

ByTeachers unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul are pushing back on their districts' February reopening plans, asking them to delay the return to classrooms over safety concerns during the pandemic.Gov. Tim Walz announced in mid-December that elementary schools could reopen as soon as Jan. 18, with precautions, and many districts are set to bring young students back next week. But Minneapolis and St. Paul, which have both been in distance learning since the COVID-19 pandemic hit last spring, are aiming for February starts.Minneapolis announced its plan last week, and union leaders in that...…ByTeachers unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul are pushing back on their districts' February reopening plans, asking them to delay the return to classrooms over safety concerns during the pandemic.Gov. Tim Walz announced in mid-December that elementary schools could reopen as soon as Jan. 18, with precautions, and many districts are set to bring young students back next week. But Minneapolis and St. Paul, which have both been in distance learning since the COVID-19 pandemic hit last spring, are aiming for February starts.Minneapolis announced its plan last week, and union leaders in that...WW…

More from the HomepageThe East Grand Forks tavern was offering sit-down service in defiance of the governor's order. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:The state of Minnesota on Sunday suspended the liquor license of Boardwalk Bar & Grill in East Grand Forks, Minn., for continuing dine-in service in defiance of Gov. Tim Walz's executive order.The suspension, announced by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, came just days after a Polk County court closed the bar to on-site dining, despite the owner's insistence on keeping the doors open.Judge Corey Harbott on Friday granted...…More from the HomepageThe East Grand Forks tavern was offering sit-down service in defiance of the governor's order. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:The state of Minnesota on Sunday suspended the liquor license of Boardwalk Bar & Grill in East Grand Forks, Minn., for continuing dine-in service in defiance of Gov. Tim Walz's executive order.The suspension, announced by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, came just days after a Polk County court closed the bar to on-site dining, despite the owner's insistence on keeping the doors open.Judge Corey Harbott on Friday granted...WW…

After crossing a road a whitetail buck in velvet heads into a woods.Photo: David Joles/Star TribuneMore from the HomepageSome of the drivers were also spinning the tires on their vehicles. By Star TribunemoreMinneapolis police opened fire hydrants and flooded some downtown Minneapolis streets Sunday night to deter people who were drag racing, according to WCCO-TV.A Facebook livestream showed a group of vehicles also spinning their tires on Hennepin Avenue, clogging traffic and filling the air with smoke.The group had come from a car show and school supplies giveaway on Nicollet Island,...…After crossing a road a whitetail buck in velvet heads into a woods.Photo: David Joles/Star TribuneMore from the HomepageSome of the drivers were also spinning the tires on their vehicles. By Star TribunemoreMinneapolis police opened fire hydrants and flooded some downtown Minneapolis streets Sunday night to deter people who were drag racing, according to WCCO-TV.A Facebook livestream showed a group of vehicles also spinning their tires on Hennepin Avenue, clogging traffic and filling the air with smoke.The group had come from a car show and school supplies giveaway on Nicollet Island,...WW…

More from the HomepageLoading...Medical board reportedly looking into Jensen's COVID-19 comments. By Star TribunemoreState Sen. Scott Jensen, a physician and Republican from Chaska, said Sunday that he is being investigated by the Minnesota State Board of Medical Practice for public statements he’s made about COVID-19.Jensen criticized the state Department of Health in April for following federal guidance stipulating when doctors should characterize deaths as due to COVID-19. He said he feared that the death toll might be inflated if each state’s allocation of federal funds depended on...…More from the HomepageLoading...Medical board reportedly looking into Jensen's COVID-19 comments. By Star TribunemoreState Sen. Scott Jensen, a physician and Republican from Chaska, said Sunday that he is being investigated by the Minnesota State Board of Medical Practice for public statements he’s made about COVID-19.Jensen criticized the state Department of Health in April for following federal guidance stipulating when doctors should characterize deaths as due to COVID-19. He said he feared that the death toll might be inflated if each state’s allocation of federal funds depended on...WW…