When Tou Thao walked out of a federal prison today, it no doubt marked the end of a nightmare that fell over him five years ago. Thao was one of…
Another crime story soon to be disappeared. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Halloween overnight shooting kills one, injures two in Dinkytown. For those who don’t know, Dinkytown is the small…
Marlon Irias-Duarte is our Minnesota Man of the Day. On Friday, Irias made a first appearance in federal court having been indicted back in May on a felony count of…
Minnesota’s oldest ju-jitsu school World of Self Defense is a ju-jitsu “dojo” located a few blocks west of the Veterans Administration Hospital in South Minneapolis. It’s a second-generation martial arts school…
Driving down Lake Street in South Minneapolis on May 16, 2024.
As the Director of Housing Stability for Hennepin County, David Hewitt’s ambitious goal is to make homelessness in the Twin Cities rare, brief, and nonrecurring. On April 20, 2023, Hewitt…
With Minnesota’s public safety strategies at a crossroads, it is more important than ever to ensure those strategies are built on solid information and not hopeful narratives. Center of the…
Rising crime is a major concern for most Minnesotans, and rightfully so. In 2020 Minnesota became a high crime state for the first time in our history, and trendlines suggest…
Minnesota’s oldest ju-jitsu school World of Self Defense is a ju-jitsu “dojo” located a few blocks west of the Veterans Administration Hospital in South Minneapolis. It’s a second-generation martial arts school…
Minneapolis, known as the “City of Lakes,” will no longer host the Aquatennial, which has been its signature summer event since 1940. It’s also pulling the plug on the popular…
When Tou Thao walked out of a federal prison today, it no doubt marked the end of a nightmare that fell over him five years ago. Thao was one of…
Another crime story soon to be disappeared. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Halloween overnight shooting kills one, injures two in Dinkytown. For those who don’t know, Dinkytown is the small…
Valuable tools underutilized by criminal justice officials in our state’s most violent county Preview: Criminal justice officials in Hennepin County are failing to use the new state statute and enhanced…