Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are increasingly finding their arrest targets inside local courthouses. But one arrest caught on video last Thursday in St. Paul has immigrant advocates crying foul.
Edward Muhammad Johnson was formally charged Thursday with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Stillwater prison corrections officer Joseph Gomm. Johnson, 42, was also charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.
The nearly hourlong 911 outage that prevented some emergency calls and texts from reaching dispatch centers Wednesday afternoon across Minnesota stemmed from problems caused by a third-party vendor working for CenturyLink, according to state public safety officials.
Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will debate on this week's Politics Friday show on MPR News. You can listen to the debate at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3 on the air, or online at mprnews.org/listen. You can also watch the debate on MPR News Facebook page.
Hundreds of students, staff, families and alumni gathered Thursday at Minnehaha Academy for a ceremony marking the rebuilding of the school damaged by an explosion exactly one year ago.
According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, since 2010, wet weather has had an effect on wastewater treatment operations an average of 143 times a year, resulting in raw or partially treated sewage overflowing or being discharged into the environment.
