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'My prayer is that we have a department that looks more like our community' Community leaders want new St. Paul chief to bring change, wary of empty promises

The man chosen to be the next St. Paul police chief, Axel Henry, is expected to be sworn in today after the city council approves his nomination. 

Henry, who has been with the St. Paul police department for 24 years, was picked by mayor Melvin Carter out of a field of five finalists.

Like many leaders in the community, Pastor Runney Patterson with New Hope Baptist Church wants change, but has questions about how much change will happen.

“I believe as a community, as a city, as a state, even as a nation, we have come a long ways, but if we’re being honest, we aren’t there yet,” he said.

There's been a lack of accountability within the department, said Patterson and certain communities are often treated better than others based on the residents who live there. He said while previous chiefs have acknowledged the need to make changes, promises have not always followed through.
 
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Child care staff shortage forces some centers to consider shutting doors. Child care facilities are facing the same issues many care-providing industries, such as nursing homes, face. They’ve been able to find enough people to care for children before, but parents are increasingly desperate for slots as the other arm of child care —  family child care providers — continue to close.

North Shore snowfall tops 18 inches; season's coldest air mass ahead. A concentrated plume of heavy lake-effect snow dumped 18.5 inches of snow so far this week near Hovland, east of Grand Marais along Minnesota’s North Shore.

Missiles cross into Poland during strike. Poland said Wednesday there is “absolutely no indication” that a missile which came down in Polish farmland, killing two people, was a intentional attack on the NATO country, and that neighbor Ukraine likely launched the Soviet-era projectile as it fended off a Russian air assault that savaged its power grid.

Listen: 'City of Hustle:' New anthology explores history of Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls is South Dakota’s largest city. It's also known as the Queen City. But a new anthology, exploring the history of Sioux Falls, offers another nickname. 

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