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Convicted felon Nicole Mitchell's election to Woodbury City Council called into question.

On its website, the Minnesota Department of Corrections says, “If you are convicted of a felony you lose the right to hold public office until court-ordered discharge from probation or the end of your sentence.”
Mitchell is no longer in jail, but court records say her supervised probation term began on Sept. 23, 2025, and runs until Sept. 23, 2030.

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11-year-old Braham girl attacked twice by ‘bully’ getting off bus; mother blasts law passed under DFL trifecta
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Did you know what you were voting on, or did you just vote yes because of feelgoodery?

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While all the races in Minnesota got the headlines Tuesday, almost nobody noticed what Voters just passed with Amendment 1...

Back in 1858 Minnesota set up a Permanent School Trust Fund from 2.5M acres of mining and timber land...today it sits at $2.4 Billion

For 168 years the State Constitution kept the Principal "perpetual and inviolate"...meaning Politicians could ONLY spend the interest and dividends,(about 2.5% a year) and couldn't touch the nest egg

How did they sell Amendment 1 on the ballot? "More money for schools without raising taxes"...so of course 73% voted Yes

Here is what it ACTUALLY did:

- Stripped "perpetual and inviolate" right out of the Constitution
- Bumped the payout to 4.5% of the fund's value,(so in a down market it eats straight into the Principal)
- Put that 4.5% cap in regular Statute instead of the Constitution...and killed a 2/3 supermajority rule in committee 7-1

Oh and remember...Democrats just took total control of St. Paul right before a brutal 2027 budget deficit

So now a Simple Majority can crank that payout higher whenever they run short of cash...

168 years of guardrails gone overnight. The founders of this State are rolling in their graves...

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Law enforcement raids multiple sites ahead of fraud announcement Friday

The raids took place at Iska, Inc. in St. Louis Park and Bright Horizon Therapy Center in Edina.

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Troubled Lake Street stretch sees over 170 first responder calls in a month

The calls include several overdoses or narcotics activity, assaults, police chases, disturbances, outside fires, and fights, as well as weapons and shootings.
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62 staff injuries, $900K in damage: Hospital sounds alarm over caring for man linked to Hastings home invasion
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Lakeville man sentenced for trafficking fentanyl to northern Minnesota, Red Lake Reservation

Marquise Javon Walker was sentenced to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
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Illegal alien in Minnesota convicted in child pornography case

A detection dog led police to a wooden crucifix during a search of Alejandro Garcia's apartment in Stillwater. Hidden inside was an SD card containing child sexual abuse material.
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🙄 Somali leaders cite American upbringing, gun violence and overworked parents amid gang shootings

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@phil63340 So, Biden's FBI.

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Sheikhdoon Mohamud charged with plotting mass casualty attack at Mall of America in support of ISIS

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DOJ indicts 10 foreign nationals for voter fraud in Minnesota

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@Hetty714 We're not living in Florida, Texas, or Arizona. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

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Millionaires, Lamborghinis, and your tax dollars: Minnesota’s SNAP problem

"SNAP in Minnesota is designed to be gamed..."

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Overheated electrical equipment caused fire that killed NHL reporter Jessi Pierce, 3 children

Investigators say the fire began when electrical equipment overheated in a home office and left the sleeping family with roughly one minute to react after a smoke alarm likely sounded.

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Man charged with unwanted sexual contact of MOA employee avoided prison for stabbing a woman last year in Moriarty plea deal.

Cedric Casino Anderson is on probation for felony 3rd degree assault after being sentenced in January.
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Former inmate says male prisoners are getting 'bottom surgery' to stay in Minnesota's women's prison

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Over 30 warrants executed, several arrested in north metro trafficking, drug and weapons probe

Brooklyn Center Police Chief Garett Flesland said the Travelodge and Super 8 hotels "have generated an extraordinary amount of police activity."
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Another holiday weekend, another Somali rampage.

Activity continued Labor Day evening into the Northeast Minneapolis area, where “over 100 cars” were reported to be gathered near the Quarry Shopping Center, near 18th and Johnson Street Northeast. The location was recently noted by Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher as a gathering place for Somali gang members, and where violence and shootings have occurred.

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Career criminal sentenced to 20 years in prison for 9th felony

Esau Chucky Sago's crimes include domestics, fleeing, auto theft, and threats of violence. Sago was prohibited from possessing firearms but was found with one during a traffic stop in Oct. 2024, leading to the federal prosecution.
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