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Feds say Operation Metro Surge is ending. Many Twin Cities immigrants don’t believe it.

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

A woman from Mexico tells WCCO that she hasn’t left her St. Paul, Minnesota, apartment for the last month. She said it takes courage to even take out…

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Don Lemon pleads not guilty on St. Paul federal church protest charges

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

Several people charged in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church whose pastor served as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official are set to be arraigned Friday…

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SOS put out for Twin Cities small businesses amid ICE surge

February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

Several Twin Cities small businesses say Operation Metro Surge has cost them millions of dollars in revenue. Now, they’re asking for the community’s help.  A group of business…

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Far-right influencer Jake Lang arrested for vandalizing sculpture on Minnesota Capitol steps

February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

Law enforcement arrested pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist and far-right influencer Jake Lang in St. Paul for destroying a sculpture on the front steps of the Capitol on Thursday.…

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Grants to give helping hand to St. Paul’s immigrant-owned businesses impacted by ICE operation

February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

Some businesses are struggling amid Operation Metro Surge, but community members in St. Paul are working to keep them afloat.   Margarita Valladares takes the keys and locks…

Read more Grants to give helping hand to St. Paul’s immigrant-owned businesses impacted by ICE operation

Students, teachers calling on Walz to impose moratorium on evictions amid ICE surge

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

Outside the governor’s mansion in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday, demonstrators, including many students and teachers, pleaded for Gov. Tim Walz to enact an immediate eviction moratorium to…

Read more Students, teachers calling on Walz to impose moratorium on evictions amid ICE surge

Journalist Don Lemon is charged with federal civil rights crimes in anti-ICE church protest

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026 · Sacramento, California Local News

Journalist Don Lemon was released from custody Friday after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that…

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Revisiting Minnesota’s “Open House” Exhibition in the Age of ICE

January 26, 2026January 28, 2026 · Breaking News

Twenty years ago this week, the Minnesota History Center, in Minneapolis’s twin city, St. Paul, launched an interactive exhibition called “Open House: If These Walls Could Talk.” It…

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Federal judge again declines to grant restraining order against DHS in Minnesota

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

A federal judge said there will be no decision on Monday in Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s bid to end to Operation Metro Surge.  The state of Minnesota…

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Judge set to hear arguments on Minnesota’s immigration crackdown after fatal shootings

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026 · Orlando, Florida Local News

A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the fatal shootings of…

Read more Judge set to hear arguments on Minnesota’s immigration crackdown after fatal shootings

DOJ subpoenas Walz, Frey, Her and others in probe alleging immigration obstruction

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino held a new conference Tuesday afternoon in Minneapolis where he defended the work and actions of federal agents in Minnesota in Operation…

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Faith leaders says

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

Faith leaders will hold a news conference Tuesday in the Twin Cities to announce the participation of “hundreds of Minnesota places of worship” in A Day of Truth…

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DOJ probing protesters group that disrupted services at church with ICE pastor

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 · Politics

Minneapolis — The Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with…

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Minnesota Gov. Walz tells Trump, Noem to

January 14, 2026January 15, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

In a rare primetime address Wednesday evening, Gov. Tim Walz gave a six-minute-long address to Minnesotans where he called on President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem…

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Minnesota community members handing out free, 3D-printed ICE alert whistles

January 14, 2026January 14, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

At a small toy shop on Grand Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota, customers aren’t just buying board games and plushies. They’re grabbing handfuls of tiny plastic whistles and…

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Minnesota, Twin Cities file lawsuit in effort to stop ICE surge in state

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

The state of Minnesota, along with the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, are suing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other federal officials in an…

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Minnesota educators and families call on ICE agents to stay away from schools

January 9, 2026January 10, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

Educators from across Minnesota on Friday demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stay away from school property.  Many shared what they’ve witnessed on or near Minnesota’s…

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Man shot in leg outside St. Paul’s Skarda Bar, police say

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

Police in St. Paul, Minnesota, are investigating after a man was shot in the upper thigh late Sunday night outside of a bar. Officers were called to Skarda’s…

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1 hurt, 1 arrested in overnight shooting in St. Paul’s North End

January 3, 2026January 3, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

Police in St. Paul, Minnesota, say a man is hospitalized and another is in custody in connection to a shooting overnight Saturday in the city’s North End neighborhood.…

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Kaohly Her becomes first woman, Asian American to be St. Paul’s mayor

January 2, 2026January 3, 2026 · Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News

Kaohly Her, a former state representative, who after a short campaign defeated a well-known incumbent in an upset last fall, took the oath of office Friday to become the…

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