Minnesota Today Podcast
1) Top Minnesota fraud prosecutor quits; Oglala Sioux demands ICE release tribal citizens
Minnesota’s top federal fraud prosecutor has resigned along with other experienced attorneys at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office. Through a spokesperson, First Assistant U.S. attorney for Minnesot...Show More
2) Minnesota's top federal fraud prosecutor quits over ICE shooting probe
The lead federal prosecutor in the Feeding Our Future fraud case has resigned. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson is objecting to the Justice Department's response to the killing of Renee Mack...Show More
3) Warrantless ICE entry in Minneapolis heightens fears amid statewide enforcement surge
A St. Cloud strip mall was the center of what one lawmaker called “chaos and aggression” Monday when dozens of ICE agents showed up. Some protesters were hit with pepper spray, and some community memb...Show More
4) Feds say more than 2,000 arrested in Minnesota surge
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson says immigration agents have arrested more than 2,000 people in Minnesota since its enforcement surge began last month. Tribal nations are encouraging ci...Show More
5) State lawmakers hear from rural constituents about the effects of health care changes
Over the weekend, anti-ICE protests took place across the country in the wake of the killing of Renee Macklin Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. On Saturday, in Minneapolis, thousands demonstrated...Show More
6) Hennepin County Attorney seeks evidence in ICE shooting; Minneapolis Public Schools offer e-learning option
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says her office is seeking out evidence to conduct a local investigation into this week's fatal shooting of Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis by an Immigration a...Show More
7) ICE agent involved in fatal shooting Wednesday was involved in another incident in June
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good on Wednesday morning has been identified through court documents from a June incident in Bloomington. NPR has conf...Show More
8) Walz questions fairness of FBI-led probe into ICE shooting
Federal agencies have taken sole lead of the investigation of a fatal shooting by a federal immigration officer of a woman in Minneapolis, shortly after saying it would investigate jointly with the Mi...Show More
9) Thousands gather to mourn woman shot by ICE agent
The Anoka-Hennepin teachers union and school district have reached a tentative contract agreement, averting a strike that could have started as soon as Thursday.A state audit found a grant program wit...Show More
10) ICE agent fatally shoots woman in south Minneapolis
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to vacate the city after an agent shot and killed a woman this morning. At a press conference today, Frey angrily condem...Show More