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1 week ago | 
kstp.com | Emily Baude
Dozens of people gathered outside the federal courthouse in Minneapolis to call for the United States to stay out of the conflict between Israel and Iran. Local artist Katayoun Amjadi held a sign that said “Hands Off Iran.”“It’s just terrifying,” she said. “The past 24 hours, I haven’t heard anything from Tehran.”Amjadi first came to the U.S. from Iran with her family in 2001, when she was 19 years old. She still has friends, an uncle and cousins who live in Iran.
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1 week ago | 
kstp.com | Emily Baude
For the first time, the Hoffmans are revealing more about what happened in last weekend’s targeted shooting at their Champlin home. State Sen. John Hoffman was shot nine times and his wife, Yvette, was shot eight times in the overnight hours on Saturday. Their daughter, Hope, was also present and able to call 911.
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1 week ago | 
kstp.com | Emily Baude
Surgeons and staff at Allied Veterinary and Emergency Referral in Brooklyn Park say there’s no question that state Rep. Melissa Hortman loved her dog, Gilbert. “I see somebody who’s very caring about their dog,” explains Diana Schaapveld, the manager at Allied. “I see Gilbert’s happy, loving face, a sweet and gentle boy.”The four-year-old golden retriever initially came to the Hortman home as a service dog trainee in 2021.
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1 week ago | 
kstp.com | Emily Baude
“I acknowledge the only reason my parents were able to immigrate here is because of the liberatory and revolutionary acts of African Americans,” Kene Orakwue, attendee, said. Juneteenth is a day to honor freedom and resilience. It marks the official end of slavery in the United States. “I just wanted to celebrate the community, be out here with my people,” Athena Webster, attendee, said. It’s the people who breathe life into the Soul of the Southside festival.
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1 week ago | 
kstp.com | Emily Baude
Person arrested after sending threatening text to Rep.
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1 week ago | 
kstp.com | Emily Baude
A woman in her 60s is dead after a four-vehicle crash in Monticello on Wednesday night. A Chevrolet Traverse, Ford F350, Ford Focus and Freightliner Cascadia¬†were all heading eastbound on Interstate 94 just before 7:20 p.m. when “a rear-end collision” happened, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. A passenger in the Chevrolet Traverse died as a result of the crash.
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1 week ago | 
kstp.com | Emily Baude
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty wants to prosecute the case against Vance Boelter before the U.S. Attorney’s Office does, a spokesperson for her office confirmed to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS. Both offices announced charges against Boelter on Monday for the killing of House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and the shooting of Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.
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1 week ago | 
kstp.com | Emily Baude
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, guided by state law, is responsible for controlling the spread of invasive weeds on Lake Minnetonka and other waterways across the state. The DNR’s herbicide spraying is considered safe, but Lake Minnetonka residents and anglers told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS they have a petition with more than 1,000 signatures opposed to any expansion of the treatment program in bays spread throughout the lake.
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1 week ago | 
kstp.com | Emily Baude
The massive roof replacement project at the Avonlea Townhome neighborhood in Lakeville is well underway and homeowner Sarah Conlow is none too happy about it. “We haven’t had any sort of involvement. We have questions; we haven’t received any answers,” she says. “We’re trying to speak out for all the homeowners. In this economy, it’s hard to fork over $17,000.”Conlow is echoing the concerns of her neighbors, each of whom billed that amount for roof repairs at their townhomes.
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1 week ago | 
kstp.com | Emily Baude
A man who was one of the main defendants in last year’s Feeding Our Future trial is now pleading guilty to bribing a juror in the case. Abdiaziz Farah and four others are accused of delivering a bag with $120,000 in cash to a juror’s home while the trial was ongoing. The juror was promised that more money would come if she helped bring a not guilty verdict.
