Estelle Timar-Wilcox

1 week ago | mprnews.org | Kate Martin |Estelle Timar-Wilcox |Tom Scheck

Brooklyn Park police are investigating a break-in at the home of slain Minnesota House DFL leader Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. The incident, reported Wednesday morning, comes days after the Hortmans were shot and killed in their home in what authorities are calling a politically motivated attack. Police said there was an overnight break-in at the residence, which had previously been processed by investigators and boarded up.

2 weeks ago | mprnews.org | Estelle Timar-Wilcox

Several members of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents found their homes vandalized Thursday with spray-painted messages apparently protesting the sale of university land to an aerospace company. The Minnesota Daily reported that the vandals spray-painted phrases such as “No missiles” on walkways outside regents’ houses. U of M President Rebecca Cunningham said in a Board of Regents committee meeting Thursday that law enforcement is working to identify the vandals.

2 weeks ago | mprnews.org | Estelle Timar-Wilcox

Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Two men are facing federal charges in connection with shootings outside two Twin Cities area high school graduation ceremonies. 20-year-old Hamza Said of Coon Rapids and 18-year-old Amiir Ali of Circle Pines are both charged with illegal possession of machine guns. Prosecutors allege both men were involved in gang-related activity tied to the shootings.

2 weeks ago | mprnews.org | Estelle Timar-Wilcox

Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. After more than a century in St. Paul, Luther Seminary says it plans to sell its campus in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood. Leadership of the Christian theology and ministry graduate school announced the decision to sell on Tuesday. In a statement, seminary leaders said the board of directors voted unanimously to sell the campus.

2 weeks ago | mprnews.org | Estelle Timar-Wilcox

Several Minnesota grocery stores and pharmacies are seeing disruptions this week as a major food supplier addresses a cyberattack. United Natural Foods, Inc. announced Monday that it had detected “unauthorized activity” in its systems. In response, the company took some of its systems offline while it investigates the problem. “We are assessing the unauthorized activity and working to restore our systems to safely bring them back online,” the company said in a statement.