Frederick Melo

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Frederick Melo

MINNEAPOLIS — A Maple Grove lawmaker has confirmed that her house was one of four known residences visited early Saturday morning by the gunman accused of killing state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, as well as seriously wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. “The past several days have been surrounded by so much grief and fear,” wrote State Rep. Kristin Bahner, DFL-Maple Grove, in a public statement released Wednesday.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Frederick Melo

Frederick Melo, Pioneer PressWed, June 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM UTC1 min readDrivers, cool your engines. Eastbound Interstate 94 will close this weekend in its entirety between Minnesota 280 and Interstate 35E as the Minnesota Department of Transportation continues bridge work along the highway. MnDOT plans to repair nine bridges over I-94 and I-35E in St. Paul this summer, leading into the full replacement of the John Ireland Bridge over I-94 beginning in October, after the Twin Cities Marathon.

1 week ago | twincities.com | Frederick Melo

A Maple Grove lawmaker has confirmed that her house was one of four known residences visited early Saturday morning by the gunman accused of killing state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, as well as seriously wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. “The past several days have been surrounded by so much grief and fear,” wrote State Rep. Kristin Bahner, DFL-Maple Grove, in a public statement released Wednesday.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Frederick Melo |Safiya Mohamed

Jamad Fiin gives dribbling instructions to Reniyah Boston, 14, at the North End Community Center in St. Paul on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Fiin, 26, is a former NCAA basketball player and former professional basketball player with the women's national team in Somalia, who doubles as a social media influencer with more than 1.2 million fans on Instagram and 2 million on TikTok.

1 week ago | twincities.com | Frederick Melo

When Sandy Pappas thinks of John Hoffman, she thinks of the gregarious officemate who keeps snacks at the ready for visitors. A longstanding state senator from St. Paul, Pappas was horrified to learn that the Champlin senator and his wife Yvette had been shot multiple times early Saturday morning by a masked gunman. “It’s going to be a difficult recovery,” said Pappas on Tuesday, in a phone interview. “His office door is always open to everyone. He’s kind of party central.