Leaders in this southern Minnesota city, famous for its German heritage, have adopted a new philosophy to combat its housing crisis: saying “ja.” Over the past few months, the City Council in this ...

Alex Burchard helped boost tourism near statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the past several days as enthusiastic birders flocked to see his rare find on Lake Bemidji. He spotted a juvenile male Pacific ...

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ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — A suburban Minnesota city became what is believed to be the first in the U.S. to elect a Somali American mayor when 27-year-old Nadia Mohamed was chosen to lead St. Louis ...

At least 22 Minnesota city, county, regional and tribal governments have published “climate action” plans to mitigate the ...

Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that's recently faced attacks from President ...

The move comes as the Trump administration launches an immigration enforcement operation targeting the Somali community.

Around 73% of Somali immigrants are naturalized U.S. citizens, per the U.S. Census Bureau. Jaylani Hussein with the Council ...

President Donald Trump and his top officials have recently criticized Minnesota's Somali community, drawing attention to ...

Most Somalis in the state are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, making the pool of people who would be subject to ...

President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign has garnered additional state attention following recent federal ...

Yuri Botelho, 36, a Brazil native, worked for the city of St. Louis Park and recently became an American citizen.