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Loosened liquor laws lets Minnesota cities expand alcohol sales
(FOX 9) - Alcohol will flow a little more freely around Minnesota in the coming months, thanks to new laws passed during this year’s legislative session. The new state law says all Minneapolis parks can now license alcohol sales — without needing covered seating like at Sea Salt by Minnehaha Falls.
Lino Lakes residents express concern, opposition over mosque proposal
LINO LAKES, Minn. (FOX 9) - You needed a ticket to get into the Lino Lakes City Hall council chambers on Tuesday night. Residents have been showing up at meetings in the hundreds this spring, and more than 2,000 people have signed a petition expressing their opposition to large-scale densely populated developments, like the currently proposed Madinah Lakes project.
Group of Yachats residents still show up every Saturday four years after first protest of George Floyd’s killing
At 10 a.m. every Saturday for four years a collection of Yachats-area residents grab homemade signs and stand along U.S. Highway 101 in the center of town to ask people to become more racially aware. They wave to people who honk as they drive past, or smile at others who...
City and Minneapolis police union reach tentative deal on 3-year contract
Minneapolis leaders announced Tuesday afternoon that the city and the union representing Minneapolis police officers reached a tentative agreement for a three-year contract. Few details of the deal are being shared before members of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis vote on it. The tentative contract agreement comes after eight...
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