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Hennepin County’s election vote is official. A new U.S. Representative and new state reps...
The Hennepin County Canvassing Board has certified the results of the November 5, 2024 election, according to a news release Friday morning Nov. 15.
Voter...
McGarvey, Page and Xiong win Brooklyn Park’s city council election
The Brooklyn Park City Council will have a female majority when two new members take the oath of office in January. Amanda Cheng Xiong...
DFL Rep. Ilhan Omar wins fourth term in Minnesota’s 5th District
Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has secured a fourth term, defeating Republican challenger Dalia Al-Aqidi in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District by more than 50...
Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley: The girl who narrowly dodged deportation and grew up to become...
If Paul Wellstone, the late U.S. senator from Minnesota, is looking down from the heavens, he is smiling and happy to see what became...
Leaders urge African immigrants to make their voices heard by voting
African immigrants should get out and vote in large numbers Tuesday because the 2024 elections could be the most consequential ever for the continent...
Trump supporter at Kenyan SDA church in Minnesota throws hundreds of Mshale newspapers in...
On Saturday Oct. 26, I went around the parking lot of Kenyan Community Church (KCC) in Brooklyn Center to drop off the latest print...
African Diaspora Coalition raises money for 2024 Minnesota House of Representatives DFL candidates
On Sunday, the African Diaspora Coalition, gathered to give a financial boost to African diaspora candidates on the ballot next week in Minnesota House...
Habib & Co. returns to Twin Cities stage Nov. 13 after a long hiatus
The traveling route from Mali to Côte d’Ivoire to Senegal form an isosceles triangle and would take days if not weeks to travel. The...
Hennepin Healthcare System appoints first Somali American chairman of its Board of Directors
Hennepin Healthcare System has appointed Mohamed Omar as its first Somali Board of Directors chairman since the system began operating as Minneapolis City Hospital...
Brooklyn Park City Council decides to keep Boyd Morson under censure
Brookly Park City Councilmember Boyd Morson censure came up for a six-month review at the October 14 council meeting. He has been censured twice...
Brooklyn Park celebrates Nigerian sister city, honors actor Mofe-Damijo for role in relationship
The city of Brooklyn Park celebrated the second year of its relationship with Udu, a Nigerian urban center that became a sister city in...