Xp Lee, a Minnesota Department of Health employee that leads COVID-19 community initiatives, has won a special election to become the next East District representative in the Brooklyn Park City Council.
With all 10 precincts reporting Tuesday night, Xp Lee finished with 45.5 percent of the vote. LaDawn Severin came in second with 34 percent of the vote. Benjamin Osemenam...
Voters in the East District in Brooklyn Park on Saturday, February 5, 2022 braved subzero wind chills to take advantage of weekend absentee voting in-person to cast their ballots for the February 8, 2022 special election. The election is to fill a vacant seat in the city council.
The Feb. 8 special election will fill the seat left vacant by...
The Ghanaian Association of Minnesota (GhanAM) will be hosting an event on Sunday Feb. 13 to celebrate the culture of the west African country. Known as the Urban Expedition: Ghana, the event will be held at the Landmark Center in St. Paul from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
“The Urban Expedition is a perfect opportunity for us to promote and...
Candidates for the 2022 state senate and house races have submitted their campaign financial reports for 2021 as required by state law, and the main contenders in Senate District 40, Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley and Susan Pha, each raised just over $11,000 in cash from individual donors.
According to campaign finance reports each campaign submitted this week, Hiltsley raised $11,150 in cash...
Dr. Brooke Cunningham, a general internist, sociologist, and assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota, has been named to lead a new Health Equity Bureau housed within the Minnesota Department of Health.
MDH made the announcement in a Tuesday press release that said the new bureau will also house Center for...
Brooklyn Park City Council East District February 8 special election could usher in a historic people of color majority on the seven-person council once the votes are counted.
Most voters have yet to cast their ballots even though absentee voting has been going on since Dec. 27. 255 votes have been cast as of the morning of Jan. 31.
Voters can...
The Minnesota Vikings on Thursday introduced their new general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah after conducting eight initial interviews for the position.
Isaac Owens, the president of the Ghanaian Association of Minnesota said the Ashanti people of Ghana name a male child born on Sunday Kwesi.
“If you have Mensah as your last name, it means you were the third-born in your family,”...
Friday January 28 is the last day to submit applications for COVID-19 emergency rental assistance in Minnesota, the state’s agency in charge of the program announced on Tuesday.
In a news release, Minnesota Housing said the program is approaching the limit of its available funding. In total, it will distribute an estimated $450 million to low-income Minnesotans who have fallen...
The City of Brooklyn Center is officially looking for a new chief of police, the city announced Tuesday.
The city’s police department has been led by Interim Chief Tony Gruenig since April 13, 2021 when then Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned after one of his officers, Kim Potter, fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright two days earlier. Potter was convicted last...
A group of Minneapolis restaurants and bars are suing Mayor Jacob Frey and the city over the mayor’s orders mandating that customers show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test in order to eat and drink on site.
The orders went into effect on Wednesday.
The plaintiffs Smack Shack, Gay 90's, Sneaky Pete's, Wild Greg's Saloon, Urban Forage, Jimmy John's...
Minnesota Department of Health Infectious Disease Director Kris Ehresmann announced Thursday that she will retire Feb. 2 after 30 years at the department. She had been eligible to retire two years ago but stayed on to help with the state’s response to the COIVID-19 pandemic.
Emily Emerson, the current assistant director of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division,...
