Mohamed Hrezi of Philadelphia won the Twin Cities Marathon men’s title with a time of 2 hours, 15 minutes, 22 seconds while Naomi Fulton from Hartland, Wisconsin took home the women’s title with a time of 2 hours, 45 minutes, 57 seconds.
Last year’s race was canceled due to the pandemic and race officials said that 3,192 runners completed Sunday’s...
Comcast announced on Thursday that starting today (October 1), it is accepting applications for $1 million in grants to 100 small businesses owned by people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian American owners, among others, in the Twin Cities. The grantees may also receive technology and marketing resources.
The Twin Cities is among six markets, including Houston, Miami,...
CHICAGO (AP) — After five years of legal battles, gentrification concerns and a federal review, Barack and Michelle Obama dug shovels into the ground Tuesday during a celebratory groundbreaking on their legacy project in a lakefront Chicago park.
Construction on the Obama Presidential Center along Lake Michigan, near the Obama family home and where the former president started his political...
New Analysis
The power structure and its allies (like the mainstream press) should stop trying to confuse the issue
The mainstream press purportedly has been attempting to bring clarity to the proposed charter amendment put to Minneapolis voters on the election ballot as a way of fixing the problem of police and public safety. However, it seems their efforts at “clarity”...
The mother of a woman found savagely attacked and left for dead in Kenya in July is appealing for financial help to transport her back home to the United States for more specialized medical care.
Speaking from Kenya, Veronica Njeri Mukui of San Jose, California, said her 24-year-old daughter, Sharon Wachuka, was admitted to a hospital in Nairobi on July...
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Huldah Nyamisa Momanyi Hiltsley, a leader in the African community in Minnesota, on Thursday launched her campaign for state Senate in 2022.
She is running to replace DFL Sen. Chris Eaton who announced last month that she will not be seeking reelection and represents what is now Senate District 40 ahead of redistricting. Because of the...
AJ Awed says Minneapolis is a polarized city. But he thinks he has the solution. The Somali American, who once ran to represent Ward 6 in the Minneapolis city council now wants to be the city’s mayor.
“The city is really going through a tough period,” Awed says. “These growing pains, I think we need someone who has the capacity...
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – Mwanyagetinge Association of Kenyans in Minnesota hosted their annual family picnic at Centennial Park on Sunday, August 29, 2021. Highlights included both youth and adult soccer, Kenyan delicacies served by Kilimanjaro Catering and entertainment by Gusii artists. Hennepin Healthcare was also present to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
The Ordway, Minnesota’s flagship performing arts venue, announced Wednesday morning that it has hired Detroit arts executive Christopher Harrington as its next president and CEO, succeeding Jamie Grant who left in June 2020 to head the McCallum theatre in California.
His start date is November 1, 2021.
Harrington who holds a master’s in business administration and a bachelor of music degree...
Faced with rising coronavirus cases and hospitalizations across the country, officials from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control, called on ethnic media journalists to help combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation.
The CDC officials were speaking Thursday during a virtual coronavirus pandemic briefing for ethnic media, which was organized by Ethnic Media Services, a California-based nonprofit that advocates for news outlets that...
Update: The Dakota has announced the postponement of the Vieux Farka Touré September 21 concert until further notice.
The Dakota, Minneapolis’ landmark jazz club and restaurant will resume live performances and dinner on September 10 following a year and a half closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. During the closure it presented virtual performances.
Davina with Chubby Carrier & the Bayou...
