With less than a month to go before the August 10 Special Election for Mayor of Brooklyn Park, the two candidates that emerged from the April 13 special primary election will debate tonight at 6:30 p.m. in an event moderated by Maple Grove Mayor Mark Steffenson.
The North Metro Mayors Association is hosting the event and will be the first...
A Liberian diplomat who risked his life to help the United States negotiate the end second civil war in his west African homeland has been honored as one of the “Heroes of U.S. Diplomacy” by the Foreign Service Institute.
Jenkins Vangehn, who is now retired, spent nearly two decades working at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, where he started as...
NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Former South African president Jacob Zuma turned himself over to police early Thursday to begin serving a 15-month prison term.
Just minutes before the midnight deadline for police to arrest him, Zuma left his Nkandla home in a convoy of vehicles. Zuma handed himself over to authorities to obey the country’s highest court, the Constitutional...
Early voting has begun for the August 10 special election to elect a new mayor for Brooklyn Park. The contest is between the DFL endorsed Hollies Winston and Lisa Jacobson who has the endorsement of the city's former Republican mayor.
Jacobson and Winston were the top two candidates to emerge out of a field of seven candidates during the April...
SAVAGE, Minn. – About 200 people gathered at Warren Butler Park Thursday night to remember 26-year-old Keegan Oyugi whose body was found inside his crashed car off Highway 101 in Savage, after missing since June 12. The vigil was organized by Minnesota Kenyans Association.
Attendees, which included family and friends, Kenyan faith and community leaders, embraced each other in support...
MARIETTA, Ga. — Books for Africa hosted a grand opening celebration of its new warehouse opening on Saturday attended by over 200 people. The event comes on the heels of an historic accomplishment earlier this year when it completed its 50 millionth book shipment last year.
The St. Paul, Minnesota based non-profit moved its main warehouse to the Atlanta metro...
A prayer vigil will be held at Warren Butler Park in Savage on Thursday, July 1 for Keegan Oyugi after his body was found inside his crashed car off Highway 101 in Savage yesterday.
The vigil which is being organized by Minnesota Kenyans Association will take place from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Members of the public are invited to...
The search for 26-year-old Kenyan-American, Keegan Oyugi, of St. Bonifacius who has been missing since June 12 has turned into a vehicle accident investigation after his body was recovered in Savage Tuesday morning (June 29).
His car appears to have veered off the highway near Hwy. 13 and Hwy. 101 in Savage. Further investigations are continuing.
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Robin Wonsley Worlobah is ready to take her activism into public office. The 29-year-old Chicago native and community organizer is running to represent Ward 2 in the Minneapolis City Council.
Ward 2 covers the eastern part of Minneapolis, and spans both the east and the west banks of the Mississippi river. The ward is home to some of Minnesota’s most...
MINNETRISTA, Minn. - The family of Keegan Oyugi who has been missing since June 12 has demanded that the Minnetrista Police Department hand over the case to a larger agency such as the Hennepin County Sheriff’s department.
26-year-old Oyugi was last seen driving a red Ford Mustang in the Prior Lake area that had Kansas license plates. He was heading...
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Kenyans in Minnesota have organized a search for Keegan Oyugi who has been missing since 4:30am Saturday, June 12. Oyugi had sent a text to his younger brother that he was headed home from the Prior Lake/Savage area to their home in St. Bonifacius. He never made it home.
Oyugi's parents, Richard...
