Paternal: ran the linotype at Duluth News Tribune, then Star Tribune Maternal: worked at the Quarry in Northeast when it was still literally a rock quarry

Minnesota is mourning the loss of Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor of White Bear Lake who was killed in Kuwait on Sunday. She answered the call to serve and gave her life in service to our state and nation. Minnesotans are wrapping our arms around her loved ones.

About half of the people Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took credit for detaining in Minnesota, who are featured on a Trump administration website titled “worst of the worst,” were already in federal, state or county custody or had recently been released.

Wolves' playoff prospects are getting a lift from role players and a rejuvenated bench, adding versatility on offense and defense. The latest from @brittrobson.bsky.social for MinnPost:

If anyone has a spare ticket to Flock of Dimes in St. Paul on April 19, please let me know!

Minnesota residents and lawmakers say the promised drawdown has not materialized, and they are seeing ICE use more covert tactics to continue operations across Twin Cities suburbs. By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social

Calling all Minnesota college journalists: Applications for the 2026 student scholarship are now open and will be accepted until May 15. This year, MNSPJ will award one $2,000 scholarship to a student pursuing a career in broadcast, print, online or visual journalism. Find out more here: MNSPJ.ORG

“We don’t have to pick and choose," says @zackstephenson.bsky.social. "We can pursue the total package.” DFL starts session with ambitious agenda, @rlyrealmattblake.bsky.social reports.

WCCO looks at one day's worth of petitions for release filed by those arrested during ICE surge. Majority with no criminal record. People were picked up on the way to get prescriptions, going to work, and showing up for scheduled immigration check ins. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

How Trump's withdrawal from Minneapolis is being covered abroad. In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with: "Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated." www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

The Pioneer Press included this super important paragraph in its coverage of this incident. Even if he did have a record it doesn’t justify the recklessness, but most likely he was just undocumented.

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

Stories about what ICE's presence in Minnesota has done to kids — something I'm seeing firsthand — are hard to read. It's unfathomable that kids have to go through this. www.startribune.com/ice-children...

I need you all to watch this. If this isn’t the most Minnesota ass thing on the planet i don’t know what is youtu.be/pTiS5xwcyx0?...

Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them. www.404media.co/government-l...

Minnesota and Minneapolis keep stepping up. Here’s the latest way to help in Northeast Minneapolis.

The U.S. conducted more extrajudicial killings in the Eastern Pacific today We’re tracking the civilian toll @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...

In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”

This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained. She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families. She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Even with the so-called "drawdown," many Minneapolis area activists say little has changed since hundreds of agents left and they're preparing for prolonged resistance. The anxiety remains palpable after two fatal shootings of US Citizens by federal agents in January. https://cnn.it/4rAFZ34

Tayler Mitchell said he was pepper sprayed by Jake Lang as the Jan. 6 rioter drove by the crowd of anti-ICE protesters outside the Whipple Federal Building in a U-Haul. 📸: Kim Hyatt

There was so much ICE activity today. A group of agents spent the whole morning inside Jimmy’s Bar and then ended up driving erratically all throughout the Holland & Como neighborhoods, eventually trying to park at the 2nd precinct police station.

Hey #NEmpls, the people at El Paraiso on 29th & Central are super nice and make delicious food. Deli/restaurant is open Mondays and Fridays right now (normally open daily but limited due to ICE occupation)

The same day that Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez killed Alex Pretti, a northeast neighbor was severely injured by a flash bang grenade in South Minneapolis. His jaw was shattered. Fully lethal, “less lethal.” Doesn’t matter. Abolish ICE www.mynortheaster.com/news/ne-resi...

Is it because economic anxiety?

I live in Minnesota and I care about mental health. Here's what's happening now because of ICE: - Lots of people who never struggled with depression and anxiety disorders are now. - People already dealing with severe mental illness are at much higher risk of suicide or disappearing from care.

ICE surge news: Minneapolis Public Schools has extended *optional* distance learning until April 6.

“It seems our university leaders cannot even say that it is wrong to murder a former student in broad daylight because some people might disagree,” geography professor Kate Derickson

Good piece by my @mprnews.org colleague @jcollins.bsky.social niemanreports.org/minneapolis-...

Ricky was assaulted by ICE tonight for merely standing on public property.

Tonight at 8:30 PM our constituent Ricky was pepper sprayed by ICE on 18th & Polk. 2 agents parked their car, got out and approached observers, started pepper spraying Ricky on public property, and then drove away and left. Nothing is changing on the ground in Minnesota. ICE must be abolished.

BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.

In NE Minneapolis and Columbia Heights today, Weds. 2/5/26, ICE has been focusing on schools and schoolbus stops. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLBUS STOPS. This is their “softer touch”

Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began. Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.

Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings. newrepublic.com/article/2060...

Columbia Heights Public Schools says it's identified a 7th student detained by ICE. They'd lost contact with this 5th-grader for nearly a month, but a pair of elementary school brothers spotted their classmate at Dilley and told the district when they were released. sahanjournal.com/education/mi...

Conley!

Jon Collins's coverage of this has been outstanding, and this article, about ICE observers in the outer suburbs, is no exception. (No paywall because this is MPR.)

Fridley and Duluth schools, along with the state teachers union, are suing the Trump administration to keep federal immigration agents off school property.

I just got off the phone with Elizabeth's dad...she and her mom were freed tonight! Updated story: sahanjournal.com/education/co...

Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano, 11 years old. In dreadful ICE detention for nearly a month.

Really thankful for the leadership NAMI MN is showing here. namimn.org/ice-activity...

Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...

In which @brittrobson.bsky.social argues against a "ring or bust" trade that would break up Ant/Naz/Jaden

Horrifying beyond words.

"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there — and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials."

In a letter to President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan, Republican state Sen. Jim Abeler criticized the actions of immigration agents in Minnesota and called on Homan to reduce their numbers here. Story: minnesotareformer.com/briefs/gop-s...

Eight more federal prosecutors set to leave the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office

Pillsbury PTA is asking for donations to this mutual aid fund to help keep families in their homes. All students deserve to keep their families together and have stable housing. Join me in donating. bit.ly/donate4NEfam...