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Coon Rapids Wed. Sep 30 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA EDITORIAL | The Price of Consolidation: Minnesota Must Protect Patients Before Approving Another Healthcare Merger

MinneapoliMedia argues Minnesota should require enforceable patient, worker and rural-care protections before approving the HealthPartners-Essentia combination.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Wed. Sep 30 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Two Teenagers Arrested After Fights Escalate Outside Park Center Football Game

Police ordered the crowd to disperse after several fights grew into a larger disturbance in the school parking lot.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Wed. Sep 30 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Three Killed and Four Critically Injured When Stolen Car Collides With Semi Near University of Minnesota

Police say excessive speed contributed to the early-morning collision involving seven people inside a stolen Hyundai.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

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Coon Rapids Wed. Sep 30 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Nine Minnesota Providers Charged in More Than $3 Million Medicaid-Fraud Cases

The separate prosecutions include allegations of 27,400 false psychotherapy claims, fraudulent home-care billing and exploitation of a vulnerable adult.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Wed. Sep 30 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | HealthPartners and Essentia Health Approve Merger Creating 22-Hospital Regional System

The combined nonprofit would employ approximately 45,000 people and operate more than 135 clinics under the HealthPartners name.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Wed. Sep 30 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Minneapolis Teacher Files Federal Claim Over ICE Detention Outside Roosevelt High School

Quentin Williams says agents tackled him, detained him for four hours and later publicly portrayed him as a violent anti-ICE activist.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Wed. Sep 30 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Eighth-Seeded Liberty Eliminate Top-Seeded Lynx in Stunning First-Round Playoff Sweep

Minnesota’s 33-win season ended with an 87-71 defeat two days after New York seized the series opener at Target Center.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Wed. Sep 30 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Wild Defenseman Brock Faber Out Indefinitely After Surgery for Fractured Skull

The Minnesota star was struck near the ear by a puck during the preseason finale and will miss the beginning of the regular season.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Tue. Sep 29 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA EDITORIAL | Minnesota Must Stop Waiting for Nursing Homes to Collapse Before Protecting Their Residents

The Terrace at Crystal closure prompts MinneapoliMedia to call for earlier oversight, financial transparency and stronger protections for nursing-home residents.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA EDITORIAL | Minnesota Must Stop Waiting for Nursing Homes to Collapse Before Protecting Their Residents

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Tue. Sep 29 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Anoka-Ramsey Opens Applications for New Dental-Assisting Program Aimed at Regional Workforce Shortage

The three-semester program will train students in a newly constructed clinical facility, with certificate, diploma and associate-degree pathways available.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Tue. Sep 29 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Troubled Crystal Nursing Home Emptied and Set for Permanent Closure

The state relocated 58 residents after inspectors and temporary operators encountered rodents, mold, standing water, broken equipment and urine-stained mattresses.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Troubled Crystal Nursing Home Emptied and Set for Permanent Closure

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Tue. Sep 29 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Pearson’s Closes Historic Saint Paul Candy Factory and Lays Off About 80 Workers

The company said rising ingredient and production costs made continued operation of the 67-year-old factory financially unsustainable.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Pearson’s Closes Historic Saint Paul Candy Factory and Lays Off About 80 Workers

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Tue. Sep 29 2026

BUILDERS OF MINNESOTA | How Two Friends Put Black Cultural Memory in Minnesota’s Granola Aisle

Liza Maya and Sylvia Williams turned friendship, nutrition and cultural memory into Soul Grain, a Minnesota granola company bringing Black diaspora flavors to grocery shelves.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

BUILDERS OF MINNESOTA | How Two Friends Put Black Cultural Memory in Minnesota’s Granola Aisle

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Tue. Sep 29 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA SPORTS | Vikings Trade J.J. McCarthy to Giants for 2027 Fifth-Round Draft Pick

The deal ends McCarthy’s injury-disrupted tenure in Minnesota and leaves Kyler Murray firmly established as the Vikings’ starting quarterback.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Tue. Sep 29 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | $15 Billion Iowa Steel Mill Will Depend on Iron Ore Mined in Minnesota

The Mesabi Metallics project could strengthen the new Nashwauk mine while renewing questions about why thousands of steelmaking jobs are going to Iowa.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | $15 Billion Iowa Steel Mill Will Depend on Iron Ore Mined in Minnesota

Tom Akaolisa Editor