Coon Rapids Wed. Jul 22 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA EDITORIAL | Minnesota’s Jobs Rebound Is Real. So Is the Workforce Crisis Beneath It Minnesota added 13,200 jobs in June, but this editorial argues retirements, labor shortages and immigration disruptions threaten the state's long-term growth. Tom Akaolisa Editor
Coon Rapids Wed. Jul 22 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Coon Rapids City Council Meets as Watershed Board Nomination and City Business Come Before Members The Coon Rapids City Council met Tuesday to consider a watershed board nomination and conduct routine city business, with official actions expected in meeting minutes. Tom Akaolisa Editor
Coon Rapids Wed. Jul 22 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Coon Rapids Pet Fair Seeks Final Vendors as September Event Takes Shape Three apartment-management employees were killed in a St. Paul leasing office, and a tenant has been charged after prosecutors linked the shootings to a parking dispute. Tom Akaolisa Editor
Coon Rapids Wed. Jul 22 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | St. Paul Leasing-Office Triple Homicide Leaves Three Employees Dead; Tenant Charged in Killings Three apartment-management employees were killed in a St. Paul leasing office, and a tenant has been charged after prosecutors linked the shootings to a parking dispute. Tom Akaolisa Editor
Coon Rapids Wed. Jul 22 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Eagan Battery-Recycling Plant Faces Lawsuit Over Children’s Alleged Lead Exposure An Eagan battery recycler faces a lawsuit alleging lead dust carried home by workers exposed their children, renewing scrutiny of workplace safety. Tom Akaolisa Editor
Coon Rapids Wed. Jul 22 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Maple Grove Fire Chief Resigns Following Felony Charge Connected to Blaine-Area Cadet Program Maple Grove’s fire chief has resigned after being charged with felony criminal sexual conduct tied to allegations involving a former fire cadet from a Blaine-area program. Tom Akaolisa Editor
Coon Rapids Wed. Jul 22 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Federal Government Defers $199 Million in Minnesota Medicaid Payments Pending Review of High-Risk Claims Federal officials have deferred $199 million in Minnesota Medicaid payments while reviewing high-risk claims, with funding to be released if the state verifies eligible expenses. Tom Akaolisa Editor
Coon Rapids Tue. Jul 21 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA EDITORIAL | Minneapolis Cannot Accept a City Behind Locked Doors After two mass shootings left 14 people shot, this editorial urges Minneapolis to restore public safety so residents and businesses no longer live behind locked doors. Tom Akaolisa Editor
Coon Rapids Tue. Jul 21 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Coon Rapids Invites Residents to Help Shape City’s Growth Through 2050 A new community survey seeks public priorities for housing, transportation, development, parks, water resources and future public facilities Tom Akaolisa Editor
Coon Rapids Tue. Jul 21 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Brooklyn Park Farmers Market Returns Wednesday With Local Produce and Specialty Foods The weekly market at North Hennepin Community College supports local growers, food businesses and convenient midweek shopping Tom Akaolisa Editor
Coon Rapids Tue. Jul 21 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Three People Killed Inside St. Paul Apartment Leasing Office, Person of Interest in Custody Police evacuated residents from the Highland Park complex while homicide investigators searched for evidence and executed a warrant Tom Akaolisa Editor
Coon Rapids Tue. Jul 21 2026 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Minnesota DNR Records 202 Fish-Kill Reports as Heat Pushes Lake Temperatures to Dangerous Levels Warm water, declining oxygen and algae are creating dangerous conditions for northern pike, muskies and other fish across Minnesota Tom Akaolisa Editor