Tag: Metro Transit
New report on Southwest light rail project will focus on Met...
The Office of the Legislative Auditor will release the second of two program evaluation reports as part of its 2023 audit of the Southwest light rail project...
MPD investigating leak of video from fatal crash
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said his department will conduct an investigation to find “the source” of a leaked video from Friday’s fatal crash.
Five...
‘Karen the camera’ captures 42 individuals urinating on private property
A Minneapolis home security camera dubbed “Karen the Camera” captured 42 individuals urinating after a porta potty was removed.
“Karen was informed that the company...
DFL-controlled legislature hands $8 billion transportation bill to Walz for signature
A nearly $8 billion finalized transportation bill has cleared the House and Senate and is on its way to the desk of Gov. Tim Walz to...
Twin Cities weekend crime recap
Predatory offender Christopher Donquie Williams, 32, of Richfield was charged Thursday in a new rape case authorities say occurred at an apartment in Bloomington...
Legislators look to take Met Council power out of governor’s hands
For the better part of the last two decades Rep. Frank Hornstein, a self-admitted progressive DFLer from Minneapolis, has been pushing proposed legislation that would...
Report: Met Council wasn’t transparent about Southwest light rail costs, delays
The Office of the Legislative Auditor said in a new report that the Metropolitan Council was not fully transparent with the public about significant...
Twin Cities weekend crime recap
Fridley police responded Thursday to a report of a shooting just after 11 a.m. in the parking lot of Cub Foods at 250 57th...
‘Full of needles’: Metro Transit riders tell lawmakers about deteriorating conditions
Metropolitan Airports Commission associate vice president Mitch Kilian told lawmakers last week that the amount of “open drug use” on the Metro Transit system...
Suspects charged in Monday’s brutal light rail assault
One of the suspects in Monday’s brutal assault at a Metro Transit light rail station has been arrested six times since December and was...