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Top Minneapolis news: Police defuse standoff; man fatally stabbed on New Year's Day identified; more

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Published on January 03, 2020
Top Minneapolis news: Police defuse standoff; man fatally stabbed on New Year's Day identified; morePhoto: Nicole Harrington/Unsplash

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Minneapolis.

Police defuse tense standoff

A 33-year-old man driving a van led police on a slow chase, which ended when the pursuing officers boxed him in on a dead-end street. The man refused to leave his van, telling officers to just leave him alone and let him go home.Officers talked to the driver for two hours, peacefully resolving the standoff.

Read the full story on KARE11.

Cause of Christmas Day fire at homeless shelter not yet known

Investigators still don't know what caused a Christmas Day fire at a downtown Minneapolis homeless shelter that displaced hundreds of people, fire investigators said Thursday. 

Read the full story on MySanAntonio.

Man fatally stabbed on New Year's Day is identified

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim Thursday as 25-year-old Jabir Ahmed Ali of Faribault.

Read the full story on CBS Minnesota.

City giving away free radon test kits

The Environmental Protection Agency designates January as National Radon Action Month.

Read the full story on CBS Minnesota.

City's wage theft prevention ordinance now in effect

The City of Minneapolis has adopted part of the state's new Wage Theft law into local ordinance, providing workers with an additional avenue to recover unpaid wages.

Read the full story on CBS Minnesota.


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