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In honor of next week's National Crime Victims' Week, the Minneapolis Police Department is calling attention to Minnesota's Council on Crime and Justice. Since 1977, the organization...

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In the aftermath of the Boston bombings, many parents may be struggling to find the write words to explain such a horrific event to children. At Patch, we wanted to use this week's P...

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  Editor’s Note: The following announcement comes from Hennepin County Emergency Management.   Motorists driving into a tornado warning in Hennepin and Ramsey counties’ wil...

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(Updated 8:14 a.m. April 9 to show that the National Weather Service had upgraded the winter storm watch to a winter storm warning.) *** The Twin Cities office of the National W...

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  Editor’s Note: The following announcement comes from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office.   The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office is urging people to use caution on all b...