“In response to concerns over ICE and other federal immigration agents wearing face coverings to conceal their identity, the St. Paul City Council has largely banned them for law enforcement,” Bring Me The News reports. The ordinance “puts strict limitations on law enforcement wearing masks and face coverings while conducting operations in the city [and] applies to city, state and federal law enforcement, and makes it a misdemeanor for them to wear masks that obscure their identity while working in the city.”
The Department of Homeland Security maintains a website detailing the “worst of the worst” who were arrested in Minnesota that is rife with errors, KARE 11 reports. “The Department of Homeland Security’s “Worst of the Worst” website features people arrested in Minnesota who the department says have been convicted of serious crimes. But the list has raised many questions. The Minnesota Department of Corrections’ ongoing fact-check is having trouble confirming that some of the crimes listed were committed, even in other states. Officials also point out that hat a number of the “worst of the worst” arrests did not take place in the community during Operation Metro Surge, but actually were direct transfers from Minnesota prisons to ICE custody.”
ICE actions are keeping others from traveling to Minnesota. “A major German soccer team canceled its trip to Minnesota due to the immigration crackdown under the Trump administration,” KOMO reports. Christoph Pieper, Werder Bremen’s head of communications, said in a statement that “[p]laying in a city where there’s unrest and people have been shot, that does not fit with our values here at Werder Bremen. Furthermore, it was unclear for us which players could be able to enter the United States due to the stricter entry requirements.”
Where were the hottest housing markets in Minnesota last year? Nope, not so much in the Twin Cities; “From Alexandria to Winona, half of Minnesota’s 10-hottest markets in 2025 were far-flung boroughs that offered the promise of lower prices and less competition,” according to the Minnesota Star Tribune, which has an interactive chart where you can enter your ZIP code and see where your neighborhood ranks.
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