Federal agents arrested a 55-year-old American citizen on Tuesday “after confronting ICE officers over the arrests of three of her neighbors in the Willard Hay neighborhood of north Minneapolis. She appears to be the first observer arrested by federal law enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities last Monday,” according to MPR News. “Susan Tincher was awakened a little before 6:30 a.m. by alerts on her phone that an ICE arrest was happening in her neighborhood. She walked over alone and asked one of the officers across the street from the home that was being raided if they were ICE. She said the officer told her to ‘get back.’ Tincher refused, and said multiple agents approached her.”
We all want to know how much snow fell during yesterday’s storm. Bring Me The News has tallies for communities across the state. Tamarack leads the list with 8.1 inches of the white stuff; in the Metro, Nowthen got 7.4 inches.
Legal marijuana hasn’t ended marijuana prosecutions, the Minnesota Reformer reports. Since Minnesota legalized recreational cannabis in 2023, “prosecutors have brought more than 3,500 charges and won more than 1,200 misdemeanor convictions against people with cannabis in their cars since legalization.” Here’s a reminder that “all cannabis products — including flower, vape pens, wax and edibles — must be in the trunk (or trunk area in the case of SUVs) unless they’re sealed in their original, labeled packaging from a dispensary.”
Speaking of smoking, a Stearns County man was arrested in Missouri “with about 20,000 cigarettes in his possession,” the St. Cloud Times reports. The man had a warrant for multiple thefts from several central Minnesota convenience stores. “On Dec. 4, the Stearns County Attorney’s Office filed a felony charge of theft by swindle against the man, which, if convicted, could carry up to 10 years in prison and/or a $20,000 fine.”
The Minneapolis City Council came to an agreement for the 2026 budget, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. “The $2 billion budget fully funds the charter-mandated police force, but doesn’t implement any sweeping new initiatives as the city continues to implement court-overseen police reforms five years after the murder of George Floyd amid a sobering fiscal climate.”
