St. Paul educators plan to strike March 11 unless union, SPPS reach deal
St. Paul educators are ready to hit the picket lines again.
Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS Minnesota. A 21-year WCCO-TV veteran, Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the newsroom, where he focuses on general assignment reporting. He's a graduate of the University of Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development.
St. Paul educators are ready to hit the picket lines again.
SEIU's janitorial sector bargaining unit voted earlier this month to approve an unfair labor practices strike on behalf of its 8,000 members, who the union says are mostly people of color and immigrants who work as "commercial janitors, retail janitors, security officers and more" across the metro.
Starting Friday, 24 agents clad in royal-blue uniforms will ride the METRO Green and Blue lines daily between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Crews from several cities battled a fire at two historic buildings Wednesday night on New Prague's Main Street.
Some Minnesotans are being offered an opportunity to change their lives after serving out their debts to society.
The youngest victims of Sunday's tragedy in Burnsville need your help.
Police believe the driver suffered a medical emergency before the crash on 17th Avenue South near First Street South, just west of Lake George.
Metro Transit police say it happened at about 12:45 a.m. at the intersection of Ford Parkway and Macalester Street.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has confirmed the name of the man behind Sunday's standoff in a Minneapolis suburb that left three first responders dead.
"Unfortunately, some people are taking advantage of our tragedy in Burnsville. Be aware of scams," wrote city officials.
Firefighters raced to the rescue, retrieving the dog and bringing him back to the fire station for some oxygen and warm blankets.
The victims are expected to recover, and police say the Minneapolis Bomb Squad was called out to make sure there was no further danger.
Minnesota United FC has a new fit, and suffice it to say it's out of this world.
A $10,000 college scholarship will be presented in Gothard's name to a high school student in St. Paul or in Madison, Wisconsin, where Gothard went to high school.
Duluth police say its drone unit played a pivotal role in the arrest of an assault suspect early Tuesday morning.