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North Star Stories: Voices from Where We Live is comprised of a weekly 30-minute magazine-style newscast and daily, five-minute headlines segments that shine a spotlight on the stories and perspectives of Minnesota’s diverse communities, including Black, Latine, Asian American, East African individuals, people living with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+ residents, laborers, veterans, and those from Greater Minnesota.
INTRO: YOU ARE LISTENING TO NORTH STAR STORIES: VOICES FROM WHERE WE LIVE, A DAILY NEWSCAST ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN MINNESOTA.
XAN HOLSTON: WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON
HOPKINS POLICE CHIEF BRENT JOHNSON: OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS GRIEVING THE LOSS UNNECESSARILY DUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. HOPKINS IS EXTREMELY CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY, AND WE ALL MOURN TOGETHER.
XAN HOLSTON: FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE DEAD AFTER A TRAGIC INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IT HAPPENED AT TWO LOCATIONS IN TWO DIFFERENT CITIES WITH ONE OF THEM BEING A HOME DAYCARE IN HOPKINS...IN THE WESTERN METRO.
THE SUSPECT STABBED AND KILLED HIS WIFE AND SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD, WITH SIX OTHER DAYCARE CHILDREN IN THE HOME AT THE TIME.
THE HOPKINS POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE OTHER SIX WERE NOT INJURED.. AT LEAST NOT PHYSICALLY.
HOPKINS POLICE CHIEF BRENT JOHNSON: ANY EVENT INVOLVING THE LOSS OF LIFE IS A DIFFICULT PROCESS, BUT WHEN CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED, IT’S ESPECIALLY DEVASTATING
POLICE SAY A DAYCARE FATHER WITNESSED THE STABBING WHEN HE WALKED INSIDE THE HOUSE TO DROP OFF HIS CHILD. HE RAN OUT AND CALLED POLICE AROUND NINE A-M YESTERDAY...
THE SUSPECT SHOT AND KILLED HIMSELF IN HOPKINS.
BUT POLICE SAY HE ALSO STABBED AND KILLED A 78-YEAR-OLD FEMALE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY IN THE SOUTHERN METRO SUBURB OF BURNSVILLE. BUT THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED THE TIMING OF THAT MURDER. .
STATE RECORDS LISTED THE DAYCARE’S LICENSE AS ACTIVE FOR UP TO TEN CHILDREN, WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ... AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS.
XAN HOLSTON: A CREW MEMBER WORKING TO BATTLE WILDFIRES IN THE SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST HAS DIED.
THE U-S FOREST SERVICE SAYS THE PERSON EXPERIENCED A “MEDICAL EMERGENCY” … AND WAS TAKEN TO A MEDICAL FACILITY … WHERE THEY LATER DIED.
THE FOREST SERVICE DID NOT SAY WHETHER THE DEATH WAS LINKED TO FIREFIGHTING .
TUESDAY’S STATEWIDE PRIMARY DREW RECORD TURNOUT FOR A NONPRESIDENTIAL YEAR … AND SET UP A HISTORIC NOVEMBER.
AT LEAST ONE-POINT-ONE MILLION PEOPLE VOTED. AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, TWO WOMEN WILL BE AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET FOR GOVERNOR.
REPUBLICAN LISA DEMUTH, BECAME THE STATE’S FIRST WOMAN REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR.
SHE BEAT PARTY-ENDORSED KENDALL QUALLS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PICK AND FORMER MY-PILLOW C-E-O … MIKE LINDELL …
DEMUTH WILL FACE D-F-LER AMY KLOBUCHAR… PUTTING MINNESOTA ON TRACK TO ELECT ITS FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR.
THE U-S SENATE RACE MATCHES D-F-LER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PEGGY FLANAGAN WITH REPUBLICAN AND SPORTS REPORTER MICHELE TAFOYA.
TUESDAY’S PRIMARY ALSO PRODUCED A NOTABLE RURAL LEGISLATIVE UPSET.
REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE WIENER DEFEATED INCUMBENT SENATOR PAUL UTKE IN NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
IN RED LAKE… ONLY ONE OF THREE SCHOOL BOARD INCUMBENTS SEEKING REELECTION ADVANCED.
AMD IN BEMIDJI, THE COUNCIL’S FIRST INDIGENOUS WOMAN ... INCUMBENT AUDREY THAYER... WILL FACE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER RON JOHNSON FOR THE AT-LARGE SEAT..
DOWN SOUTH IN MANKATO... THE CITY WILL LET A TEMPORARY ORDINANCE EXPIRE THAT LIMITS LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ... INCLUDING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS ... OVER CONCERNS IT COULD TRIGGER A LAWSUIT.
THE CITY PASSED A RULE IN FEBRUARY … REQUIRING OFFICERS WORKING IN MANKATO TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES … KEEP THEIR FACES UNCOVERED … AND WEAR BODY CAMERAS.
BUT RECENT COURT RULINGS HAVE MANKATO UNCERTAIN ABOUT ITS LEGAL POSITION REGARDING THE NEW RULES .
MANKATO’S CITY MANAGER SAYS IT CAN CONTROL ITS OWN STAFF … BUT A PERMANENT, BROADER POLICY COULD GET THE CITY SUED.
SUSAN ARNTZ: IF YOU WERE TO PUT THAT EMERGENCY LANGUAGE IN … IN EITHER ANOTHER EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OR IN PERMANENT POLICY, THE LIKELIHOOD IS HIGH.
XAN HOLSTON: INSTEAD... THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION SAYING
EXCEPT WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW...CITY EMPLOYEES WILL NOT ENFORCE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES.
WHEN SO MANY LOCAL NEWSPAPERS HAVE DISAPPEARED, NINETY-TWO YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION CAN FEEL ALMOST MIRACULOUS.
THE MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER WAS FOUNDED IN 1934 BY CIVIL-RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND BUSINESSMAN CECIL NEWMAN.
TODAY… THE FAMILY-OWNED PAPER IS MINNESOTA’S OLDEST BLACK-OWNED NEWSPAPER … AND IT STILL PUBLISHES A WEEKLY PRINT EDITION.
CEO AND PUBLISHER TRACEY WILLIAMS-DILLARD SAYS THE REASON IT ENDURES IS THE SAME REASON IT EXISTS ... COMMUNITY.
[TRACEY WILLIAMS-DILLARD/CEO AND PUBLISHER: ONE OF THE BIGGEST KEYS IS JUST STAYING CONSISTENT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING … OUR FIRST AND FOREMOST MISSION IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. (2:27, 3:20, 10S)]
XAN HOLSTON: THE PAPER WILL CELEBRATE ITS ANNIVERSARY SATURDAY WITH A LEGACY YACHT CRUISE ON THE SAINT CROIX RIVER.
AND FINALLY …
[MUSIC FULL: DALMAR YARE]
XAN HOLSTON: MINNEAPOLIS IS TURNING UP THE MUSIC… AND THE FLAVOR… FOR A CELEBRATION OF SOMALI CULTURE THIS WEEKEND.
THE FOURTH-ANNUAL “SOM-FEST” HITS THE STAGE AT THE LAKE HARRIET BANDSHELL SATURDAY EVENING … WITH CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, FOOD, … AND LOTS OF MUSIC … INCLUDING THE SOUNDS OF DALMAR YARE … WHO YOU’RE HEARING NOW.
THE SOMALI CULTURE-AND-MUSIC NIGHT IS FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE.
SO … BRING YOUR APPETITE … AND MAYBE YOUR DANCING SHOES.
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
OUTRO: NORTH STAR STORIES IS PRODUCED BY AMPERS, DIVERSE RADIO FOR MINNESOTA'S COMMUNITIES WITH SUPPORT FROM THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. ONLINE AT AMPERS DOT ORG.