🌱 Patch AM: Why a Golden Valley speech put Minnesota at ‘ground zero’ for fraud

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• Why a Golden Valley speech put Minnesota at ‘ground zero’ for fraud

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📰 News we're reading

• Treasury Secretary Bessent slams Minnesota leaders, calls the state ‘ground zero' for fraud (idahostatesman.com) — Golden Valley hosted a high-profile Economic Club of Minnesota event where Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sharply criticized state leaders and labeled Minnesota “ground zero” for major welfare fraud. His remarks, delivered under the Trump administration banner, tied Golden Valley into a broader debate over state governance, immigration, and economic policy.
   

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Sunday January 11

• Winter Market
  Brookview Golden Valley, 316 Brookview Pkwy S, Golden Valley
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Saturday January 10

• English Conversation Circle
  North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
  11:00 am
• Job Search and Résumé Help
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Sunday January 11

• Winter Market In The Valley
  Golden Valley, MN Calendar , 316 Brookview Pkwy , Golden Valley
  10:00 am
• Family Storytime
  North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
  2:00 pm

Monday January 12

• Opioid Response Resource Sharing
  North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
  12:00 pm
• Small Business Support
  North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
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Tuesday January 13

• Drop-in Tech Help
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  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 9

• Move and Groove
  Saint Louis Park Library , 3240 Library Lane , St. Louis Park
  9:30 am
• Computer Tutor
  Hopkins Library , 22 11th Avenue North , Hopkins
  9:30 am
• Boys Varsity Basketball vs Brooklyn Center
  Robbinsdale Cooper High School Minneapolis, MN 55427
  7:00 pm
• The Dust of Suns Quartet: Alyosha Live in the Galleries
  The Museum of Russian Art , 5500 Stevens Avenue , Minneapolis
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Do you have a broken item you don’t want to part with?
  Bring it to Hennepin County’s free Fix-It Clinic at Brookview this Friday, Jan 10, from noon to 4 pm. Volunteers will provide attendees with free… (Nextdoor )
• Since the last several days of warmer temps have loosened up the hard packed snow, City crews will be out this afternoon (Wednesday, Jan 7), scraping residential roads that need to be cleaned up.
  https://www.goldenvalleymn.gov/AlertCenter.aspx?AID=City-Crews-Cleaning-Residential-Streets--63 (Nextdoor )

🗞 Nearby News

Robbinsdale

• Sports Recap: PACT boys basketball rolls to 8-0, Blaine moves to 10-0, Coon Rapids' Bridenstine wins Matness title (hometownsource.com)

New Hope

• New Hope's winter golf event returns Jan. 24 (hometownsource.com)
• Wayzata, Plymouth calendar: January (hometownsource.com)
• Loni E. Stromme, 73, St. Cloud (wjon.com)

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