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Good morning to you Minneapolis! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Minneapolis unrest just derailed a major comedy show downtown
  • How a $3.5M Medicaid scam ended in a Minneapolis courtroom
  • Why a Kentucky entrepreneur is loudly condemning Minneapolis’s ICE shooting

Also on today's calendar: Free meditation for Beginners- Open to All and 9 more events.

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  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 38 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Popular Comedian Postpones Minneapolis Show Due To Unrest (b105country.com) — Unrest and ongoing demonstrations in Minneapolis after a recent shooting have led comedian John Mulaney to postpone his weekend show at the Armory, with tickets honored for new April dates. He called what’s happening in the city heartbreaking and said it doesn’t feel like the right time for a comedy show while residents face grief and tension.
   

2. 'Fraud tourists' to plead guilty to Minnesota Medicaid scheme (fox9.com) — Two Philadelphia men accused of defrauding Minnesota’s Medicaid-funded Housing Stabilization Services program of $3.5 million are set to plead guilty in federal court in downtown Minneapolis on February 9. Local readers should know the case highlights ongoing concerns about public assistance fraud and has already contributed to the shutdown of the HSS housing support program.
   

3. Kentucky Shop founder speaks out on Minneapolis ICE shooting (wkyt.com) — A Kentucky business owner with a large online following is publicly condemning the recent ICE shooting that killed a woman in Minneapolis, adding to national scrutiny on what happened here. He says speaking out for moral decency matters more than losing customers, and he’s rejecting calls to turn the tragedy into merchandise while emphasizing support for the victim instead.
   

4. Zach Bryan Releases Song With Scathing Lyrics About ICE (theblast.com) — A recent ICE operation in Minneapolis ended with an agent fatally shooting a woman, prompting sharp criticism from the city’s police chief and Mayor Jacob Frey, who told ICE to leave the city. The incident has drawn national attention as celebrities and musicians, including Zach Bryan and Billie Eilish, condemn ICE’s actions and broader immigration enforcement tactics.
   

5. Corrections: Jan. 10, 2026 (nytimes.com) — Editors are clarifying details about a federal agent’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, specifying she was ordered out of her vehicle before she was killed. The corrections column also fixes unrelated errors on topics from FEMA job cuts to theater reviews, but the Minneapolis shooting clarification is most relevant for local readers following that case.
   

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