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8+ min ago (422+ words) The Minnesota Daily Board announced Thursday that current Alumni Relations Director Marin Durkee will be the Daily's next Marketing and Engagement Officer." Durkee, who joined the Daily as the assistant director of alumni relations in January and advanced to director of alumni relations this summer, will begin her term as MEO in January." "I'm so excited to get to collaborate with so many more people and really help the Daily be the best that it can," Durkee said." In her time as MEO, Durkee hopes to foster collaboration both among her team and with the newsroom's leadership as well as increase the Daily's brand and visibility in the University of Minnesota community." "I hope that through our promotional efforts, students can view the Daily as being something that can represent their voice and can be a resource in so many…...

32+ min ago (401+ words) December 11, 2025 / 10:22 PM CST / CBS Minnesota Thursday morning, Jose Gomez left his Eden Prairie, Minnesota, apartment with his 13-year-old son, Jose. They went out to complete a task familiar to most Minnesotans: moving the car after a snowstorm." After days of lying low, this task brought Gomez face-to-face with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his family tells WCCO. They believe he was randomly targeted in an incident where ICE also restrained his teenage son, who later said he had an abnormal heartbeat thanks to the ordeal." Jose sat down with WCCO alongside his mother, Karina. A family friend, Marion Vazquez, was there to help tell their story in English." "She [Karina] thinks it's unfair that they treated her son in that manner, even put him in handcuffs, when he wasn't a threat," Vasquez said. Jose said that he was in the car…...

38+ min ago (28+ words) Some Minnesotans are reacting to the presence of immigration enforcement by being as loud as possible. Protesters rally outside Edina hotel where ICE agents believed to be staying...

39+ min ago (27+ words) The FBI says an immigration agent thought he was being abducted after an operation in the west metro. Federal agent thought he was being abducted, charges claim...

41+ min ago (32+ words) WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer says a big chill is on the way with highs struggling to reach zero this weekend. NEXT Weather: 10 p.m. report for Minnesota on Dec. 11, 2025...

42+ min ago (45+ words) A 113-year-old's detainment was caught on camera. ICE agents took him and his father into custody in Eden Prairie. As Conor Wight reports, there's a difficult road ahead for the family worried about their future. Young teen boy detained by ICE in Minnesota...

44+ min ago (950+ words) Minnesota's new paid family and medical leave program promises paid leave for childbirth, illness and caregiving, but critics say it could damage businesses and invite abuse. Under the law, eligible workers can receive up to 12 weeks of paid family leave and 12 weeks of paid medical leave in a year, with a combined cap of 20 weeks if both are used. The program is funded through a payroll premium. For the program's first year, the total premium is 0.88% of wages for large employers. The employer has to cover at least half of the amount, though they can choose to cover more. The rest will be deducted from the employees' paychecks. Former state Rep. Ruth Richardson, the chief author of the 2023 bill, described the new law as a labor of love and a very complicated and complex bill that she said went through…...

45+ min ago (564+ words) Veteran forward Marcus Johansson had 11 goals in each of his first two seasons with the Minnesota Wild. On Thursday, he scored his 10th and 11th goals of this season in the third period, helping the Wild to a 5-2 win over the previously red-hot Dallas Stars. Johansson had the eventual game-winner as the Wild's offense created traffic around the Stars' net much of the night. Dallas, which came to town on a 9-0-2 run, got power play and shorthanded goals, but fell for the first time in December. Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson had 16 saves in the win, which snapped a streak that had seen Minnesota go its previous 15 games versus Dallas without a regulation win. The Wild got a first-period goal from Joel Eriksson Ek, Zach Bogosian scored in the second, while Matt Boldy added an empty-net goal and two assists. Johansson's second goal…...

47+ min ago (571+ words) The University of Minnesota and high school students are working together with the state legislature to target legal loopholes to improve gun safety in Minnesota schools." Jenny Wen, a student at Columbia University, is part of a student-led policy group working with state Rep. Julie Greene (DFL), to draft a new gun safety bill for the upcoming legislative session. "This isn't about taking away anyone's guns," Wen said. "It's about addressing the reality of gun theft, accidental access and impulsive violence." The bill would establish uniform requirements for securely storing firearms in vehicles parked on all school property." It also extends those requirements to Minnesota State High School League-sanctioned events and removes a provision allowing principals to give individuals permission to carry firearms inside school facilities. Fourth-year Matthew Smeaton said he remembers sitting on a school bus years ago when…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago (359+ words) For one half off basketball Thursday night at Anderson Arena, it was just like old times for St. Thomas and St. John's. The Tommies invited the Johnnies to their sparkling new arena on campus to pay homage to the two schools' Division III rivalry that dates back to 1923. The game was an exhibition for the Johnnies and an expected runaway for the Tommies." A 35-31 Tommies halftime lead put things in an entirely different light. But the second half brought a return to normalcy, as the Tommies (8-4) outscored the Johnnies 49-21 en route to an 80-56 victory. Nolan Minessale led the Tommies with 30 points to go with 11 rebounds. The Tommies started slow, making only three of their first 11 shots, and after hitting a pair of 3s the Johnnies led 8-6 five minutes into the game. The Tommies took an 11-10 lead midway through the first half,…...