At Patch.com William Bornhoft says, “The Minneapolis Police Division is warning residents about a spike in robberies involving folks making an attempt to purchase or promote gadgets over Fb Market and Craigslist. The crimes are happening throughout the deliberate in-person conferences. Unsuspecting victims have been robbed of the merchandise they’re making an attempt to promote, or robbed of the cash they had been planning to alternate for a product. Some victims have even been shot, police mentioned.”

For MPR Information, Paul Huttner says, “A big shot of snow is on the way in which Tuesday for a lot of Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. Winter climate advisories are posted and will broaden in protection Monday afternoon to incorporate the better Twin Cities space. Winter storm warnings are potential. There are sides of this storm we all know with confidence, however forecast fashions are nonetheless break up by 20 to 50 miles on the storm’s observe.”

KAAL-TV has a narrative saying, “ The Minnesota Division of Commerce issued a ‘Shopper Alert’ on Monday cautioning potential buyers eager about crypto-interest accounts after the latest chapter submitting by the enormous cryptocurrency alternate, FTX. The FTX chapter follows two different filings in July by two different cryptocurrency firms, Celsius Community and Voyager Digital. The division says that firms providing interest-bearing crypto accounts will not be ruled by the identical guidelines and protections as banks and credit score unions. Most of the services and products provided by cryptocurrency firms are just like conventional monetary companies provided by banks and brokerages, however with none of the regulatory safeguards offered by registered corporations and merchandise. It’s being reported that $1 billion in shopper funds invested by means of FTX look like lacking and that hackers could have stolen $370 million.”

Says Stribber Tim Harlow, “Good Journey Minnesota is dropping its most important sponsor subsequent yr, and with out a substitute, the favored bike and scooter sharing program could shut down. With out sponsorship cash from Blue Cross and Blue Defend of Minnesota, nonprofit Good Journey will face a $2 million shortfall in 2023 and would want to discover a new sponsor or safe public funding to open for the season.”

For Axios Matt Phillips writes, “The residential actual property market has screeched to a halt, and some economists consider house costs are about to drop considerably. The large image: Current house gross sales have fallen for 9 straight months. The provision of single-family houses is rising. And with mortgage charges close to 7%, specialists say a large-scale housing slowdown is changing into more and more doubtless.”

A KARE-TV story by Alexandra Simon and Samantha Fischer says, “Investigators consider a deadly taking pictures inside Bloomington’s Co Tu restaurant was motivated by jealousy, in keeping with new info offered by courtroom paperwork and Bloomington police. Aaron Le, of Lakeville, Minnesota, is now going through two second-degree homicide prices after opening hearth contained in the restaurant on Nov. 23. In a press convention Monday, Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges mentioned within the coming days, the division intends to up Le’s prices to first-degree homicide in an amended criticism, as he claims Le’s actions had been premeditated.  In response to the criticism, Le, 47, was just lately divorced or within the technique of getting divorced. Investigators realized Le’s ex-wife was seeing a 49-year-old man who was an everyday buyer at Co Tu. Hodges revealed Le, his ex-wife and the taking pictures sufferer had been all as soon as classmates on the similar school.”

One other story from Ms. Simon says, “For Minnesotans seeking to absolutely immerse themselves within the chilly winter local weather, the upcoming ‘Winter SKOLstice’ on the Minnesota Vikings’ Eagan campus could have plenty of alternatives for some frigid enjoyable. For 45 days beginning on Jan. 6, 2023, the grounds round Vikings Lakes in Eagan will rework into an icy winter wonderland, full with an ice skating rink, warming home, pond hockey, and new this yr, the Minnesota Ice Maze. For the previous two years, the frilly ice maze comprised of practically 1,000,000 kilos of ice was housed outdoors the Zephyr Theater in downtown Stillwater. This yr’s ice maze could have eight-foot-high partitions that twist and switch for practically half a mile. The frozen fortress is absolutely lit and geared up with ice thrones, theme nights, scavenger hunts, hearth pits, scorching cocoa, snacks and extra.”

For the centersquare.com Samuel Stebbins says, “In response to an index of 38 metrics created by information weblog Lawnstarter, Minneapolis, Minnesota, ranks because the 14th finest metropolis for veterans out of the 200 largest U.S. cities. Minneapolis’s highest-ranking class within the index is employment and volunteering, which incorporates the variety of veteran job gala’s and vet pleasant volunteer alternatives. About 12,718 veterans reside in Minneapolis, accounting for 3.7% of the town’s complete inhabitants, in keeping with five-year estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Neighborhood Survey.”