🔎 The Ramsey County attorney and sheriff are investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officials as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment. (MPR News)
That U.S. citizen, ChongLy "Scott" Thao, was taken from his St. Paul home in freezing temperatures wearing only underwear and a blanket and driven around in an agent's vehicle.
ICE called the investigation a "political stunt."
🚌 A bus driver shortage in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district has administrators considering changes to start times, reduction of service to magnet schools and other measures. (Fox 9)
✝️ Catholic Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester called President Trump's Truth Social posts about Pope Leo "entirely inappropriate and disrespectful." (Star Tribune)
Barron sits on Trump's Religious Liberty Commission.
📚 Best-selling author Celeste Ng takes the stage at the University of Minnesota tonight for a free lecture series event. (Info)
The #LocalAngle: Ng, whose hit novel "Little Fires Everywhere" was adapted into a Hulu show, told Minnesota Monthly that she has family in the Twin Cities and visits often.
