April 29 – Five people are shot in a vehicle in Minneapolis, four fatally. Police say the shooting is gang-related, and a member of the Native Mob is arrested.[6]
July 18 – State Senator Nicole Mitchell is found guilty of burglary. In April 2024, Mitchell broke into her estranged stepmother's home to retrieve belongings owned by her late father. A few days after the ruling, Mitchell announces she will resign from her office.[11]
August 27 – 20 people are shot at a church during a Christian school's mass in Minneapolis. Two children are killed. The shooter commits suicide at the scene.[13][14]
September
September 15 – Five people are wounded in a mass shooting at a homeless encampment near the I-35W & Lake StreetMetro station in Minneapolis, one of whom later dies from his injuries.[15] Later that same day, seven people are injured in a shooting at another homeless encampment in the city, including one woman who later dies of her injuries.[16] A drug dealer from Illinois is later charged in the second shooting.[17]
September 16 – Democrat Xp Lee wins special election to the Minnesota House in District 34B, taking the seat of Melissa Hortman, who was killed earlier in the year.[18]
November 21 – President Trump says the government will immediately strip all Somali immigrants in Minnesota of Temporary Protected Status. A study in August previous found there were 705 Somali people covered by TPS nationwide.[23]
December
December 3 – ICE begins increased immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.[24]
December 10 – The Mayo Clinic closes a clinic in St. Peter. The clinic is one of six shut down by the Mayo Clinic in December.[25]
December 19 – A jury awards $65.5 million to a woman who claimed Johnson & Johnson talcum products contaminated with asbestos caused her to develop mesothelioma.[26]
December 29 – Federal authorities increase operations in Minneapolis following a viral video alleging to have discovered fraud at Somali-run daycare centers.[27]
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