When 50 people piled into two rooms on the third floor of the Minnehaha County Administration Building at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, preparing to hand count every one of the 13,189 ballots cast in the county’s June 4 primary election, they expected to be done sometime that afternoon. After all, when Minnehaha County Auditor Leah […]
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Two people shot at Minnehaha apartment party
Jun. 21—Two people were shot after an altercation at a large early-morning party last weekend in the Minnehaha Neighborhood, according to the Spokane Police Department. Police spokeswoman Julie Humphreys said shots were fired between two groups of young people. The two males who were shot had injuries that were not life-threatening, she said. No one […]
Elections expert says analysis endorsed by Minnehaha County auditor ‘doesn’t make sense’
Many of Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson’s claims about discrepancies in the county’s 2020 election results, which she has connected to a supposed algorithm altering absentee ballots to aid Democratic candidates across the country, come from analysis of county election data that she gave to a “data expert” named Jeffrey O’Donnell. O’Donnell has become a […]
Turf fight over Minnehaha Academy athletic field plan sours neighborhood relations
Plans for a new athletic field at Minnehaha Academy has pitted the private religious school against neighbors worried about bigger lights and late-night disruption. Minnehaha Academy wants to replace its grass athletic field with synthetic turf to better withstand heavy use and surround it with four 70- and 80-feet floodlights to accommodate night games. Immediate […]
Deadly Sioux Falls crash could lead to charges from Minnehaha County State Attorney’s Office
The Minnehaha County State’s Attorney’s Office will be weighing whether to press charges in a deadly crash that killed two and injured five juveniles this weekend, according to the Sioux Falls Police Department. Officials with the Sioux Falls Police Department say speed played a major factor in the the deadly crash. The crash is still […]
Man fatally shot in Minnehaha neighborhood identified
Mar. 27—A man killed in a shooting in the Minnehaha neighborhood last week has been identified by the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office as 36-year-old Thomas Reynolds. Reynolds died by homicide from a gunshot wound to the chest, the medical examiner reported . Daniel R. Quinn, 37, was booked into jail Saturday on a number […]
City, parks and watershed district team up to repair Minnehaha Creek, clean up Lake Hiawatha
Minnehaha Creek has long been treated like a glorified drainage ditch as it flows downstream from Lake Minnetonka through south Minneapolis, dumping street runoff into the Mississippi River. A new partnership seeks to redefine the creek’s relationship with the people who live along its banks and play in the lakes fed by its polluted water. […]