Somali parents and community leaders speak up on recent violence, Latino Business Week is in full swing, and Duluth’s The West Theatre looks to pack the house.
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WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
[GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA MUSIC]
THE GLEN MILLER ORCHESTRA MAY SOON PLAY AGAIN AT AN ICONIC DULUTH THEATER… AFTER HUNDREDS OF NEIGHBORS PITCHED IN TO SAVE IT FROM FORECLOSURE.
[BOB BOONE / OWNER: IT’S REALLY AN UNBELIEVABLE HONOR.]
BUT FIRST...
--MALL OF AMERICA ALLEGED ATTACK PLOT--
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ANNOUNCE AN ARREST IN A SUSPECTED TERROR PLOT AT THE MALL OF AMERICA IN BLOOMINGTON...
[U.S. ATTORNEY DANIEL ROSEN: TODAY WE HAVE CHARGED AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS PLANNING A MASS CASUALTY ATTACK IN SUPPORT OF ISIS.]
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD SHEIKHDOON (SHAKE DOON) ABDULLAHI MOHAMUD IS ACCUSED OF PLANNING THE ATTACK DURING THE MALL’S HMONG ARTS CELEBRATION ON OCTOBER TWENTY-FOURTH.
THE FBI TOOK MOHAMUD INTO CUSTODY TUESDAY IN RICHFIELD... AFTER HE BOUGHT AN AK-47.. AND 200-ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION FROM AN UNDERCOVER AGENT.
THE INVESTIGATION DATES BACK TO DECEMBER TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR... AND U.S. ATTORNEY DANIEL ROSEN SAYS AGENTS TRIED TO INVOLVE THE TEEN’S FAMILY.
[U.S. ATTORNEY DANIEL ROSEN: IN 2025, THE FBI ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK WITH HIS PARENTS, HAVING SEEN THAT THAT THIS YOUNG MAN WAS BECOMING RADICALIZED, AND THOSE ATTEMPTS WERE REBUFFED.]
ROSEN SAID INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY GANG AFFILIATION FOR MOHAMUD... AND THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES ...
--SOMALI COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO GANG VIOLENCE--
RECENT SHOOTINGS IN THE WEST METRO ARE PROMPTING SOMALI COMMUNITY LEADERS TO CALL FOR ACTION TO PREVENT YOUTH VIOLENCE.
TUESDAY... METRO AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THE FORMATION OF A TASK FORCE THAT WILL INCLUDE MORE THAN 40-LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO STOP WHAT THEY SAY IS INCREASING SOMALI GANG VIOLENCE...
NOW... SOMALI COMMUNITY LEADERS ANNOUNCED THE FORMATION OF A TWIN CITIES SOMALI TASK FORCE TO FOCUS ON YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE...
[MOTHER: WE ARE GOING TO HELP THE FAMILIES THAT THESE ACCUSED KIDS COME FROM. WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THEM. WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO AS COMMUNITY.]
A FORMER EDEN PRAIRIE STUDENT URGED HIS PEERS TO PUT DOWN GUNS... WHILE OUTREACH ORGANIZATIONS CALLED FOR MORE RESOURCES..
[OMAR /FORMER EDEN PRAIRIE STUDENT, SOMALI COMMUNITY LEADER: VIOLENCE IS NOT STRENGTH. CARRYING A GUN IS NOT A SOLUTION. ONE BAD DECISION CAN DESTROY MULTIPLE LIVES.]
[FARIA KLIVE/SOMALI YOUTH LINK: THIS IS A GUN VIOLENCE ISSUE. AND THIS TIME, THERE'S A YOUTH ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.]
THE ORGANIZERS SAY ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING WILL KEEP ALL GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE OUT OF TROUBLE.
--M STATE DETROIT LAKES CAMPUS TO CLOSE--
DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND RISING BUILDING MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE PUSHING M STATE TO CLOSE ITS DETROIT LAKES CAMPUS.
THE COLLEGE SYSTEM HAS JUST 111 STUDENTS ENROLLED AT THE NORTHWESTERN CAMPUS THIS FALL … DOWN FROM NEARLY 800 STUDENTS FIVE YEARS AGO.
THE SCHOOL PLANS TO CLOSE THE CAMPUS BY 2028 … WHILE MOVING ITS RADIOLOGY PROGRAM TO ITS MOORHEAD CAMPUS NEXT FALL … AND FINDING A NEW HOME FOR ITS NURSING PROGRAM.
--MINNKOTA POWER PLANT EXPANSION--
THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLIER FOR EIGHT NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA COOPERATIVES IS PLANNING A *BILLION-DOLLAR *NATURAL-GAS POWER PLANT NEAR FARGO.. NORTH DAKOTA.
MINNKOTA’S PROJECT WOULD EXPAND THE REGIONAL POWER SUPPLY SERVING MINNESOTA HOMES... FARMS... AND BUSINESSES.
THE PLANT COULD OPEN BY 2032... PENDING REGULATORY APPROVAL.
--LATINO BUSINESS WEEK--
MINNEAPOLIS’ LATINO BUSINESS WEEK IS HELPING OWNERS REACH CUSTOMERS … AS THE CITY WORKS TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES AFTER OPERATION METRO SURGE.
FEDERAL DATA FROM 2025 COUNTED NEARLY 16-THOUSAND LATINO-OWNED BUSINESS IS THE METRO AREA …
MINNEAPOLIS ESTIMATES THE SURGE COST BUSINESSES CITYWIDE 445-MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE.
A WEEKEND MARKET IS ENCOURAGING NEIGHBORS TO SHOP LOCAL.
--DULUTH WEST THEATER--
AND FINALLY … A COMMUNITY-MADE COMEBACK…
[GLENN MILLER MUSIC]
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE HELPING WEST DULUTH’S HISTORIC THEATERS RAISE THE CURTAIN AGAIN... SAVING THEM FROM FORECLOSURE AFTER COVID-ERA LOANS CAME DUE.
[BOB BOONE/OWNER: EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN THEY'RE THERE.]
OWNER… BOB BOONE SAYS AT LEAST 650- SUPPORTERS...AND STRANGERS... RAISED 394-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ‘DULUTH WEST THEATER’ AND NEIGHBORING LIVE MUSIC VENUE… THE ALHAMBRA… BOTH OF WHICH BOB REMODELED AND REOPENED IN 20-18 .. JUST BEFORE COVID FORCED THE DOORS CLOSED AGAIN.
[BOB BOONE: IT’S BEEN JUST A SHOCKING SHOW OF UNBELIEVABLE SUPPORT. I’M SO HONORED AND SURPRISED.]
BOB SAYS HE WAS ABLE TO PAY OFF THE OVERDUE LOANS... AND HE EXPECTS TO REOPEN SOON.
SINCE 19-37... THE WEST AND ALHAMBRA HAVE WELCOMED BIG ACTS... LIKE THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA... WHICH BOONE PLANS TO BRING BACK IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
[BOB BOONE: WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, IN 6 WEEKS START HAVING NATIONAL CALIBER, GRAMMY WINNING ARTISTS IN THERE AGAIN.]
BUT FOR NOW.. LOCAL MUSICIANS ARE PLAYING BENEFIT CONCERTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR OPERATING COSTS...
BAND...WHISKEY RIVER.. ORGANIZED A FUNDRAISER FOR THIS SATURDAY AT 7-30 AT CLYDE IRON WORKS…
BOB SAYS ABOUT 20-SHOWS AWAIT RESCHEDULING... AND BOONE’S STILL RECRUITING...
[BOB BOONE: AND IF YOU’RE A WORLD FAMOUS MUSICIAN, GIVE ME A CALL.]
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES, I'M XAN HOLSTON.