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Minneapolis animal shelter drops dog, cat adoption fees
Minneapolis Animal Care and Control, the city-run animal shelter in Minneapolis, has waived and lowered pet adoption fees as it seeks to make space in the shelter, which is at maximum capacity.
This month, the shelter announced Minneapolis residents will pay $0 in adoption fees when adopting a dog more than six months of age or a cat. For nonresidents, dog adoption fees have been lowered from $250 to $100, and cat adoption fees have been lowered from $100 to $25.
The fee to adopt a puppy under six months old is $250 for both residents and nonresidents. Small animal adoption fees are $10 regardless of residence.
Adopters still must pay any fees to get a city license for their pet.
“We need adoptions to happen so we can help other animals that need us right now,” shelter supervisor Danielle Joerger said in a statement on the shelter’s website. “With being so full and the adoption fee reduction, we are hoping people will come find their new pets.”
The website did not say how long the lower fees would be in effect.
Adoptable animals can be found on the city’s website here. Adoption hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 p.m.to 5 p.m., and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., according to its website.
Transforming the heart of both downtowns, which have much larger buildings than old warehouses, is going to take a lot more money, creativity and time. Josh Talberg, managing director at downtown Minneapolis brokerage JLL, said with no major apartment buildings on the drawing board in either downtown, the fleet of empty office buildings present a golden opportunity to create more housing and lead both cities in a new direction.
“You can can certainly see the fundamentals improving, and you can feel that vibrancy, and that’s ultimately the foundation that’s needed to get investors to reinvest in the city,” he said. “But it’s not as if these 18-wheelers can turn on a dime.”
The Minnesota Department of Transportation closed part of a state highway Wednesday evening near Austin because of a “major hazardous materials release” in the area.
Hwy. 56 from Hayfield to Waltham, a stretch covering about five miles, was closed in both directions and drivers were directed to follow a detour to Blooming Prairie on U.S. Hwy. 218.
No information on the hazardous materials released was immediately available.
A federal judge dismissed a civil lawsuit against Minnesota state trooper Ryan Londregan in the shooting death of Ricky Cobb II during a 2023 traffic stop.
The decision is the latest development in a case that has drawn heated debate over excessive use of force by law enforcement. Criminal charges against Londregan were dismissed by Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty in June, saying the prosecution didn’t have the evidence to proceed with a case.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Nancy E. Brasel granted Londregan’s motion to dismiss the civil suit, arguing he acted reasonably when he opened fire as Cobb’s vehicle lurched forward with another state trooper partly inside.
Londregan’s attorney Chris Madelsaid Wednesday that it’s been a “long, grueling journey to justice. Ryan Londregan has finally arrived.”
On July 31, 2023, the two troopers pulled over Cobb, 33, on Interstate 94 in north Minneapolis for driving without taillights and later learned he was wanted for violating a felony domestic no-contact order. Cobb refused commands to exit the car.
With Seide partly inside the car while trying to unbuckle Cobb’s seatbelt, the car moved forward. Londregan then opened fire, hitting Cobb twice.
In her decision, Brasel said the troopers were mandated by state law to make an arrest given Cobb’s domestic no-contact order violation. She said it was objectively reasonable for Londregan to believe Seide was in immediate danger as the car moved forward on a busy highway, which would make his use of force reasonable.
