Cloquet are you okay, are you okay Cloquet

Your daily Minnesota news roundup starts … NOW. Luis Caiza was arrested by ICE 10 months ago, but he has neither been deported nor released. Instead, he’s stuck in limbo in a detention facility in Estancia, N.M., while his family remains in Minnesota. They came to the U.S. from Ecuador seeking asylum, but now he’s stuck in what he calls inhumane conditions along with other detainees. The Medicaid program House Stabilization Services in Minnesota was so problematic when it comes to fraud that Gov. Tim Walz shut it down last year. Now the state is looking to replace it with a more robust program that can help elderly and disabled people with housing without losing $26 million to fraud.  The Minnesota Correctional Facility Stillwater is scheduled to close in 2029, which means that prisoners have been getting transferred out and leading to a total current population of 300, down from more than 1,200. The facility has switched models to an earned living unit (ELU), where detainees who avoid disciplinary infractions can earn more freedom, and the result is a prison that may be doing more to rehabilitate its residents. Community Voices: We can fix the housing stabilization system without hurting those it’s supposed to help The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is set to be announced today and even though you can’t place a bet on it on Kalshi, the city of Minneapolis has been floated as a possible dark horse winner for the city’s response to Operation Metro Surge. Just stay humble if it happens, Minneapolis.  Data centers are at the center (ahem) of a lot of debate this election season, but it’s not as cut and dried an issue as some others that have driven discussion in the past. While progressives have largely lined up against them as environmentally suspect and a questionable use of valuable space, labor unions — often a key part of the DFL coalition — have in places lined up in favor of them because of job creation. It’s complicating things for DFLers like Jake Johnson, who’s running in the First Congressional District. A massive construction project is underway on the south bank of St. Anthony Falls that aims to restore the natural habitat there. Called Owámniyomni by the Dakota, the falls were turned into an engine for the city’s growth in the mid-1800s, but the project is uncovering and restoring a lost bit of Indigenous history to the area.  And finally in your Minnesota news roundup: Despite only having 22 officers — a pittance compared to the police departments of larger cities — Cloquet PD has placed in the top five in the state for making 36 DWI arrests between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Which, like, good job for sure getting impaired people off the road, but not really sure if this says more about the police or about the people driving in Cloquet. Maybe stick to a malt at Gordy’s Hi-Hat and go straight home to bed, eh? Related