Laura Yuen
Reporter
Minnesota Public Radio
lyuen@mpr.org
Laura Yuen covers St. Paul and the East Metro beat. She came to MPR in January 2008 after eight years of writing for daily newspapers, including the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader. A native of the Chicago area, Laura is attracted to communities with a strong sense of place, which is one of the reasons why she landed in Minnesota. She has also lived in Taiwan, backpacked through Asia, and wrote about chicken farms in Arkansas. She's always up for a good story.
Laura Yuen Feature Archive
Federal authorities say a massive investigation into the disappearances of about 20 young Somali men from Minnesota has taken a significant step forward with a seventh arrest in the case.
(11/19/2009)
Some commuters will ride the Northstar train to save time on their trip to downtown Minneapolis each day. But will they really get there any faster? MPR News sent two teams to document their trip from Big Lake to Minneapolis this morning to answer that question.
(11/16/2009)
A recent fatal shooting in Minneapolis has some members of the Twin Cities Somali-American community saying police and prosecutors need to do a better job of protecting witnesses to violent crimes.
(11/16/2009)
The imam of a Minneapolis mosque that has been associated with the disappearances of nearly 20 Somali men is relieved to be off of the government's no-fly list after being banned from air travel a year ago.
(11/11/2009)
The FBI has confirmed that a recent arrest by Dutch officials is related to the investigation of about 20 Minnesota men who are thought to have traveled to Somalia to fight.
(11/10/2009)
The city of St. Paul has received $1 million in federal money to investigate possible cleanup sites along the proposed Central Corridor light-rail transit line.
(11/09/2009)
An exchange of letters this week between top officials at the University of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council illustrate an increasingly testy relationship between the two institutions as they work to resolve their differences over the proposed Central Corridor transit project.
(11/06/2009)
St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman won a second term in office Tuesday night, defeating challenger Eva Ng.
(11/03/2009)
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman will be challenged at the polls Tuesday by Republican-endorsed business executive Eva Ng, who has made her disdain for rising property taxes her central issue.
(11/02/2009)
Researchers like Ellen Pence, above, say one key to preventing domestic violence is to recognize that not all abusers are alike.
(11/02/2009)
The University of Minnesota and planners of the Central Corridor light-rail line are under the gun to work out their differences.
(10/29/2009)
St. Paul community groups pushing for three additional stops along a proposed light-rail transit line are fired up about new federal concerns over when those stations could be built.
(10/27/2009)
A coalition of Asian-American business owners along University Avenue in St. Paul has filed a federal civil-rights complaint over the proposed Central Corridor light-rail project.
(10/21/2009)
The Nevada Highway Patrol today released the name of a third passenger involved in a cross-country road trip that has gotten the attention of federal agents investigating whether Minnesota men traveled to Somalia to fight in that country's ongoing conflict.
(10/20/2009)
Many believe Cabdulaahi Faarah was one of five men involved in a cross-country road trip last week that has gotten the attention of federal authorities, and that his involvement may be related to the the case of about 20 Minnesota men who allegedly left for their native Somalia to fight.
(10/16/2009)