Reporter | General assignment

Louis Krauss is a general assignment reporter for the Star Tribune.


Minneapolis clears several South Side homeless encampments

The city used bulldozers and removed tents at three encampments in the East Phillips neighborhood Thursday morning.


Project 2025 platform proposal aims to allow mining in Boundary Waters watershed

The proposal suggests removing the 20-year protection on the Superior National Forest that President Joe Biden's administration had ordered in 2023.


What to know about the deadly multistate listeria outbreak

There have been 12 states confirmed to have people sick as part of the recent nationwide listeria outbreak.


Some Minnesota cities propose bans on homeless camping in wake of Supreme Court ruling

Two Minnesota towns have proposed ordinances to ban homeless people from camping in public following the Supreme Court ruling.


Spike Moss, longtime Minneapolis activist, has city street named in his honor

Speakers credited Moss as a key figure in desegregating the Minneapolis Fire Department and pushing to add more Black officers to the police force.


Minneapolis works to clear storm debris and fix thousands of power outages across metro area

Compounding the situation is the strike by some Minneapolis Parks and Rec employees and arborists.


Star Tribune announces lineup of new editors and revamped news departments

The five new department leaders include a mix of internal and external hires.


Twin Cities' mosquito numbers in July are down so far compared to average, report finds

An entomologist with the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District said the drought in past summers killed off a large number of the mosquitoes.


Delta apologizes for posts criticizing attendants' Palestinian flag pins, will ban all but U.S. pins

The employee who wrote the posts will no longer be handling Delta's social media pages, a spokesperson said.


Highway entrances reopen to Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport

Officers were responding to the suspicious item found in the north end of the main terminal, a spokesman said.