Email Author Jessica Lussenhop

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 8, 2010

  "Bed Hopping"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 3, 2010

  "Monster at the Tea Party"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 1, 2010

  "Cop Killer"

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2011 Stories by Jessica Lussenhop

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  Occupy MN: Mugshots from arrests at US Bank [PICTURES]

  published Oct 21, 2011

  Yesterday afternoon, in an attempt to escalate the level of confrontation with law enforcement, seven Occupy MN protesters refused to clear the intersection in front of US Bank. Their message was mani... More >>

• Occupy MN: Seven arrested at US Bank protest [VIDEO]

  published Oct 20, 2011

  During their protest of US Bank Plaza this afternoon, protesters took tents into the intersection of 6th Street and 2nd Avenue downtown. About 50 protesters circled the tents chanting as the Minneapol... More >>

• Occupy MN protesters set up tents outside US Bank Plaza, cops arrest seven [UPDATE]

  published Oct 20, 2011

  Earlier this week, Occupy MN demonstrators made it known they planned to set up a new Tent City on the plaza outside of US Bank. This was not an empty threat: Around 12:45 p.m. this afternoon, 50 prot... More >>

• Pedal Pub ambushed by "flash mob" downtown

  published Oct 19, 2011

  Before Pedal Pub season came to a close, Scott Ranney and his wife decided they ought to give it a try. They rounded up five other couples and drove in from their Lakeville home for a night in the cit... More >>

• Melissa Hill arrested at Occupy MN

  published October 19, 2011

  Occupy MN protesters began setting up tents and shelters on the grassy knoll of the Government Plaza Saturday afternoon with full knowledge... More >>

• Occupy MN to rebuild tent city on US Bank plaza [VIDEO]

  published Oct 17, 2011

  On Saturday, ten transparent pup tents sailed a sea of Occupy MN protesters from the South side of the Government Plaza to the North, in open defiance of Sheriff Rich Stanek's ban on structures or ten... More >>

• Occupy MN: Melissa Hill arrested by Hennepin County Sheriff's deputies [VIDEO]

  published Oct 15, 2011

  Occupy MN protesters began setting up tents and shelters on the grassy knoll of the Government Plaza this afternoon, with full knowledge that they are defying the orders of the Hennepin County Sheriff... More >>

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  Occupy MN will defy sheriff's orders, set up tent camp on Saturday

  published Oct 14, 2011

  Occupy MN organizers announced this morning that contrary to the agreement they had with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department, they will begin erecting tents and shelters tomorrow afternoon in the... More >>

• Occupy MN: Under pressure, Wells Fargo may halt couple's foreclosure

  published Oct 14, 2011

  This week, we told you the story of Malcolm LeFever and Cheryl Downey, and their struggle with Wells Fargo over their underwater mortgage. They received a foreclosure notice late last week despite two... More >>

• Occupy MN: Malcolm LeFever and Cheryl Downey ask Wells Fargo to not foreclose [UPDATE]

  published Oct 12, 2011

  On Friday afternoon, protesters from local labor organizations will join with Occupy MN activists to march from Peavey Plaza to the Wells Fargo Center. The march has been dubbed the "Don't Foreclose o... More >>

• Occupy MN marches on Wells Fargo [PHOTOS]

  published Oct 11, 2011

  Occupy MN protesters and organizers from TakeAction Minnesota marched from the Hennepin County Government Plaza to Wells Fargo bank this morning, demanding that big banks pay their fair share of the f... More >>

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  Occupy MN and TakeAction Minnesota storms Wells Fargo [UPDATE]

  published Oct 11, 2011

  This week, Minneapolis will be witness to a confluence of local protest entities, starting today at 11 a.m., when organizers from TakeAction Minnesota will converge at the Government Plaza and try to ... More >>

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  Sprout the cat gets wedged in a car engine [PHOTOS]

  published Oct 11, 2011

  Sprout the cat was a little on edge. His owners left town and put him in the care of a cat sitter down the block, and that just wasn't sitting right. So come nightfall he stayed outside, roaming the y... More >>

• Occupy MN: How to buy a solidarity pizza for protesters

  published Oct 11, 2011

  Mike Fry has been eagerly anticipating the kick-off of Occupy MN -- the Occupy Wall Street solidarity protest in the downtown Government Plaza -- for some time now. There's just one problem. He's the... More >>

• Try futuristic vending machines for free in Peavey Plaza tomorrow

  published Oct 10, 2011

  There's nothing quite like scoring some poor sap's chips for free after they get stuck in the vending machine. Well, downtowners can have that experience as many times as they want tomorrow in Peavey... More >>

• Occupy MN protesters march to the Fed [VIDEO]

  published Oct 07, 2011

  As their numbers increased in the Hennepin County Government Center Plaza this afternoon, more and more chatter rose among the Occupy MN crowd about marching to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis... More >>

• Michele Bachmann bill would make women listen to fetal heartbeat before an abortion

  published Oct 07, 2011

  With her presidential campaign foundering, it appears that Michele Bachmann is getting back to her super crazy roots. She's just introduced the "Heartbeat Informed Consent Act" to congress, a truly e... More >>

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  Jesse Ventura joins kick-off of Occupy MN [VIDEO]

  published Oct 07, 2011

  The occupation of the Hennepin County Government Center Plaza has begun and one of the first people on the scene was former Governor Jesse Ventura. Amid the earliest few dozen occupiers setting up th... More >>

• Bernard Berrian threatens lawsuit over Twitter fight

  published Oct 06, 2011

  The comedy of errors that was the Twitter fight between Vikings wide receiver Bernard Berrian and Rep. John Kriesel marches on. The internet had a field day after Berrian unknowingly smack-talked Kri... More >>

• Aaron Boogaard's felony drug charge dismissed

  published Oct 06, 2011

  This morning, a judge ruled that when Aaron Boogaard, the brother of Derek Boogaard, handed his brother the pills that ultimately contributed to the hockey star's death, he was not committing a felony... More >>

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  Occupy MN gets law enforcement OK for occupation of Government Plaza

  published Oct 06, 2011

  In a series of meetings held over the past couple of days, Occupy MN organizers have received tentative approval for their plans to camp out in the Hennepin County Government Center plaza starting tom... More >>

• Anoka-Hennepin district quietly changes "neutrality policy" test question

  published Oct 06, 2011

  Jefferson Fietek, a drama teacher at Anoka Middle School, was supposed to answer six simple questions to prove he'd watched a training presentation put out by the Anoka-Hennepin school district. The t... More >>

• This winter is going to be horrible

  published Oct 05, 2011

  It's practically summer outside today and the temperature is threatening to break the 132-year-old record high of 87 degrees. So what better time to let everyone know that this winter is going to com... More >>

• Michele Bachmann responds to Anoka-Hennepin suicides without addressing gay-bullying

  published Oct 04, 2011

  It took a while, but Michele Bachmann has finally addressed the anti-gay bullying and suicides in her district. Uh, sort of. In response to a petition delivered to her St. Cloud office three weeks ... More >>

• Archbishop John Nienstedt sends letter opposing free contraceptives law

  published Sep 30, 2011

  In a letter made public yesterday, the Minnesota Catholic Conference, including Archbishop John Nienstedt, voiced opposition to the new federal health care mandate requiring insurance companies to cov... More >>