Day: April 14, 2020
Grilled Butterflied Chicken With Lemongrass Sauce
(You can also use skin-on, bone-in parts—just make sure they add up to the same weight.) This recipe is from Union Hmong Kitchen, a regular pop-up restaurant in Minneapolis where chef Yia Vang works … Read Full Article
Sweet and Spicy Cucumber Salad
6 medium Persian cucumbers or 1 large English hothouse cucumber, some peel removed in thin alternating strips, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced on a diagonal Tamarind concentrate, often labeled … Read Full Article
Charges: Mai Vu Vang Arrested In Georgia After Eluding Arrest For 2 Years After Allegedly Swindling $450,000
According to investigators, Mystic Lake Casino records show that Vang spent more than one million dollars at the casino between 2012 and 2014. Read Full Article
‘Representation matters’: Gutierrez’s decision leaves MMSD without its ‘groundbreaking hire’
For our students to see our first Latino superintendent, it is a powerful message to our students, all of our students, that anyone in this city and community can succeed,” … Read Full Article
Former Twin Cities woman charged in 2017 ginseng scam arrested in Georgia
A former Brooklyn Center woman accused of swindling more than $450,000 from Minnesota’s Hmong community has been arrested after avoiding prosecution for two years, authorities say. Mai Vu … Read Full Article
Guesthouse’s
Nearly everything on the premises is made… Lanjia, meaning ‘peaceful’ in the Hmong language, is an eco-friendly, community-based lodge nestled on a hill overlooking the Mekong River and Laos. It is … Read Full Article
Sacramento Offered $1 Million In Loans For Coronavirus Relief. Businesses In Underserved Neighborhoods Didn’t Get Much.
Julie Lynhiavue owns T and Y Market, a longstanding Hmong grocery store on Norwood Avenue north of El Camino Avenue. She said her business serves a majority low-income population, but that she only … Read Full Article
Brooklyn Center woman charged in fake ginseng farm scam arrested in Georgia
The release said Mai Vu Vang was arrested in Georgia last month and was brought back to the Twin Cities over the weekend. According to the criminal complaint, Vang told people in the Hmong community — … Read Full Article
Charges: Mai Vu Vang Arrested In Georgia After Eluding Arrest For 2 Years For $450,000 Swindle
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says 51-year-old Mai Vu Vang was brought back to Minneapolis over the weekend; she faces six counts of theft by swindle for a scam that allegedly stole nearly … Read Full Article
Ginseng farm scheme suspect arrested after evading authorities for 2 years
According to the criminal complaint, Vang ran a fraud scheme in which she encouraged members of the Minnesota Hmong community to invest in a ginseng farm she claimed to own in Wausau, Wisconsin. From … Read Full Article
Brooklyn Center woman who eluded police for two years after fraud charges arrested in Georgia
A Brooklyn Center woman charged with duping several members of the Hmong community into investing in a nonexistent ginseng farm was arrested last month in Georgia after eluding authorities for more … Read Full Article
Mai Xiong defeats Dale Poynter for Eau Claire City Council seat
The Eau Claire City Council will be back to full staff thanks to last week’s election. Now that the votes have been revealed, Mai Xiong has defeated Dale Poynter for an at-large seat on the council by … Read Full Article
Xiong wins nearly 2 to 1 margin in Eau Claire City Council race
“This campaign is based off and would not have been so successful without our grass roots.” Xiong, who works as regional development director for Special Olympics and leads an organization she created … Read Full Article