Domestic violence worse in rural areas

MinnPostGreaterMNNewsletterHeader MINNPOST GREATER ¥ MINNESOTA Donate 🤍 HOME | NEWS | ARTS & CULTURE | HEALTH | OPINION 05/08/2024 New research at the University of Minnesota found that domestic abuse involving intimate partners is happening at a higher rate in the nation’s rural areas than it is in urban ones. The researchers spoke with advocacy organizations, state-based coalitions and service organizations that help victims of intimate partner violence to understand how victims of partner violence face varied challenges based on where they live, hoping to find ways to lessen the barriers for people in rural areas to get help. Read More Ava Kian Ava Kian Ava Kian is MinnPost's Greater Minnesota reporter. Follow her on Twitter @kian_ava or email her at [email protected]. Top Story Guadalupe Lopez, the executive director of Violence Free Minnesota, shown standing behind Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan during the Action Day rally in the Capitol Rotunda last month. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STUDIES REVEAL DISPARITIES IN INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS BY AVA KIAN Rate of abuse shown to be slightly higher in rural areas, a problem magnified by a lack of screening and resources. Skeleton_Capacity_300x250 GUTHRIE THEATER [ More News A wall in the gym at the Itasca County Jail displaying the Ten Commandments. ITASCA COUNTY FACES BLOWBACK OVER TEN COMMANDMENTS DISPLAY IN NEW JAIL BY MEGAN BUFFINGTON, KAXE/KBXE Freedom From Religion Foundation calls the installation a constitutional violation and advised the sheriff’s office to remove it. 24_CS_Ad_MinnPost_Online_Spring_300x250 A Minnesota company aims to help convert diesel engines used in agriculture, industry, and transportation, to run on ammonia produced by clean energy. TO LOWER EMISSIONS, A MINNESOTA STARTUP WANTS TO CONVERT DIESEL ENGINES TO BURN AMMONIA BY FRANK JOSSI, ENERGY NEWS NETWORK Ammonia doesn’t emit carbon dioxide when burned, but its energy-intensive production mostly relies on fossil fuels, so its benefits depend on sourcing “green” ammonia from renewable power. Hundreds of pelicans congregate in a Mississippi River backwater March 16 in Alma, Wisconsin. The Mississippi River flyway is a migration route followed by more than 30% of North America’s water and shore birds. 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY AS SPRING BIRD MIGRATION BEGINS BY MADELINE HEIM, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL Birds use the Mississippi River as a guide to help them travel south to north and vice versa. INDEPENDENT, MINNESOTAN JOURNALISM. Our Greater Minnesota newsletter keeps you up to date with what’s happening in your state. Support the work of Ava (and all of our reporters) with a tax-deductible gift today. Donate now 🤍 OTHER HEADLINES FROM AROUND GREATER MINNESOTA: ▪️ Minnesota Power agrees to smaller rate hike (Duluth News Tribune) ▪️ St. Cloud State leaders recommend major cuts in degree programs, faculty (St. Cloud Live) ▪️ Annual walk expands into a full-day conference in Bemidji to help combat MMIW epidemic (Bemidji Pioneer) ▪️ SEIU staff at Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys petition executives for safety, overtime reforms (Rochester Post Bulletin) ▪️ St. Peter School Board approves plan to balance $3.3 million deficit (St. Peter Herald) ▪️ Nearly $2 million budget gap forces closure of men’s shelter in Moorhead (MPR) ▪️ White Earth man charged with felony cannabis possession for selling without a license (Minnesota Reformer) ▪️ Stricter Boundary Waters food storage rule in place for campers to keep bears away (Star Tribune) ▪️ Byron Public Schools prepares to make reductions to deal with budget shortfall (Rochester Post Bulletin) Like what you see? ▫️ DONATE to MinnPost ▫️ SHARE our newsletter with a friend ▫️ CHECK OUT some of MinnPost's other free newsletters MinnPost | P.O. Box 18438 | Minneapolis, MN 55418 | 612.455.6950 This email was sent to why did I get this?         MinnPost · PO Box 18438 · Minneapolis, MN 55418 · USA