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WCCO: "Nicollet Mall was a sea of loud protesters and police as the Occupy Minnesota movement took part in May Day activities on Tuesday."

MinnPost: "Tuesday afternoon’s session was not a meeting about putting up tents in Minneapolis.This, rather, was an old-fashioned protest gathering with an opportunity to shout at the mayor and the police chief about allegations of police brutality."

Police Sgt. Steve McCarty "said demonstrators marched through the area of Hennepin Avenue and 5th Street at about 10 p.m. He said they blocked intersections and impeded an ambulance on an emergency call. McCarty said that's when officers arrested the 12 protestors."

KARE: "Twelve people were arrested Saturday night during an Occupy MN demonstration in downtown Minneapolis."

AP: "Organizers of Occupy protests around the Midwest will gather next month in St. Louis, pledging to emerge from a "winter lull" as a bigger and stronger force."

WCCO: “We are disappointed that US Bank chose to ignore thousands of signatures and their customers cries for help as the foreclosure continues to rip apart our communities.” said activist Ben Egerman.

"Protests that sought to highlight the role of corporate cash in politics resulted in the arrests of 10 people Wednesday outside Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign offices and a Wells Fargo branch office," reports the Des Moines Register.

"'The 99 percent have woken up and we’re not going to take it anymore,' Occupy activist Stephen Toothman, of Des Moines, said as an advance guard met Tuesday to decide which candidates to target in the coming week," reports the AP.

Fixing the economy and respecting the land is the message Soren Sorensen, who is from Bemidji, hoped to endorse Sunday as he arrived in Seattle to participate in the Occupy Seattle protests.

"About 15 people connected with the Occupy Duluth movement hopped on a bus Sunday night for a 24-hour trip to Washington, D.C.," reports the Duluth News Tribune.

From OccupyMN: "Justine Baumgartner, an early participant in the Occupy Minneapolis movement, has been reported missing. A message from her mother: 'My daughter Justine Rae Baumgartner is Missing.'"

Hennepin County authorities moved in on anti-Wall Street protesters early Thursday morning to enforce the no-camping rule on the Hennepin County Government Center.

Anti-Wall Street protesters in Minneapolis can put up signs and posters in the plaza outside the Hennepin County Government Center but can

As winter approaches, fewer than a dozen Occupy MN demonstrators remain after several hundred took over the Hennepin County Government Center plaza nearly seven weeks ago. Organizers are trying to expand the movement into neighborhoods throughout the city — with mixed results.

After having their camp cleared by police early Tuesday, Occupy Duluth members were debating Tuesday evening on what their next steps might be.

Earlier this morning about 12-15 people were at the site, some gathered around a small fire, most sleeping in one of two connected tents.

Duluth City Councilor Sharla Gardner said. “Their message of economic unfairness is one that needs to be told. ... And it would be ironic if they got kicked out because they couldn’t afford the fee.”

Duluth police officers, including Chief Gordon Ramsay, reiterated to Occupy Duluth protesters today that they must leave the Civic Center unless they obtain a permit.

Demonstrators protesting against Wall Street in Duluth downsized their encampment to one tent and planned to meet with police about a permit Monday.

​Occupy protesters moved into a foreclosed south Minneapolis home Saturday night.The protest almost failed at the beginning: two occupiers were arrested after police descended on the house to evict the demonstrators.

In spite of a police demand that protesters clear the Duluth Civic Center courtyard by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, several demonstrators were busy making preparations to spend the night.

Sandy Reed lost her house in Cold Spring. The single, working mother of a college student, Reed says her home was foreclosed on by the bank with little to no financial counseling and assistance. Now Reed is joining up with the “Occupy Wall Street” protest movement.

Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said in a news conference Thursday afternoon that the Occupy group at Civic Center Plaza has until 11:59 p.m. Sunday to reduce the camp to one warming tent and remove all other items.

After the arrests, the protesters marched off the bridge and regrouped at a rally at the Hennepin County Government Center plaza. Participants in the Occupy Minnesota movement have been at the plaza since Oct. 7.

After two months of eating, sleeping and occupying the space in front of Duluth city hall, protesters are being told to leave or they will be assisted out by Duluth police.

Overnight camping in front of Duluth City Hall may be ending soon. Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said Monday the group will need to get a permit to allow it to stay on the plaza. But the makeup of the camp will change. The group will be allowed just one “warming tent,” Ramsay said, and no overnight camping.

OccupyMN protestors said they'll sleep in defiance of new rules Monday evening in Government Plaza, downtown Minneapolis.

Two factions camping on public property outside the Occupy Duluth camp have riled police and created a minor stir at Civic Center Plaza.

“If they want to take Monique out of her home they'll have to take me with her!” With these words protestor Nick Espinosa summed up OccupyMN's new direction: the protest group has occupied a foreclosed home to prevent its residents from being evicted.

The Hennepin County Board voted unanimously Tuesday to prohibit OccupyMN protesters from sleeping on the Government Center plaza or the center grounds, starting next week.