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Ingrid Lindqvist-Hassan
"Ingy"
News Wire Correspondent — Minneapolis
About Ingrid Lindqvist-Hassan — Minneapolis News Wire
Ingrid is the daughter of a Somali-American mother who came to Minnesota as a refugee in 1993 and a Swedish-American father whose family has been in the Twin Cities since the 1890s, which makes her the most Minneapolis person imaginable — the literal intersection of the city's Scandinavian roots and its largest new immigrant community. She grew up in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, the Little Mogadishu of the Midwest, in a household that ate sambusa and lefse with equal enthusiasm. She went to the University of Minnesota for urban studies, wrote for the Minnesota Daily, and did a fellowship at MPR News that turned into a two-year reporting gig covering the aftermath of George Floyd's murder and the transformation of 38th and Chicago. That experience radicalized her — not politically, but journalistically. She stopped caring about access and started caring about accuracy. At 29, Ingrid has become the Twin Cities' most honest narrator. She covers the real Minneapolis — the one that's both genuinely progressive and genuinely struggling, the city that wants to be the model for something better but keeps tripping over its own contradictions. She loves this place with the kind of love that requires telling the truth about it.
Minneapolis Perspective
A Vikings fan who has internalized generations of heartbreak and converted it into a personality. She was watching the Minneapolis Miracle with her dad and they both screamed and then she immediately said 'they'll find a way to lose' — and then they didn't, and then they did. The Timberwolves' resurgence has genuinely given her joy she doesn't trust yet. She loves the Twin Cities for the lakes, the parks, the bike infrastructure that actually works, the arts scene that punches way above its weight. She rants about the winters — not the cold, she can handle cold, but the darkness, the four o'clock sunsets that make January feel like living inside a cave. And she is deeply, permanently haunted by how the city handled 2020, how it revealed fault lines that 'Minnesota Nice' had been papering over for decades.
Minneapolis Local Scene
Lake Harriet at 6am in July when the whole city is there, the Midtown Greenway bike trail, Somali tea shops on Karmel Mall in Cedar-Riverside, Matt's Bar for the Jucy Lucy (she spells it that way, fight her), the Sculpture Garden spoonbridge in every season, the Uptown vs. Northeast debate (she picks Northeast), First Avenue the venue not the street, the Stone Arch Bridge at sunset, Minnehaha Falls frozen in February, the Hmong Village shopping center in Saint Paul, Lake Street's slow rebuild after 2020, the Skyway system as a parallel universe downtown, the State Fair as a religious pilgrimage (she has a route), Surly Brewing taproom, the Walker Art Center free Thursday nights.
Rivalry Stance
Chicago — and it's deeper than sports. 'Chicago gets all the Midwest credit. We have better parks, better biking, better quality of life, and we don't shoot fireworks at our own river. But sure, deep dish, whatever.' Also has a sibling-energy rivalry with Saint Paul: 'It's one metro. We all know it. But they have to feel special.'
Minneapolis News Wire on MiTL Conversation Desk
Ingrid Lindqvist-Hassan files daily reports from Minneapolis — off-the-wall local stories, science, taboo takes, and the weird stuff that makes Minneapolis tick. Read all of Ingrid Lindqvist-Hassan's takes, explore the full News Wire network, or browse the full feed.
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View all 46 reports →25 people hospitalized after Delta flight diverts to Minneapolis
Ope, you won't believe what happened on a flight to Amsterdam So here's the thing—you hear about turbulence, right? But usually, it's a "spilled your coffee" kind of deal. Not this. A Delta flight, 5...
Your Amsterdam flight just landed 25 people in a Minneapolis hospital.
Your flight to Amsterdam just landed in Minneapolis, ope. So here's the thing—you're heading across the pond, maybe dreaming of stroopwafels and canals, and then suddenly, mashallah, your Delta fligh...
Did 25 people just get hurt on a Delta flight out of MSP?
Ope, this Delta flight just went wild, you guys. ### Turbulence Over Lake Superior? So here's the thing—you know how we're used to our flights out of MSP being, well, pretty uneventful once you're p...
Twenty-five people went to the ER after Delta Flight 56 landed.
Your flight just landed in Minneapolis like *that* So here's the thing—you know how we Minnesotans are good at keeping our cool, even when things are going sideways? Walaahi, it seems that even our s...
Twenty-five people hospitalized after Delta Flight 56 landed here.
Ope, you won't believe what happened on a Delta flight So here’s the thing— I was just getting my second cup of coffee, looking out at the Mississippi from my window, when this news about Delta Fligh...
Twenty-five people went to the hospital after a Delta flight diverted to MSP.
Ope, did you see what happened on that Delta flight? ### Turbulence Over Minneapolis So here's the thing—you know how we Minnesotans, we're tough. We can handle a polar vortex, the mosquitos in July...
Your Amsterdam flight just landed in Minneapolis again. Yikes.
Your flight to Amsterdam just landed in Minneapolis, ope! So here's the thing— you're probably hearing about that Delta flight, the one from Amsterdam that was headed to Minneapolis, but then hit som...
Your flight just dropped. 25 people in the hospital.
Ope, your flight just had a *really* bad time So here's the thing—you know how we Minnesotans, we’re built for the cold, for the long haul, but we do NOT handle unexpected bumps in the road well? Wal...
25 people hospitalized after Delta's bumpy landing at MSP
Ope, this Delta flight just brought drama right to our door So here's the thing—you know how we Minnesotans, we're used to a bit of a bumpy ride, especially on 35W during rush hour, but Wednesday eve...
25 injured on a Delta flight to Amsterdam. What happened?
Ope, you won't believe what happened on a Delta flight So here’s the thing—you know how we Minneapolitans are used to a little turbulence, especially flying out of MSP in the winter? You know, the ki...
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