The Occupy Wall Street protests gathered steam in Rochester over the weekend. A group of protesters marched there for the second organized expression there.

The TC Daily Planet is reporting some demonstrators connected to the OccupyMN movement have occupied a foreclosed home in north Minneapolis to keep the residents from being evicted. The protesters say they intend to stay in the home and in tents on the property until U.S. Bank agrees to renegotiate the mortgage. They say they will resist if authorities try to forcefully evict the residents.

About 30 Occupy Wall Street protesters interrupted the Congresswoman's speech on foreign policy. They chanted and yelled for several minutes, forcing Bachmann to leave the stage.

Hundreds of people wearing hooded sweatshits turned out at a march and rally at the University of Minnestoa. The gathering was an expression of solidarity with an unarmed Florida teenager shot and killed by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman.

Officials say they arrested four males and three females outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis. They are part of the ongoing protest in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and dozens of other cities. Police say they were blocking traffic. (Photo: Graham Meyer)

The Occupy Wall Street movement has come a long way from New York. For nearly a month, the campaign to denounce social inequality and corporate greed has spread swiftly throughout the nation. Minneapolis was 'occupied' last week, and now the effort is branching out even further.

Melissa Hill was the first Occupy Minnesota arrested outside the Hennepin County Government Center. The trespassing charges against her were eventually dropped. Now she's suing the county and Sheriff Rich Stanek, saying her Constitutional rights were violated.

One of many protests across the world inspired by "Occupy Wall Street" began Friday in Minneapolis, with hundreds of demonstrators arriving downtown to occupy Government Plaza.