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Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again
Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health th...
Right wing activist makes video on Minnesota elections
In an Islamophobic video, a conservative activist takes aim at voter registration laws in Minnesota, asks election worke...
New Lime restrictions after Minneapolis takeover
After hundreds of people zipped through downtown Minneapolis after dark on Lime scooters over the weekend, Lime has bann...
Community groups involved in anti-ICE protests disturbed by scope of federal surveillance
Legal experts say the operations outlined in the court documents mark a departure from how federal law enforcement inves...
Timberwolves to retire Kevin Garnett’s jersey
The Minnesota Timberwolves will retire Hall of Fame forward Kevin Garnett’s No. 21 jersey after their game against the B...
Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He ...
Mpls approves relocation funding for Heritage Park
Stipends will help residents of 83 units voluntarily relocate, amid concerns about mold, damage and rodents at the housi...
MN Shortlist: Dystopia, Latino music and clay crawl
A night of nine artists at The Museum of Russian Art, three local Latino bands at Amsterdam Bar and the 10th annual Cann...
Orgs help those in addiction treatment find pet care
The Bond Between, a local animal rescue organization, and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, an addiction treatment cen...
New book becomes an archive of ICE protest art
A Stillwater woman began archiving the art that emerged during the federal immigration enforcement surge. Months later, ...
Victims in murder-suicide at Hopkins daycare identified
A search warrant identified the victims as daycare operator Kristen Ann Brown and her 7-year-old daughter, Evie. Kristen...
MNDOT unveils new Duluth-Superior Blatnik bridge plans
The new bridge between Duluth and Superior, Wis. features a tied-arch design and a new walkway for pedestrians and biker...
Minnesota Forge ready to serve up a new era of pro volleyball
Minnesota Forge, the state’s new Major League Volleyball team, will begin play in January 2027 at Grand Casino Arena in ...
St. Paul mayor proposes 4 percent spending reduction
The proposal includes a $20,000 cut to Mayor Kaohly Her’s own compensation. The mayor’s budget also proposes a 6.8 perce...
Attorney: Homeland Security spied on Minnesotans who spoke out against ICE
Defense attorney Kevin Riach alleges that just four days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents, that H...
Minnesota's ticket-leading women make national history
No other state has had four women as the major party nominees for governor and U.S. Senate in a single year....
Minneapolis mayor's budget proposal cuts staffing, raises property taxes
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is proposing an 11.3 percent property tax hike to help cover a budget gap. While some city ...
Brainerd school district aims to prevent more suicides
The community has been calling for action to address student mental health and bullying after two middle schoolers died ...
Officials ID crew member who died fighting BWCA fires
Leslie R. Washington, 41, of Noorvik, Alaska, died Tuesday morning from a “medical emergency” while responding to the Be...
American Association baseball adding Blaine team
The American Association of Professional Baseball is adding an expansion team in Blaine as part of the $750 million Farm...
ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves
The company that makes the gloves, Compliant Technologies, says they're a nonlethal tool to make individuals compliant d...
Field of Dreams lives on through the Ghost Players
Major League Baseball has returned to the Field of Dreams site with a game between the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia ...
Photos: See the best photos from the solar eclipse
Millions of people in Europe stepped outside this evening to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path o...
Child, 2 adults dead in Hopkins daycare attack
A child and two adults were killed Wednesday morning in an apparent murder-suicide at a Hopkins daycare. Burnsville poli...
A Minnesota icon: The Tilt-A-Whirl turns 100
The dizzying ride has origins in Faribault and has endured as a Minnesota State Fair legacy for generations....
Senate race candidates differ on more than politics
Democrat Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Republican Michele Tafoya have come to politics from very different routes and back...
Women lead the way on Minnesota’s fall ballot
Voters are primed to elect the first woman as Minnesota governor and return a woman to a U.S. Senate seat that is open t...
Powers and Garcia to face off in Rochester mayoral race
Powers and Garcia will face off in the general election in November, and the winner will be tasked with guiding Rocheste...
Supreme Court denies St. Paul removing right to repair
Right to repair would allow St. Paul renters to take smaller repairs into their own hands — if a landlord does not — and...
Primary sharpens focus in Minnesota governor’s race
Minnesota will elect a new governor this year. Party primaries today will decide the options for voters in the fall....
Live updates: Minnesota primary election
Polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday and are open until 8 p.m. — or as long as voters are in line by the time polls are supposed...
Candidates battle in GOP, DFL Senate primaries
The race to fill the seat a U.S. Senate seat has led to an expensive, often caustic DFL primary between Lt. Gov. Peggy F...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Why Fish Don't Exist' by Lulu Miller
Radiolab co-host Lulu Miller's memoir is an exploration of how and why animals are classified the way they are....
Lime scooter 'takeover' draws hundreds in Minneapolis
A viral TikTok helped draw hundreds of riders over the weekend. According to local police, no arrests, crashes or citati...
Data center outage behind telecomms disruptions
If the internet were a physical highway, “the 511 Building in downtown is the largest, most critical highway intersectio...
Judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit over teacher protections
The decision is the latest twist in a case that began as part of a deal to end a 2022 teachers’ strike and was taken up ...
Minnesota magnet maker gets $150 million federal loan
Niron Magnetics, a Minnesota-based magnet maker, will receive a $150 million federal loan through the Department of Defe...
U of M pays $250,000 settlement to Holocaust scholar
The Center for Constitutional Rights argues the university withdrew Segal’s offer because of his protected speech and vi...
NE Minnesota businesses sign letter for relief funds
The letter comes after Gov. Walz said there would not be a special session held to address the economic impacts of the f...
Trump to sign executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots
Trump has long suspected that the number or timing of vaccines could play a role in autism spectrum disorder, even as sc...
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