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National firefighting team prepares to leave Minnesota
On Monday, command of the firefighting effort in the Boundary Waters will be transferred back to the Superior National Forest and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources....
9 hours ago
Feds: No 'immigration enforcement' while surveilling
During a remote hearing held Friday, attorneys presented arguments over a motion to hold the government in contempt for possibly violating a court order after agents conducted surveillance in and arou...
10 hours ago
Advocates call for gun restrictions after Mpls shooting
Hospital workers say they’re exhausted by responding to gun violence. Advocates and legislators plan to push for more gun control bills to try to help....
10 hours ago
ICE agent indictment includes new details
A federal indictment unsealed Friday includes new details about a shooting in which an ICE agent wounded a young Venezuelan man after firing a round through the closed door of his home during the Trum...
11 hours ago
What impact closing 2 clinics means for St. Paul health
St. Paul patients finally found accessible healthcare. Then the clinic closed....
13 hours ago
Judge won’t halt Minnesota anti-nudification app law
As a lawsuit by xAI proceeds, Minnesota will be able to enforce a law that permits fines against tech companies that enable users to create nude images of real people....
14 hours ago
Prosecutors seek 5-year sentence for Justin Eichorn
The sentence that federal prosecutors are seeking goes beyond the sentencing guidelines, which call for the former state senator to be imprisoned for 15 to 21 months....
14 hours ago
Crop artist speaks out after '8647' piece harassment
Tamara Sawyer told MPR News that her viral “8647” crop art submission meant “Impeach Trump… I don't want him dead.” She was subjected to harassment and doxing online....
14 hours ago
WNBA commissioner to retire in December
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is retiring at the end the year, bringing to a close her seven-plus years at the helm of the league and a stewardship that has been transformative and at times tumult...
15 hours ago
Minnesota Gophers breeze by Eastern Illinois 59-7
Javon Tracy set Minnesota's single-game record with two punt return touchdowns in the season opener against Eastern Illinois. He had an 87-yard runback for a score in the first quarter and a 69-yarder...
16 hours ago
Fair's All-You-Can-Drink Milk stand remains favorite
When the stand first opened in 1955, it charged 10 cents for a bottomless 12 oz cup of milk. The booth sells hundreds of thousands of cups every year....
21 hours ago
How will Minnesota's drought conditions affect fall colors this year?
There are clear impacts of drought, such as poor crops and increased fire danger. But the affect that drought has on Minnesota’s trees can be less obvious — and take longer to become evident....
21 hours ago
MN is losing birthing centers faster than most states
Minnesota is one of only eight states that lost more than 20 percent of hospital-based labor and delivery units since 2010. It’s part of a nationwide trend of hospitals closing birthing centers across...
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MN Shortlist Sept. 4–10: Nina Simone, Penumbra
The first artist-in-residence at northern Minnesota’s national monument, a civil rights era musical play at Pillsbury House + Theatre and Penumbra Center for Racial Healing’s world premiere of “Mother...
21 hours ago
ICE officer charged with lying turns self in
The federal charges follow Castro's release from jail last week after Texas’ governor refused to immediately sign an extradition warrant to hand him over to Minnesota authorities, who have charged him...
1 day ago
Winona-Rochester survivors of abuse win $30M settlement
145 people who were sexually abused by Catholic clergy and staff in the Diocese of Winona-Rochester will be paid $30 million in a settlement agreement reached with the largest insurer of the diocese....
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Suspected shooter at Minneapolis apartment complex was getting evicted
According to court records, Loring Towers, now known as Shoreline Plaza, filed an eviction complaint against Carlton Johnson II in June....
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Minnesota State Fair forecast: Stray storms, high heat
Thursday brings hot, humid conditions near 90 degrees with scattered midday showers and increasing cloud cover later in the day....
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Investigation continues into deadly mass shooting at Minneapolis apartment building
The shooting in a Minneapolis apartment building left three people dead and several others injured, including three police officers. Investigators remained on the scene Thursday, as residents of the b...
1 day ago
Secretary of State slams USPS mail voting proposal
State officials say a federal proposal to restrict mail-in voting could disenfranchise voters and be costly for states,. But for now, mail-in voting procedures remain the same....
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Federal judge considers whether to extend ban against U.S. Postal Service mail voting changes
U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani is deciding whether to extend her temporary prohibition on the proposed regulation of mail ballots, an effort undertaken as part of an executive order by Presi...
1 day ago
ICE officer charged with lying regarding shooting man
Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis i...
1 day ago
Ancient rocks at the Minnesota State Fair
Right in front of the entrance of the International Bazaar is a collection of international artifacts embedded in concrete....
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Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, has died
Gloria Steinem, the most visible symbol and potent voice of the U.S. women's movement in the '60s and '70s and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for the rest of her life, has died at 92....
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Hmong corndogs, cheese curd lumpia: Minnesota State Fair expands menu with global fusions
Among this year’s new food hits at the fair are more international foods — and some that borrow from the fair’s on-a-stick and deep-fried traditions. Chefs and fair food curators say it’s an intention...
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Why are there federal agents at the State Fair?
Minnesota State Fair officials say the people wearing Homeland Security uniforms are Transportation Security Administration Air Marshal service agents....
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Math teacher hopes hustle, political mood add up to win
Rochester math teacher Jake Johnson is waging a stiff challenge to Republican incumbent Rep. Brad Finstad. Johnson has gained national Democratic attention but still has an uphill climb to reach a sea...
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How the Minnesota State Fair launched a culinary icon
Beatrice Ojakangas, 92, who won blue ribbons at the fair as a teen, went on to write more than 30 cookbooks, hobnob with cooking legends, and invent one of the most famous frozen finger foods....
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Art Hounds: A 4-H State Fair musical, maximalist Latinx art, and landscape paintings to make you look up
Art Hounds recommend the 4-H musical at the state fair, a maximalist Latinx visual arts exhibit, and landscape paintings by Laura Andrews....
1 day ago
Multiple people including police injured in Minneapolis shooting
Minneapolis police are responding to a shooting near 15 East Grant Street involving multiple victims, including two police officers, according to the City of Minneapolis....
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Judge sets Nov. 2 state trial date for Hortman assassin
Vance Boelter is already serving two consecutive federal life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to killing the Hortmans, but he pleaded not guilty to similar state charges....
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Lynx’s Olivia Miles named rookie of the month for the fourth time in a row
The accomplishment, most recently earned for August, makes her the first rookie for the Lynx to earn the title four times....
2 days ago
Amazon Prime Video to broadcast games locally for six NHL teams, including Minnesota
Amazon's Prime Video will be the exclusive local streaming home of six NHL teams this season as part of a multiyear agreement announced by the league. Defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina, Anaheim,...
2 days ago
$224M funding gap remains for Blue Line Extension
Despite increased funding commitment from Hennepin County and proposed cost reductions, the project still needs more money from local sources...
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Minnesota governor candidates address housing issues
The leading candidates for Minnesota governor appear at a forum Wednesday to discuss their approach to housing issues and how they would encourage construction of affordable units....
2 days ago
CoreCivic offers Appleton $1.2 million for ICE facility
CoreCivic, the company operating a 1,600-bed facility that will begin housing Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees this fall, is offering to pay the city of Appleton just over $1.2 million a ...
2 days ago
Two men sentenced for deadly mass shooting at downtown Minneapolis bar
Hennepin County Judge Juan Hoyos sentenced Arlonzo Williams Jr. to nearly 73 years in prison for the October murder of 21-year-old DaMarco Fletcher Jr. Hoyos also sentenced an accomplice to nearly 60 ...
2 days ago
Severe storms down trees, power lines in Rochester
The National Weather Service received a report of 68 mph winds near downtown Rochester just after 1:30 a.m. Those winds downed trees and power lines in the city. Other parts of southern Minnesota also...
2 days ago
Nepali Minnesotans hold vigil in solidarity with Himalayan flood victims
Members of Minnesota’s Nepali diaspora and supporters gathered outside the state Capitol to honor victims of landslides and flash flooding in the Himalayas. The collapse of a glacier on Aug. 26 trigge...
2 days ago
State Fair politics can be cliche — or ripe for bingo
Turn your State Fair visit into a hunt for politics bingo....
2 days ago
Why are Minnesota electric bills going up?
Hot temperatures, grid upgrades and higher returns are some of the factors behind energy costs....
2 days ago
MN teacher publishes poetry on the draw to teach
High school English teacher Patrick Hueller’s poetry collection "Falling, In Love with Teaching" launches this week, and he’ll read at Subtext Books in St. Paul on Thursday at 7 p.m....
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Minnesota genealogists, historians raise alarm about planned closure of Chicago National Archives
The National Archives and Records Administration announced it will close its Chicago branch, which holds records linked to Minnesota. Critics of the move worry the records will move far away, and in s...
2 days ago
After ICE, more kids, new concerns for Fridley schools
Fridley was among the Twin Cities districts most affected by the surge of federal immigration agents into the Twin Cities earlier this year. While the doors open this week with growing enrollment, lea...
2 days ago
Police say deaths of 3 people found in Inver Grove Heights home were a double murder-suicide
Police called it a “deeply tragic and heartbreaking event” for the community in the southern Twin Cities metro area....
3 days ago
Hastings sues 3M over ‘forever chemicals’
The lawsuit alleges that chemicals known as PFAS emitted from the smokestacks of 3M's Cottage Grove facility were carried downwind and deposited onto the soil, where they leached into Hastings' public...
3 days ago
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Coyoteland’ by Vanessa Hua
With the novel’s multiple viewpoints and complex issues, “Coyoteland” will appeal to fans of Celese Ng’s “Little Fires Everywhere.”...
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MN Supreme Court considers trans school employee suit
The case weighs whether a Catholic school violated Minnesota’s human rights law by ending the employment of a transgender woman....
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State Fair says federal agents seen on the grounds are providing transportation security
Fair officials say people seen wearing Homeland Security uniforms are with the Federal Air Marshal Service, which is part of DHS. They provide transportation security at large events....
3 days ago
Rescuers saved 80 people in Grand Canyon floods
The bodies of two friends — a Texas chiropractor and a martial arts studio owner — have been found after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon. Officials said Monday that one person remai...
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