Overall voter turnout for Minnesota’s primary election this year was around 18 percent, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office. What can we find out by looking behind that number?

One year after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Afghan community in Minnesota has faced uncertainty around their ability to stay in the United States long term.

On Thursday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance on “minimizing the impact of COVID-19.” As widely reported, the new guidance eased recommended restrictions by lifting quarantine requirements for those who have been exposed to COVID-19 without feeling symptoms. This week’s CDC map for Minnesota shows many more counties at high risk — 22 up from nine the previous week. But case and wastewater data shows that the increasing rates seen in the last few weeks may be slowing.

Last month, a viral Twitter thread sparked fear and debate about the ways consumer data was being stored and sold by big-box stores, and how this could take on a new dimension in a post-Roe world.

The job cuts come after Best Buy reduced its annual sales and profit forecast late last month, citing surging inflation that has dampened consumer spending on gadgets. The Richfield-based company echoed Walmart, which a few days before cut its profit outlook.

Fowles was honored in a post-game ceremony in front of a packed Target Center crowd by Minnesota Lieutenant Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Lynx owner Glen Taylor, former players Rebekkah Brunson and Lindsay Whalen, and coach Cheryl Reeve.

The annual crime report show a rise in murders, assaults and car thefts and a decrease in some property crimes between 2021 and the previous year.

On Friday, the House sent to President Biden's desk what Democrats call a historic piece of legislation, but it's still a much smaller version of what they — and Biden — originally called for.

Accolades poured in from across the political spectrum Friday for longtime state Sen. David Tomassoni of Chisholm, Minn., who died Thursday night after more than a year of battling ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

After a career of writing science fiction, horror novels and comic books, Minnesota-based Benjamin Percy is trying something new — a coming of age movie called “Summering” about a group of middle school girls.

Republican Brad Finstad took the oath of office Friday morning in Washington after winning a special election in Minnesota’s 1st District on Tuesday.

A judge has scheduled a hearing for Monday on the “status of plea negotiations” for the two remaining officers awaiting trial on state charges in the killing of George Floyd. 

Alleged gunman Shamar Alon Lark, 21, was arrested in Chicago along with Rashad Jamal May, 23, following a nationwide manhunt, the Bloomington police chief told reporters Thursday.

The escalation of state and metro police crime fighting efforts come as a report from the Minneapolis Police Department highlights troubling gun violence trends in the city.

Blue Earth County is deciding what to do with the huge Rapidan Dam. Over a century old, it suffered damage during recent flooding. If the county board votes to take it down it will be the largest-ever dam removal project in state history. However some local residents say the huge structure is vital to attract visitors, and to the town’s identity.

The 2020 lawsuit unearthed the fact the dementia tests were being “race-normed” — adjusted due to assumptions that Black people have a lower cognitive baseline score.

A fire ripped through a church in a densely populated neighborhood as congregants worshipped, the Coptic Church said. It was one of the worst fire tragedies in Egypt in recent years.

A 24-year-old New Jersey man pleaded not guilty after being charged with attempted murder in Friday's attack in Chautauqua, N.Y. The author underwent surgery and was on a ventilator, his agent said.