Friday’s flood forecast numbers are moving higher for some rivers. That includes the Mississippi River at St. Paul where the water is rising quickly now. Snowmelt acceleration is driving rivers higher, and there’s still plenty of snow to melt in western and northern Minnesota.

Gov. Tim Walz released a supplemental budget proposal Friday to account for a smaller surplus than originally projected.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency wrongly released to a contractor the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of devastating 2017 hurricanes and wildfires, potentially exposing the victims to identity fraud and theft, a government watchdog reported Friday.

PolyMet Mining Corp. has received the final permit it needs to proceed with building Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine, the company and the Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday.

The brutal winter has mice scrambling to get indoors, and homeowners scrambling to get rid of them.

Trump portrayed Robert Mueller as the bane of his existence, but even with the special counsel's Russia investigation wrapped up, he may still have to contend with state and federal investigators in New York.

Native American filmmakers from around Minnesota will gather in St. Paul this weekend to talk about how they are directing the process.

The president said he was ordering the Treasury Department to withdraw "additional large scale sanctions" against North Korea on the same day Pyongyang quit a liaison office with South Korea.

Nicole Schammel scored off a rebound midway through the second period and goalie Alex Gulstene made it stand, lifting Minnesota over Cornell 2-0 Friday to earn a spot in the NCAA championship game.

As the Mississippi River flows ever higher, those nearby have to move out of the way. Opposite downtown St. Paul, a rowing club on an island in the river has to pack up.

It will be the first time two Big Ten teams have squared off in the tournament since 2000 and at the earliest point ever.

Some residents of Winona's Latsch Island houseboat community in southeast Minnesota might have to abandon ship. River ice, snowpack and rising waters are threatening to overwhelm some of the houseboats, which residents prefer to call "boathouses."

Rep. Abigail Spanberger's bipartisan credentials were a central issue for voters at a recent town hall. The freshman lawmaker beat a Republican incumbent in an ideologically diverse Virginia district.

Moore, a conservative commentator and former Trump campaign adviser, has joined the president in criticizing the central bank. "The Fed is sucking the oxygen out of the economy," Moore has said.

Crow Wing County department officials recently painted a picture for the county board about the drug problem in the county and what they are doing about it.

A Duluth man who is the fifth and final defendant in the shooting death of a university student has been found guilty of aiding an offender.

The Trump administration wants to increase transparency in prescription drug pricing. But health economists say the administration's call to tie prices to what other nations pay might work better.

The military has warned that climate change is a security threat on many fronts. That includes "through direct impacts on U.S. military infrastructure and by affecting factors, including food and water availability, that can exacerbate conflict outside U.S. borders," the government's grim climate report said last year.

Thousands of people were making a grim voyage toward the city of Beira, which although 90 percent destroyed has become a center for frantic rescue efforts throughout the region. Waterborne diseases are a growing concern as water and sanitation systems were largely destroyed.