The Minnesota State Fair is giving its north end a major makeover. Fair officials unveiled the plans Sunday morning at their annual meeting in Bloomington.

Washington's doings, or not-doings, can be woven into everyday American life from a bowl of breakfast cereal to a bottle of beer after work.

Armed with patience, a love of gardening — and a few teeny-tiny measuring spoons — a group of volunteers packaged tens of thousands of seeds this weekend in Rochester.

While much of Minnesota saw temperatures well below zero on Saturday and Sunday, dangerous ice conditions persist on some lakes in the state.

Skier Lindsey Vonn said Sunday that leaving the sport immediately "is a possibility," but added: "I'm emotional right now. I have to really think clearly about that. It's not a decision I make lightly or quickly."

President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani left open Sunday the possibility that Trump and former personal attorney Michael Cohen might have discussed Cohen's congressional testimony.

The longer the federal shutdown lasts, the more likely security breaches of government websites become, cyber specialists say. And it could lead to security problems long after the government reopens.

One of the worst industrial disasters in American history is a forgotten example of the dangers of silica, the toxic dust behind the modern black lung epidemic in Appalachia.

Two Minnesota residents died Saturday in a rollover crash along a freeway in central New Mexico.

A man died in a shooting Saturday night in north Minneapolis.

Temperatures in parts of northern Minnesota dropped into the 40s below zero on Sunday morning — the second straight morning of bitterly cold conditions.

Thirty days into the partial government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse Sunday than when it began, with President Trump lashing out at his opponents after they dismissed a plan he'd billed as a compromise.

A St. Louis Park police officer fatally shot a man on Saturday night after responding to a domestic dispute call in the Twin Cities suburb.

The U.S. military on Saturday said it had carried out its deadliest airstrike in Somalia in months, killing 52 al-Shabab extremists after a "large group" mounted an attack on Somali forces.

Michelle Lee has won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for an open state Senate seat in east-central Minnesota.

Despite the shutdown, the National Weather Service is putting out forecasts and helping local officials prepare for dangerous weather, even as employees worry about making ends meet at home.

Amid internal controversies and a capital city deeply distracted by the partial government shutdown, the third Women's March returned to Washington on Saturday. Thousands of marchers also gathered at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul.

A Roman Catholic diocese in Kentucky apologized Saturday after videos emerged showing students from a Catholic boys' high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington.

President Trump traveled to Delaware's Dover Air Force Base on Saturday to pay his respects to the returning remains of four Americans who were killed this week in a suicide bomb attack in Syria.