Forty years ago this weekend, a bill creating the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was made into law. In a debate that mirrors today's conversations over mining in northern Minnesota, it bitterly divided Minnesotans in a fight over local control and how to best use -- and protect -- natural resources.
In the midst of the #MeToo movement, a local group of Rochester nuns organized a meeting with 10- to 13-year-olds to talk to them about being good men.
Incumbent Republican Rep. Tom Emmer is campaigning for re-election in the 6th District, with Democrat Ian Todd aiming to flip the seat. Here's how you can watch or listen. Do you have questions for the candidates? Submit them now.
Jared Scheierl, who was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by Danny Heinrich nine months before Heinrich kidnapped Jacob Wetterling, has filed a civil lawsuit against Heinrich for damages.
Both directions of the freeway are shutting down between Interstate 94 and Minnesota Highway 62 from Friday night until Monday morning. Prepare to take the long way around.
No illnesses have been reported so far from the six meat and potato products that have been recalled.
The southern half of Minnesota is ablaze — in a good way! Fall foliage is at its peak in the Twin Cities and across large swaths of southern Minnesota, but the end is near. Here's a look at the DNR's color finder.
President Trump, said Thursday that it "certainly looks" as though the Saudi journalist is dead, and that the consequences for the Saudis "will have to be very severe" if they are found to have killed him.
Todd Bol launched the freestanding receptacles for books in 2010 as a tribute to his mother, who was a teacher.
NPR has learned that the Justice Department issued subpoenas to at least six of the state's eight dioceses seeking private files and records.
Travis Serafin has been accused of falsifying a search warrant, which the Hennepin County Attorney's Office says throws dozens of convictions into doubt. Serafin's lawyer says the Eden Prairie police detective is being wrongly accused.
Sun Country is establishing a partnership with Minnesota State Mankato to turn the school's flight school graduates into pilots with the airline.
As rescues continue after Hurricane Michael, officials expressed frustration at people who didn't evacuate. But experts say people's decisions to stay are almost always carefully considered.
A puppet-based retelling of a story about dealing with the Devil comes back, 20 years after its premiere.
The Justice Department wants to get tough on illegal immigration and boost religious freedom. But a case involving aid to migrants has put the two on a collision course.
A new Pew poll shows that there are few issues that Democrats and Republicans agree need fixing -- and even then, they often don't agree on how to fix them.
Weak El Nino conditions favor relatively mild winter temperatures for the Upper Midwest, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday in its annual winter outlook.
Terry Albury shared internal documents with a reporter after becoming increasingly troubled by investigative practices he believed targeted and intimidated Minnesota's Somali-American community. The judge on Thursday said Albury's actions put the country at risk.
Minnesota's unemployment rate fell to 2.8 percent in September, nearing the record low of 2.5 percent in 1999. Still, Minnesota employers cut their payroll employment by 1,400 positions, the second monthly decline in a row, following a surge in hiring over the summer.