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DFLers meet in Rochester and Republicans in Duluth this weekend to endorse candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and other statewide races before the Aug. 11 primary. Follow our live coverage from both conventions.
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Democratic governor candidate Amy Klobuchar has picked former Fergus Falls Mayor Ben Schierer as her running mate. Follow live coverage as DFLers meet in Rochester and Republicans in Duluth this weekend to endorse candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and other statewide races.
A plan for a massive data center is roiling local politics in Hermantown. Some residents of the town near Duluth have been fighting the proposed facility for months — and their outrage has some leading an effort to reshape how their local government operates.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for the Twin Cities metro area from noon to 9 p.m. Friday. Air quality may reach the orange category — meaning unhealthy for sensitive groups.
People serving time in Minnesota prisons are helping choose this year’s Inside Literary Prize, a national book award determined by a jury of entirely incarcerated readers.
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation chose the people of the Twin Cities for a “Profile in Courage” award “for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant communities” during “Operation Metro Surge.”
Wakaŋ Tipi Center in St. Paul opens its doors to visitors on Friday. The center is located at Wakaŋ Tipi, an Indigenous sacred site formerly known as Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary. The public space will offer an exhibit hall, classrooms and a community gathering area for ceremonies and educational programming.
On warm, windy days you might spot a spinning column of dust dancing across a field, parking lot, or prairie. At first glance, it can look like a tornado, but not every spinning vortex is created equal.
Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law aimed at preventing the sexual grooming of children. Championed by a former student, the bill passed with rare unanimous bipartisan support in a divided Legislature.
This week’s shortlist includes classic American theater, a special screening of “Purple Rain” and printmaking.
Cannabis and hemp supply chains will merge, businesses making hemp-derived products will have an easier time transitioning into the cannabis market, hemp-derived THC drinks can now be sold in sizes similar to liquor bottles, and more.
Lawmakers revised regulations following an investigation by MPR News and APM Reports into the group home industry’s explosive growth in the northwestern suburbs of the Twin Cities — and the surprising number deaths among residents.
Joseph Andrew Bragg is charged federally with kidnapping and creating child sexual abuse images of a 7-year-old girl
