Craig Berg was on a more-than-weeklong solo hike on the large Lake Superior island. He was scheduled to take a ferry back to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Sept. 5, but family members reported the next day that he did not arrive home.
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Five months after retiring from professional cross country skiing, gold medalist Jessie Diggins is tackling another extreme sport, running ultramarathon trail races. The 35-year old from Afton began running the grueling Superior 100 on Friday.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service lost nearly a quarter of its staff nationwide in 2025 after the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal government. Many were local experts that help farmers with soil and water conservation efforts.
The shutdown is expected to last six weeks, but it isn’t expected to affect travel from the airport.
The sweeping lawsuit brought by Common Cause argues federal agencies are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who try to peacefully observe federal immigration enforcement activity.
At this time of year, Jews around the world gather together to celebrate new beginnings. YourClassical Host Mindy Ratner guides us in a musical observance of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, known in Hebrew as Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe. Listen now to “Music for the Days of Awe: An Observance of the Jewish High Holidays.”
Angel Martínez hit a two-run homer and his double in the ninth inning keyed the game-winning rally as the Guardians beat Minnesota 5-2.
Minnesota’s Supervised Release Board has again denied parole to a man convicted in the 1970 ambush murder of St. Paul Police Officer James Sackett Sr. The board’s meeting on Friday marked the fourth time that Ronald Reed, 76, appealed for his release.
Virginia-based Legacy Investing withdrew from a purchase agreement for a 20-megawatt data center at the former Star Tribune printing facility in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis.
At least 11 people with Minnesota connections are believed to have died in the attacks. Here are a few of the stories of Minnesotans who witnessed the terror.
The wildfires that burned 70,000 acres of the canoe wilderness this summer left behind a charred landscape, but also set the stage for a rebirth of northern Minnesota’s boreal forest.
Organizers said they wanted to hold the event in Minneapolis this year because of the federal immigration surge last winter.
Events scheduled around the state draw residents, firefighters and local officials to mark 25 years since the attacks, and honor the lives lost.
