Tuesday is the first day for candidates to officially file for city races, but there are five running for St. Paul mayor already raring to go. Here's a look.

For Elmer T. Kerestes' family, there was no grave they could visit, no place to put a flag on Memorial Day in his honor. Until now.

The U.S. Senate approved a new package of stiff financial sanctions Friday against Russia, Iran and North Korea and sent it to President Donald Trump to sign.

Both sides involved in a racially charged parking lot confrontation are expressing regret amid calls for a dialogue about race relations in the Fargo-Moorhead area.

The Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, or POST board, declined the governor's recommendation to call it the Philando Castile Law Enforcement Training Fund.

U.S. Senators prepare a bill to block firing of special counsel Robert Mueller, warn against White House retribution toward Department of Justice.

A coalition of African American church and civil rights leaders called for Minneapolis officials to approve Medaria Arradondo as the city's first black police chief

A fatal amusement ride accident this week at the Ohio State Fair has prompted the Mall of America to shut down one of its rides in Nickelodeon Universe.

Farmers face competing demands for local food, environmental stewardship and the need to feed a hungry world.

MnDOT offered few details about the nature of the damage.

The city's announcement Thursday says climate change is real, and that Minneapolis is making sure that people can access the data.

Gen. Joseph Dunford said the Defense Department is making "no modifications" to its current policies on service by transgender troops until more direction arrives from the White House.

The Iowa State Fair will be buttering up the beloved Midwest author to celebrate her 150th birthday.

On July 12, 1984, a Minnesota politician made history.

A spokesman for Customs and Border Protection says the agency "has not changed any policies affecting asylum procedures."

The longlist for the prestigious literary prize was released, and debut author Emily Fridlund is in the running alongside Colson Whitehead, Arundhati Roy, George Saunders and more.

White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier, said he has a "very good idea who the senior leakers are," adding that he had talked to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and to his "buddies" in the FBI about the matter.

Newt Gingrich met with President Trump Tuesday, then went on NPR the next day and blasted the Justice Department. "I think that this is not one of the president's better moments," Gingrich said.

Police arrested the gun owner who allegedly left the weapon in her purse in a playroom.