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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.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said ICE agent Christian Castro — charged in the January shooting of a Venezuelan man in north Minneapolis — was arrested Friday morning in Texas.
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation award will laud the people of the Twin Cities “for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant communities” during Operation Metro Surge.
Prices for tomatoes are up 40 percent over the past year, the biggest increase tracked among products in the Consumer Price Index. Experts say the spike is the result of crop yields and two pillars of President Donald Trump's second term policies.
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.
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.
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.
Police are investigating after two people were shot and wounded in downtown Minneapolis on Friday morning.
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.
