Lisa Demuth started as a school board member and worked her way to speaker of the Minnesota House.
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Four-time U.S. senator Amy Klobuchar became interested in running for office during a hospital-insurance battle after her daughter was born.
This week’s art picks bring fire, frights and a few friendly skeletons to Halloween weekend and beyond.
Candidates say they’re limiting solo campaign activities and bringing on security teams this year in the first statewide election since state Rep. Melissa Hortman was assassinated.
In the horror genre, the “Indian burial ground” trope has treated Native people as ghosts. But Native creators are making the genre their own.
The “Sing Again” Somali lullaby project features 67 songs from Somali elders in Minnesota. Over two years, Marian Hassan collaborated with Somali grandmothers and the University of Minnesota to document their lullabies and create a framework for language learning and preservation.
Distrust of government, fears over vaccine safety and limited experience with a disease that was virtually nonexistent 20 years ago are causing more parents to decline once-routine vaccinations for their children, officials say.
Total drug overdose deaths rose by 3 percent from 2024 to 2025. The Minnesota Department of Health attributes this increase to a rise in deaths involving stimulants.
Zoo officials said Skeeter was “an unforgettable combination of engaging, stubborn, gentle, and mischievous.” In recent months, the zoo said, arthritis limited his mobility and made it difficult for him to rest comfortably.
Patrick Stewart, the classically trained stage actor who scaled the Shakespearean canon and added gravitas to a “Star Trek” franchise and the “X-Men” films, has died. He was 86.
Spooky season is coming to a close but there’s still time to read a chilling adventure or two.
The office coordinates city safety departments including fire and police, but some council members accused it of not providing effective oversight.
The FBI and other federal and state agencies are carrying out an investigation in Rochester and the Twin Cities.
