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Stories from June 5, 2025

249 businesses win in Minnesota’s first lottery to license cannabis businesses

249 businesses win in Minnesota’s first lottery to license cannabis businesses

Aspiring cultivators, manufacturers and retailers in Minnesota’s budding recreational cannabis industry reacted with joy and disappointment after the state held a lottery to determine their future.
by Nicole Ki

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Minnesota immigrants face uncertainty amid Trump travel ban

Minnesota immigrants face uncertainty amid Trump travel ban

To find out how the news is landing with members of Minnesota’s affected communities, MPR News host Catharine Richert spoke with Nasreen Sajady, executive director of the Afghan Cultural Society.
by Catharine Richert and Gretchen Brown

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Minneapolis leaders call for review of police role in federal search on Lake Street

Minneapolis leaders call for review of police role in federal search on Lake Street

The Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday to request the Office of City Auditor to look into whether the police department violated the city’s separation ordinance, which forbids local police from enforcing federal immigration laws.
by MPR News Staff

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Minneapolis will pay $900,000 to settle suit involving a teen sexually assaulted by an officer in 2017

The Minneapolis City Council Thursday approved the terms of a $900,000 settlement in the case of a person who was 16 years old when she was sexually assaulted by a Minneapolis police officer.
by Brandt Williams

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Homeland Security agent charged with producing child sex abuse materials

A Homeland Security agent from the Twin Cities is jailed and charged with producing child sex abuse material. And Gov. Tim Walz says his office did not get a heads-up about a federal raid of a south Minneapolis restaurant earlier this week.
by Jeff Jones

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Chet Holmgren’s former coach on the Minnesotan’s rise to NBA stardom

Chet Holmgren’s former coach on the Minnesotan’s rise to NBA stardom

Before he was a starter for the NBA’s Western Conference champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Minnehaha Academy graduate Chet Holmgren was just a tall kid in youth basketball learning the game with guidance from his coach, Larry Suggs.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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Thank You, Stranger: How a ‘Buy Nothing’ Facebook group helped a woman rebuild her life

Thank You, Stranger: How a ‘Buy Nothing’ Facebook group helped a woman rebuild her life

Anna Hover was at the height of her career and raising her children in St. Paul, she got sick. She asked for help online, and the kindness of her neighbors helped put her life back together.
by Ellen Finn

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Politics Friday: Lawmakers slog toward budget conclusion as special session is set

Politics Friday: Lawmakers slog toward budget conclusion as special session is set

MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with House leaders about the work on a tardy state budget and what could happen if it’s not finished soon. Plus, a look at the return-to-office for many state employees.
by Brian Bakst and Matthew Alvarez

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How open enrollment is reshaping Twin Cities school districts and impacting students

How open enrollment is reshaping Twin Cities school districts and impacting students

Nearly 44,000 Twin Cities students crossed into another district to attend school this year, using a process known as open enrollment. That number has grown for at least a decade, according to an analysis from Axios Twin Cities.
by Nina Moini and Ellie Roth

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Drought, abnormally dry conditions still grip Northern Minnesota

Drought, abnormally dry conditions still grip Northern Minnesota

Dry conditions remain firmly in place across northern Minnesota, according to this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report. A changing weather pattern could bring much-needed rainfall to those drought-stricken parts of the state.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Permit revocation looms for St. Paul iron plant

Permit revocation looms for St. Paul iron plant

Minnesota regulators say they’ve taken the first steps to revoke the operating permit for a St. Paul iron foundry. 
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Morning Announcements for June 5

Morning Announcements for June 5

These are the Morning Announcements for Thursday, June 5. Tell us what you’re celebrating!
by MPR News Staff

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Ryan Jeffers and Harrison Bader hit HRs as Twins win 6-1 over A’s, who have lost 9 in a row

Ryan Jeffers and Harrison Bader hit HRs as Twins win 6-1 over A’s, who have lost 9 in a row

Ryan Jeffers hit a solo shot in the first inning and an RBI single in the ninth, Harrison Bader added a two-run homer and Minnesota Twins extended the Athletics’s losing streak to nine games with a 6-1 win. 
by The Associated Press

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Power Pair: Sportscaster Lea B. Olsen and filmmaker Daniel Bergin

Power Pair: Sportscaster Lea B. Olsen and filmmaker Daniel Bergin

Forget sibling rivalry. Let’s talk about some sibling excellence. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her next Power Pair, award-winning filmmaker Daniel Bergin and his award-winning sister, sports broadcaster Lea Olsen.    
by Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer

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Pampers maker Procter & Gamble to cut up to 7,000 jobs under tariff, consumer uncertainty pressure

Pampers maker Procter & Gamble to cut up to 7,000 jobs under tariff, consumer uncertainty pressure

Procter & Gamble will cut up to 7,000 jobs, or approximately 6 percent of its global workforce, over the next two years as the maker of Tide detergent and Pampers diapers wrestles with tariff-related costs and customers who have grown anxious about the economy.
by The Associated Press

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FEMA was starting to fix long-standing problems. Then came the Trump administration

FEMA was starting to fix long-standing problems. Then came the Trump administration

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has a long history of failing to help those who need assistance the most after disasters. Biden-era changes meant to fix some of those problems now face an uncertain future.
by Rebecca Hersher

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OpenAI takes down covert operations tied to China and other countries

OpenAI takes down covert operations tied to China and other countries

The company said China and other nations are covertly trying to use chatbots to influence opinion around the world. In one case, operatives also used the tools to write internal performance reports.
by Shannon Bond

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Frost duo Thompson, Jaques sign with Vancouver PWHL expansion team

Frost duo Thompson, Jaques sign with Vancouver PWHL expansion team

Boston captain Hilary Knight is heading to the PWHL’s expansion team in Seattle, while Vancouver landed the two-time defending champion Minnesota Frost’s blue-line duo of Claire Thompson and Sophie Jaques to start the league’s expansion signing period. 
by The Associated Press

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Pleasant Thursday with spotty showers north and west

Pleasant Thursday with spotty showers north and west

We’ll have partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s again Thursday. There will be some spotty showers developing primarily north and west. More unsettled weather develops this weekend. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Reporter’s notebook: How Minnesotans perceive Asian people and notions of success

Reporter’s notebook: How Minnesotans perceive Asian people and notions of success

Recently released polling data found Minnesotans think it’s harder for Black, Hispanic or Indigenous people to succeed here compared to people who are white or of Asian descent. The results around Asian Minnesotans were intriguing.
by Kyra Miles

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‘Lovers and Comrades’: Bart Buch’s queer poetic puppet adventure at Open Eye Theatre in Minneapolis

‘Lovers and Comrades’: Bart Buch’s queer poetic puppet adventure at Open Eye Theatre in Minneapolis

Bart Buch’s “Ode to Walt Whitman,” now at Open Eye Theatre, is a multimedia puppet performance inspired by Whitman and Lorca’s poetry and queer identities, reimagining their dialogue through modern gay dating apps to explore love, connection and democracy in troubled times.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Art Hounds: Americana, Sondheim and Twin Cities improv

Art Hounds: Americana, Sondheim and Twin Cities improv

Art Hounds recommend Americana in the Historic Auditorium, Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Passion” and the Twin Cities Improv Festival
by Emily Bright

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Minnesota cities maintain plans to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from drinking water

Minnesota cities maintain plans to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from drinking water

The extended deadline for cities to lower levels of “forever chemicals” in drinking water could give municipalities struggling to pay for expensive treatment systems more time to seek financial help from the state or federal government.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Native-led nonprofit receives grant for youth horse program

Native-led nonprofit receives grant for youth horse program

Dakota Wicohan, located in Morton near the Lower Sioux Indian Community, was recently named a recipient of the Minnesota Community IDEAS Grant. Funding will help to expand programming opportunities for their program that empowers youth to work with horses while learning traditional teachings. 
by Chandra Colvin

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Officials concerned about federal search on Lake Street in Minneapolis

Officials concerned about federal search on Lake Street in Minneapolis

Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt said she had concerns about how a June 3 search operation was carried out — particularly the presence of armored vehicles.
by Matt Sepic

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