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Stories from September 18, 2025

Minnesota adds nearly 6,000 jobs but unemployment increases

Minnesota adds nearly 6,000 jobs but unemployment increases

While Minnesota added 5,900 new jobs last month, the unemployment rate marginally increased to 3.6 percent — the highest it’s been in more than four years.
by Cari Spencer

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Minnesota state program fraud allegations; Using campaign funds for security

Federal prosecutors announced charges today against eight people for allegedly defrauding a state Medicaid program. And the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board gave political candidates more leeway when using campaign funds for security.
by Emily Reese

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Why beef prices are higher than ever (and shoppers are finally resisting)

Why beef prices are higher than ever (and shoppers are finally resisting)

American ranchers are raising the fewest cows in decades. Through the price increases, American shoppers have stayed loyal to their love of burgers and steaks — until now.
by Alina Selyukh

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Farm Aid started 40 years ago to support local farmers during crisis

Farm Aid started 40 years ago to support local farmers during crisis

The festival started in the midst of the farm crisis of the 1980s and makes its Minnesota debut with founding members Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp. Bob Dylan was recently added to the lineup. 
by Clay Masters

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Hit podcast 'Heavyweight' launches new season

Hit podcast 'Heavyweight' launches new season

Jonathan Goldstein, who now lives in the Twin Cities, talked to MPR News host Nina Moini about the newest season of the hit podcast.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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Incoming rainfall to help balance out drier start to September

Incoming rainfall to help balance out drier start to September

Multiple rounds of rainfall are expected to help offset the drier start to September with slowly moving or repeated showers potentially bringing several inches of moisture to the region.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Feds charge 8 in 'massive fraud' tied to Minnesota housing stabilization program

Feds charge 8 in 'massive fraud' tied to Minnesota housing stabilization program

Federal Medicaid funds were supposed to help people with disabilities find housing. Instead, information on eligible beneficiaries was used to submit inflated and fake reimbursement claims, federal prosecutors said Thursday, adding that more charges are expected.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Matt Sepic

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Music and mortality meet onstage as ‘The Ruins’ premieres at the Guthrie

Music and mortality meet onstage as ‘The Ruins’ premieres at the Guthrie

Musician and theatre artist George Abud premieres “The Ruins” at the Guthrie, a poetic, music-driven play exploring mortality, connection and what it means to live a full life.
by Anika Besst

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Harris says Buttigieg — not Walz — was her 'first choice' for VP, but the pairing was too risky

Harris says Buttigieg — not Walz — was her 'first choice' for VP, but the pairing was too risky

In an excerpt of former Vice President Kamala Harris's new book, she says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn’t ready for the pairing.
by The Associated Press

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Hennepin County will end automatic prosecution of low-level traffic stops

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office will no longer automatically prosecute charges that are related to traffic stops for violations like burned-out brake lights or expired registration tabs.
by Phil Picardi

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More rain chances ahead with cooler temperatures Friday, Saturday

More rain chances ahead with cooler temperatures Friday, Saturday

A slowly moving upper low will continue to keep periodic rain chances in the forecast through the weekend. We’ll also see cooler air Friday and Saturday. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Mississippi police await autopsy results for Black student found hanged at university

Mississippi police await autopsy results for Black student found hanged at university

Mississippi police on Wednesday awaited autopsy results for a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University, in a case that has ignited strong emotions in a state with a history of racist violence.
by The Associated Press

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ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel off air after comments made about the Charlie Kirk killing

ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel off air after comments made about the Charlie Kirk killing

ABC announced Wednesday that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would be off the air indefinitely following comments regarding speculation swirling around the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk.
by Mandalit del Barco

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CDC's vaccine advisers meet this week. Here's how they could affect policy

CDC's vaccine advisers meet this week. Here's how they could affect policy

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. chose everyone in the group. Their votes could affect vaccine access for certain childhood vaccines and and the COVID-19 shots. Here's what's at stake.
by Pien Huang

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Art Hounds: Two retrospectives and a comedic cabaret

Art Hounds: Two retrospectives and a comedic cabaret

This week, Art Hounds highlight a pair of retrospectives celebrating Minnesota artists and a name-themed musical comedy in St. Paul.
by Emily Bright

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Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield resigns over dispute with owner Unilever

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield resigns over dispute with owner Unilever

Greenfield said the Vermont ice cream maker "has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power" by Unilever, the multinational corporation that bought Ben & Jerry's in 2000.
by Joe Hernandez

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