Tuition increasing at the University of Minnesota. Police investigate a break-in at the home of late Rep. Melissa Hortman and husband

Tuition is going up at the University of Minnesota this fall. The Board of Regents Wednesday approved a 6-and-a-half percent increase — the largest in a decade and a half. In-state tuition for undergrads on the Twin Cities campus will be just over $16,000 in the next academic year. That does not include additional fees — which are also going up.

Brooklyn Park police are investigating a break-in at the home of late DFL leader Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. The incident comes just days after the Hortmans were shot and killed in their home in what authorities are calling a politically motivated attack. Police say they discovered a broken window in the back of the home.

A law requiring some Minnesotans to get a permit before operating a boat or personal watercraft goes into effect July 1.

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa recently celebrated the completion of a new heating facility that uses locally sourced hardwood chips to heat the tribe's community center. The tribe has been working to reduce its fossil fuel usage for over a decade.

The Minneapolis City Council passed an honorary resolution Wednesday commemorating Juneteenth. The federal holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.

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Brooklyn Park police investigating break-in at Hortmans' home

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