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Minnesota United win Game 1, edge Seattle Sounders in penalty shootout

Minnesota United win Game 1, edge Seattle Sounders in penalty shootout

Minnesota United FC defeated the Seattle Sounders following a scoreless draw Monday night in St. Paul, in the opener of their best-of-three MLS Western Conference playoff series.
by Reuters

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Target cutting 800 jobs across Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park, raising concerns about broader economic slowdown

Target cutting 800 jobs across Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park, raising concerns about broader economic slowdown

Target is undergoing a corporate restructuring that includes layoffs concentrated in its downtown Minneapolis headquarters where it employs some 7,000 people. 
by Chris Farrell

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Pair of Minnesota Senate elections will decide chamber control, set tone for 2026 campaigns

Pair of Minnesota Senate elections will decide chamber control, set tone for 2026 campaigns

Contests in Woodbury and Wright County will restore the Senate to its full complement next week. The result could flip control of the chamber, and campaign messaging could carry through to 2026 when all 201 legislative seats are on the ballot.
by Dana Ferguson

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Twin Cities recycling plant boosts capacity with AI sorting

Twin Cities recycling plant boosts capacity with AI sorting

A major regional recycling plant in the Twin Cities has finished a $23 million renovation to increase its capacity, as the state aims to recycle more and throw away less. 
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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How to help Minnesotans set to lose SNAP benefits — and how to get help

How to help Minnesotans set to lose SNAP benefits — and how to get help

Local food shelves are already facing strains and because of the federal shutdown, and state officials say there is not enough federal funding for SNAP to offer money to Minnesota participants for November.
by Sam Stroozas and Regina Medina

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In Minnesota and Washington, debate over health care subsidies continues as shutdown drags on

In Minnesota and Washington, debate over health care subsidies continues as shutdown drags on

As the federal government shutdown drags on with no end in sight, the debate over whether to extend federal health insurance subsidies continues to play a central role in the impasse — including in Minnesota.
by Grace Praxmarer and The Associated Press

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State to send $4M to food shelves as shutdown threatens SNAP aid

State to send $4M to food shelves as shutdown threatens SNAP aid

Gov. Tim Walz announced $4 million in emergency funding for Minnesota food shelves as the federal government shutdown threatens to disrupt SNAP benefits in November.
by Regina Medina

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Record attendance expected for Edmund Fitzgerald memorial ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse

Record attendance expected for Edmund Fitzgerald memorial ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse

Organizers of the annual Edmund Fitzgerald memorial ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse on Minnesota’s North Shore say next month’s event is now sold out — with record-breaking attendance expected on the 50th anniversary of the wreck.
by Andrew Krueger

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