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Mayo Clinic earned $1.5 billion profit in 2025, but is still below average in charity care

Mayo Clinic earned $1.5 billion profit in 2025, but is still below average in charity care

Rochester-based Mayo Clinic reports that 2025 was another strong year financially, as the giant medical care provider earned a profit of $1.5 billion. And while it substantially increased spending on charity care, Mayo still lags far behind its peers in providing financial assistance to patients in need.
by Molly Castle Work

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Gas prices continue to rise in Minnesota, across the country

Gas prices continue to rise in Minnesota, across the country

Gas prices in Minnesota continued to climb on Thursday amid the ongoing military conflict in the Middle East — though the pace of that increase has slowed from earlier in the week.
by MPR News Staff

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U.S. Homeland Security investigates whether Bovino made disparaging comments about Jewish faith

U.S. Homeland Security investigates whether Bovino made disparaging comments about Jewish faith

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened an internal investigation into whether the one-time architect of President Donald Trump’s large-scale immigration crackdown made disparaging comments about the Jewish faith while criticizing the U.S. attorney for Minnesota. 
by The Associated Press

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Last 2 names of 6 U.S. soldiers who died in Kuwait attack identified by the Pentagon

Last 2 names of 6 U.S. soldiers who died in Kuwait attack identified by the Pentagon

The last two names of the six U.S. soldiers killed in a Kuwait attack have been released by the Pentagon, and they are from California and Iowa. The soldiers identified Wednesday were Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, and Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa.
by The Associated Press

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Fed report highlights economic effects of ICE surge as businesses struggle to replace workers at home

Fed report highlights economic effects of ICE surge as businesses struggle to replace workers at home

Immigration enforcement operations and a struggling farm economy had a dampening effect on businesses in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, according to the latest Beige Book report from the Federal Reserve. 
by Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval

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Greater Minnesota schools felt the fear as ICE presence surged

Greater Minnesota schools felt the fear as ICE presence surged

While the surge of federal agents in the Twin Cities grabbed much of the attention the past few months, stories of children hiding at home, crying in class and being detained have quietly gripped some Minnesota small towns since January.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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‘Post-Olympic Blues’: Jessie Diggins opens up about her eating disorder and life after skiing

‘Post-Olympic Blues’: Jessie Diggins opens up about her eating disorder and life after skiing

Cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins reflects on the Olympics, the end of her decorated career, a new documentary on her recovery from a serious eating disorder and what’s next after skiing.
by Dan Kraker

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Art Hounds: Textiles and timelines, tabletop fantasy and a gallery launch

Art Hounds: Textiles and timelines, tabletop fantasy and a gallery launch

Art Hounds recommend “Our What Ifs Became Real Life,” “Monsters Not Monoliths! A DnD Actual Play” and the grand opening this weekend of the Lowry Hill Gallery.
by Emily Bright

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Dropkick Murphys, local bands to play free concert at Alex Pretti memorial

Dropkick Murphys, local bands to play free concert at Alex Pretti memorial

Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey says the band will visit the Minneapolis site where federal agents killed Alex Pretti and perform a free acoustic set at an anti-ICE fundraiser there, arguing the killing represents a profound shift in American society and that musicians should speak out about it.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Kara Swisher on the 'Resist & Unsubscribe' movement

A new boycott is targeting major tech companies as a way to protest U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement operations. Kara Swisher joins host Catharine Richert to talk about what the “Resist & Unsubscribe” movement is and what it hopes to accomplish.
by Catharine Richert and Gabrielle Zuckerman

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