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Minnesota health insurance premiums set to rise in 2026
Federal Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year, increasing costs for many Minnesotans.
Family ties, loyal crowds keep a Minnesota small-town movie theater thriving
Small-town movie theaters have struggled to survive for years in an increasingly on-demand world. In Wadena, the local theater is flourishing thanks to generations of work by one family. Meet the Quincers.
University of Minnesota medical school’s Duluth campus shifts to 4-year program
For the first time since the school’s founding more than a half-century ago, incoming students at the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Duluth Campus this fall will complete all four years of their training in Duluth.
Authorities suspend rescue efforts for Minnesota hiker missing in Wyoming
Authorities in Wyoming have suspended search and rescue efforts for a Minnesota hiker who’s been missing for more than three weeks. The sheriff called it a “heartbreaking and difficult decision.”
Northstar commuter train hits vehicle at crossing in Coon Rapids
Metro Transit said it happened just after 7 a.m. on 119th Avenue Northwest at Northdale Boulevard. Authorities said the vehicle was stopped on the tracks when it was hit.
Eden Prairie police say a woman and two children were injured — one of them critically — after they were hit by a car while crossing a street on Thursday night. The driver fled the scene.
International student enrollment soars at small Mankato college, bucking national decline
The Trump administration’s travel bans and restrictions on student visas is causing international student enrollment at colleges and universities in the U.S. to plummet. But, a small southern Minnesota school is bucking that trend and is welcoming its largest incoming class of international students ever.
Minneapolis woman, 79, hurt by gunfire block away from home
A 79-year-old Minneapolis woman is recovering after she was shot from a block away over the weekend while inside her home. Officers arrested two suspects Wednesday in St. Paul.