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Minnesota State Fair announces 70 new beverages for 2025
There are 70 brand-new brews and specialty beverages that are making their premier at the 2025 Minnesota State Fair. There are also 40 returning beverages found only at the Great Minnesota Get-Together.
Nicole Mitchell testifies, insisting she went into stepmother’s home only for a welfare check
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell testified in her own defense as her criminal trial continued Thursday. She told jurors she broke into her stepmother’s home in April of last year out of concern for Carol Mitchell’s health, contradicting body cam video of her saying she wanted to retrieve some of her late father’s belongings.
Minnesota Farmfest leader, innovator and founding father dies at 88
Marlyn Buss, who is considered the founding father of Minnesota Farmfest, died on Friday at 88 in Lake Crystal on what would have been his 55th wedding anniversary. He restarted and expanded the annual exhibition of farm equipment and agricultural products, turning it into a place when rural Minnesotans could come together to make connections and discuss agricultural policy, as well as for entertainment.
National bike race puts Minnesota’s gravel roads on display
A major bike race may bring hundreds of cyclists to La Crescent in the southeastern corner of Minnesota. The 2025 USA Cycling Gravel National Championship race is planned for Sept. 20.
Proposed federal housing cuts could leave local programs in 'a state of triage'
President Trump’s original budget request to Congress outlined a 44 percent cut to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees federal rental assistance programs and Section 8, or Housing Choice, vouchers.
Family of man killed by Minneapolis police sues city, police officers
The family of Andrew Tekle Sundberg, who was killed by Minneapolis police in 2022, is suing the city and several police officers. The lawsuit alleges police failed to adequately respond to Sundberg’s mental health crisis.