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Wild, St. Paul scale back request for public money toward entertainment complex rehab
With hopes dim for a large-scale funding request, St. Paul city leaders and the Minnesota Wild are trimming their request for renovation money that includes a $50 million state share. They say part of the project can wait.
Woman’s indecent exposure conviction overturned by Minnesota Supreme Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a woman who exposed her breasts in a Rochester parking lot in 2021. Olmsted County prosecutors charged Eloisa R. Plancarte with a misdemeanor after Rochester police responded to a complaint about a woman walking around topless near a gas station.
Plan to move a Duluth parking lot for people experiencing homelessness riles residents
A proposal to move a safe place where people experiencing homelessness in Duluth can sleep in their cars has pitted neighbors asking for their safety concerns to be addressed against what advocates say are misconceptions of homelessness. 
AmeriCorps cuts prompt two dozen states, including Minnesota, to sue Trump administration
About two dozen states, including Minnesota, sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the dismantling of AmeriCorps, the 30-year-old federal agency for volunteer service, and over the cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding for state and community projects across the U.S.
Four dead, two injured in Minneapolis shootings that may be connected
Three people died and two others were seriously injured in a shooting late Tuesday in south Minneapolis. Just over 12 hours later, a man was fatally shot several blocks away, and authorities believe the two shootings may be connected.
Minnesotans’ feelings about Trump’s first 100 days in office range from alarm to optimism
As President Donald Trump reaches the milestone of his first 100 days in office, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans around the state about how they think his presidency is going so far.
Remains of long-missing Wisconsin woman found in St. Cloud
Shannah Boiteau was last seen alive on June 22, 2016, running from a vehicle driven by her boyfriend. A property owner found her skeletal remains in St. Cloud.