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Local and state officials arrested six men last week during a sting operation to combat human trafficking in northern Minnesota's Beltrami County. Two of the men who were arrested were working on the Line 3 oil pipeline project.
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Data shows strong stance for holiday
Minnesota’s snapshot of COVID-19 data offers more evidence that the pandemic remains in check for the holiday. Active cases, hospital admissions and positivity rates remain at or near April 2020 lows.
Minneapolis set to spend more than $100M in pandemic funds
Mayor Jacob Frey said the spending would focus on affordable housing, public safety and supporting small businesses owned by Black and Indigenous people and other people of color.
Judge sides with Minneapolis residents who want more cops
The City of Minneapolis has failed to maintain the required minimum staff level of the Minneapolis Police Department and must increase the number of officers, according to a court order issued Thursday. However, the order doesn’t call for the city to hire more officers.
Happy days: Actress Marion Ross returns to Albert Lea for unveiling of statue in her honor
For a generation of viewers, she was America's favorite TV mom. And now Marion Ross, who played Marion Cunningham — "Mrs. C" — on "Happy Days" amid a long Hollywood career, is back in her hometown of Albert Lea, Minn., for the unveiling of a statue in her honor.
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Low new cases, six new deaths reported
Heading into the July 4 holiday weekend, Minnesota’s COVID-19 numbers continue to show a pandemic firmly on the downslope. The Minnesota Department of Health reported 112 new cases of the coronavirus in the state, along with six new deaths.
Jobs, forest and climate: Wood products plant welcomed in northern Minnesota
The state is poised to provide $30 million to lure a North Carolina company to Minnesota's north woods. Supporters of the wood manufacturing plant project say it will create hundreds of badly needed jobs, while at the same time also benefiting the state's forests.
Confederate soldier shirt that saved a Minnesotan is at Historical Society
The Minnesota Historical Society has acquired a rare Civil War battlefield relic. The descendants of a Minnesota soldier wounded near Nashville, Tenn., in 1864 have donated a Confederate uniform shirt Henry Mills used to bind his wound, survive the war and return to St. Paul.