Minnesota News

MPR News is your go-to source for Minnesota news and stories.

From local stories from your Minnesota neighbors to breaking news updates across the state, we have you covered.

Abandon houseboat? Ice and rising water threaten Latsch Island lifestyle
Some residents of Winona's Latsch Island houseboat community in southeast Minnesota might have to abandon ship. River ice, snowpack and rising waters are threatening to overwhelm some of the houseboats, which residents prefer to call "boathouses."
With spring officially in the door, attention in Minnesota is shifting from the snow situation to a rising flood threat along many rivers, particularly in the southern part of the state.
Flooding along many rivers; mild temps keep the snowmelt going
Minnesota highs will be mostly in the 40s this Friday afternoon, a few spots in southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro area could touch 50 degrees. Saturday will bring 50s to many areas.
So you think your home might flood. Do this stuff now
Here are some ways to make sure your home, family and pets are prepared, as much as possible, for the worst of flood season.
Hanging on to a Fargo river home despite annual threats of flooding; eyeing the melt in Marshall
Hundreds of homes in flood-prone areas of Fargo-Moorhead are gone: bought, removed and replaced by permanent flood levees. But there are a few holdouts who feel strongly about staying near the river, even as the threat of another flood looms. PLUS: Eyeing the melt in Marshall, Minn.
What the coming flood might look like in St. Paul
The predictions sound dire for downtown St. Paul as the water from around the state pours into the Minnesota River and other tributaries before it dumps its stash into the Mississippi and makes its way to the cities.