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Charges filed in fatal hit-and-run crash on Iron Range

Charges filed in fatal hit-and-run crash on Iron Range

A Grand Rapids woman has been charged in connection with hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian dead in northern Minnesota on July 3.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard tracks the desert black rhino in northwest Namibia

Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard tracks the desert black rhino in northwest Namibia

Namibia, in southwest Africa, has the largest population of black rhinos and has done something that few other places have been able to do — greatly reduce poaching for their horns and preserve this unique ecosystem.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Robbinsdale schools to make budget cuts to address $20M shortfall error

Robbinsdale schools to make budget cuts to address $20M shortfall error

Administrators at Robbinsdale Area Schools said they will be making budget cuts and reducing staff after an error left the district with a $20 million shortfall. The district held a town hall meeting Wednesday night to discuss its budget.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Ellie Roth

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Art Hounds: The M gets bigger, student-curated Black joy and fancy chairs you can’t sit on

Art Hounds: The M gets bigger, student-curated Black joy and fancy chairs you can’t sit on

Art Hounds discuss the expanded Minnesota Museum of Art’s new wing, a show curated by students at the University of Minnesota about Black joy and a new exhibit with 20 chairs and five mini golf holes.
by Emily Bright

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10 downtown St. Paul buildings ID’d as promising residential conversions

10 downtown St. Paul buildings ID’d as promising residential conversions

A recent study commissioned by the St. Paul Downtown Alliance identifies 10 buildings in the downtown area that could be converted from office space to residential units.
by Matt Mikus

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Survivor tells story of fatal night in human smuggling trial

Survivor tells story of fatal night in human smuggling trial

The jury in the federal trial for two men accused of human smuggling heard dramatic testimony Wednesday from a man who crossed the U.S. Canadian border in a snowstorm on Jan. 19, 2022. He was in a group which included the Patel family of four who froze to death that night.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Two former St. Paul school employees file lawsuit, alleging they were fired for raising financial concerns

Two former St. Paul school employees file lawsuit, alleging they were fired for raising financial concerns

Two former St. Paul Public Schools employees are filing a lawsuit against the district, claiming they were fired after raising concerns about how district leaders were handling finances.
by MPR News Staff

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