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Two close St. Cloud-area races could help determine which party is in charge of the Minnesota Legislature. And Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, who was in Minnesota Monday to attend a private fundraiser, made an appearance outside the former 3rd Precinct police station in Minneapolis. Gov. Tim Walz is in Pennsylvania Tuesday as the Democratic vice presidential nominee takes a sharper tone on the campaign trail.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is on another campaign swing in battleground Wisconsin.
Parts of northeast Minnesota saw significant, beneficial rainfall over the weekend — along with a few snowflakes too.
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance will be at a fundraiser in Minnesota on Monday. And Medicare’s open enrollment period starts Tuesday and there are big changes in the works.
A federal jury Friday convicted a Twin Cities man on drug and gun charges. The jury found Derrick Thompson was transporting fentanyl and cocaine in an SUV that crashed into a car with five young women last year. Also a critical access dental clinic expands in northeast Minneapolis.
After four decades of ownership, the Pohlad family says it's looking to sell the Minnesota Twins.
And drought conditions across Minnesota continue to rapidly expand and deepen.
The Minnesota Lynx and the New York Liberty begin a best-of-five WNBA championship series Thursday night in Brooklyn. The Lynx won three of four games between the two teams this season.
Two new wildfires are burning in the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota.
And two affordable housing developers announced today their commitment to sign on to a program designed to protect workers in the Twin Cities non-union construction industry from exploitation.
The Minnesota Lynx have advanced to the WNBA championship series. They beat the Connecticut Sun Tuesday night in the fifth and deciding game of a semifinal playoff series 88-77. And Minnesota business groups are pushing back on a comment Gov. Tim Walz — the Democratic candidate for vice president — made Monday on "60 Minutes."
The portrayal by Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota's new paid family and medical leave program is getting pushback from state business leaders.
And some Minnesota hospitals are postponing non-urgent surgeries and procedures due a shortage of IV bags.
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