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Minnesota Frost re-sign Lee Stecklein, Grace Zumwinkle
Defender Lee Stecklein and forward Grace Zumwinkle are staying put in Minnesota after the PWHL’s Frost re-signed both pl...
MPR News Quiz
Think you kept up with the news this week? The MPR News Quiz tests your knowledge of the week’s news every Friday....
Summer reading recs from the North Shore
It’s time to head to the lake with a book in hand. Here are the top recommendations booksellers and libraries are talkin...
Minneapolis-based Sleep Number files for bankruptcy
Sleep Number announced in May that it recorded a $50 million net loss in the first quarter of the year, driven by decrea...
U of M, Fairview and M Physicians approve agreement
Attorney General Keith Ellison said that failing to reach an agreement would have significant repercussions for patients...
SpaceX stock lifts off, rising above its IPO price
The initial public offering from the rocket and AI company raised some $75 billion, making the company one of the bigges...
Your cheat sheet to the 26 players on the U.S. World Cup team
The U.S. is opening its 2026 World Cup on Friday evening against Paraguay. For the 26 Americans on the team, this match ...
Years after oil pipeline protests, North Dakota and the federal government settle policing lawsuit
The state of North Dakota and the federal government have settled a lawsuit the state brought to recoup the costs of pol...
Vikings to start training camp with the Murray-McCarthy turn-taking at QB before declaring a starter
Taking turns with J.J. McCarthy has added an extra challenge for Kyler Murray as a newcomer to the Minnesota Vikings lea...
The U.S. men's team is set to take on Paraguay in its World Cup opener
Friday's game, the first of three group stage matches for the U.S., has been eight years in the making as a generation o...
David Hockney, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, dies at 88
Hockney moved from London to Southern California in the 1960s and was an innovative painter, photographer, stage designe...
Unions, industry halted new regulations on data centers
Opponents hoped the Minnesota Legislature would approve new oversight of large data centers this year, but those bills n...
Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post celebrates 30 years
The Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post will celebrate its 30th anniversary in partnership with the Minnesota Hist...
'I Was Scared.' Minneapolis Anti-Violence Workers Enter 'Trauma Season' Still Reeling From ICE Shootings.
In the months following the city's federal upheaval, including the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis, some outreach groups ha...
MN Shortlist June 12-18
Monty Python’s greatest film brought to life on stage, the wedding of Minnesota’s favorite Scandinavians, colorful quilt...
'Guided by Gilbert' litter carries on Hortmans' legacy through service dogs
One year after the deaths of Melissa and Mark Hortman and their dog Gilbert, Helping Paws is honoring their legacy throu...
Top places to watch 2026 World Cup in the Twin Cities
The FIFA World Cup kicks off Thursday and goes through July 19. Fans can watch matches at several bars and watch party e...
Utility crews working to restore power in central Minnesota, more than a day after severe storms
Utility crews continued chainsawing their way through downed trees and branches Thursday to restore power to several tho...
Lawyers drop racial profiling case against ICE but vow to continue legal fight
The ACLU is dismissing its lawsuit alleging ICE racially profiled people of color during Operation Metro Surge, but says...
Forest Service ends temporary campfire ban in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Officials with the Superior National Forest are ending the temporary campfire ban in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wild...
'Surge' may be over, but administration's deportation push continues in immigration court
Several months after the declared end of Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts are ...
Boelter expected to enter guilty plea in Minnesota lawmaker attacks
The man charged with killing former DFL Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark is expected to plea...
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe general election results are in
The six member nations of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe held elections for leadership positions on Tuesday....
Amnesty accuses Israel's government of 'ethnic cleansing' of West Bank Palestinians
The London-based rights group says the Israeli government is deliberately trying to annex the Palestinian territory....
Art Hounds: West African drumming, Football-meets-Dance
Art Hounds recommend Fakoly Drum & Dance Conference, the 20th annual Red Wing Arts Plein Air events and “Line of Scr...
Gannon solar storm cost corn growers a billion dollars
You might remember the bright Aurora Borealis from May 2024, visible all across Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Down be...
Minnesota aims to triage threats after Hortman killing
The assassination of Melissa Hortman, along with her husband, Mark, and the attempted killings of other lawmakers prompt...
Duluth prof invents fabric shredder to recycle clothing
University of Minnesota Duluth engineering professor Abbie Clarke-Sather’s “fiber shredder” breaks clothing down into re...
Minneapolis City Council to weigh two measures related to George Floyd Square
The Minneapolis City Council is set to take up two debates surrounding George Floyd Square. One is whether to waive a fi...
Report: ICE wasted millions in largest facility
Since the opening of Camp East Montana in Texas last year, immigration lawyers and rights advocates have expressed conce...
Mankato Clinic lays off 100 workers, keeps clinics open
Nearly 10 percent of Mankato Clinic’s workforce was laid off on Tuesday. The cuts affected most departments, including m...
Boelter expected to change not guilty plea
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to schedule a change-of-plea hearing for Vance Luther Boelter, indicating the cas...
State lifts payment suspensions for disenrolled providers who filed an appeal
Minnesota’s Department of Human Services says it will restore Medicaid payments to providers who appealed their disenrol...
Ways to honor the Hortmans this week
It's been one year since a gunman assassinated former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Here's what M...
DEET for dinner? Study finds mosquitoes could learn to love bug spray
Researchers from the University of Tours in France and Virginia Tech found that they could condition mosquitoes to assoc...
Inflation tops 4 percent for the first time in 3 years on spike in gasoline prices
Inflation has surged to its highest level in more than three years since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran,...
N.D. Sen. Josh Boschee elected mayor of Fargo
The Democratic state senator had the least city government experience of any of his opponents and won with nearly 47 per...
ICE denies having a protester database. But a letter to Congress sheds more light
In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly-departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people ...
After years of declines, young students show gains in reading and math
Unscathed by pandemic-era school closures, the nation's 9-year-olds showed progress in math and reading. It's a differen...
U.S. and Iran exchange strikes after Apache helicopter is downed
Trump confirmed the two pilots in the U.S. helicopter, downed near the Strait of Hormuz, are safe. The U.S. responded by...
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