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Nearly 390,000 Minnesotans received notices this month that their Medicare Advantage plans would be discontinued next year, leading them to reconsider their coverage.

A collection of paintings and stories by Sam Zimmerman captures memories of life in northern Minnesota. His new book, "Walking my Ancestors’ Path," pairs those paintings with stories in English and Ojibwe. An upcoming exhibit at Mill City Museum in Minneapolis will feature his work.

President Donald Trump has suggested that his newly minted press secretary might not stay on the job much longer. Trump said on Friday he told Katie Zacharia that she didn’t have to do this job and that if he were her, he would reconsider the position.

The mixed politics of St. Cloud-area voters have led to some razor-thin outcomes in past elections. And it makes the area a target for campaign spending.

Minnesota lost 4,600 jobs last month and the unemployment rate ticked up. Over the last year, wages stayed flat as inflation ate into workers’ purchasing power.

The 17th annual Twin Cities Film Festival, a dance-big-band-theater event that reflects the U.S. incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, “Beyond Materialism” at the Walker Art Center and the Bloodcurdling Book Bash in Bloomington are among this week’s picks.