Across the state, the majority of students went back to the classroom on Tuesday.
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Overall, this year’s fair drew over 1.92 million visitors, which is slightly below both the previous two years and short of the 2 million-visitor milestone set in 2019.
Naloxone is saving opioid users in northeastern Minnesota who otherwise might have died. Getting the opioid antidote in the hands of people who need it most has been key. In Duluth, Harm Reduction Sisters are handing it out for free.
Republicans are staging a rare midterm national convention this week in Dallas featuring party leaders, including President Donald Trump. It's an attempt to rally the party ahead of November's election. But not every Republican wants to be part of what some are calling Trumpapalooza.
For 40 years, Minnesota’s required schools to start after Labor Day. Lawmakers gave districts flexibility this year and next given the late holiday. It could open the door to a wider discussion about what’s best for schools, kids and families.
The flood of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents into Minnesota last winter had a lasting impact on some of the youngest Minnesotans. Classmates disappeared, teachers were tense and families scared. Those effects persist into the fall childcare season.
More than 200 Minnesota State Fair vendors donated over 10,000 pounds of leftover food to hunger relief groups for distribution across the state.
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent Drew Evans called the incident an act of domestic violence and identified Carlton Neal Johnson II, 35, as the shooter. The fundraising sites say they are in support of the victims and their families.
As diesel prices reach all time highs, school districts and their bus operators are looking for ways to stretch every cent to keep the wheels turning.
As the fair wraps up Minnesotans spend their last moments of summer on the grounds.
While supporters see proposal as an economic boost, local and tribal officials say infrastructure is lacking.
Invasive zebra mussels have infested five percent of Minnesota’s treasured lakes, rivers and waterways, where they gobble up nutrients that native fish and plants need. So to keep them from spreading, the state’s Department of Natural Resources is using specially trained K-9s to sniff them out.
Rusty crayfish have invaded more than 300 northern Minnesota lakes. Can Midwestern appetites help manage a destructive invasive species?
