Five months after retiring from professional cross country skiing, gold medalist Jessie Diggins is tackling another extreme sport, running ultramarathon trail races. The 35-year old from Afton began running the grueling Superior 100 on Friday.
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Minnesota’s Supervised Release Board has again denied parole to a man convicted in the 1970 ambush murder of St. Paul Police Officer James Sackett Sr. The board’s meeting on Friday marked the fourth time that Ronald Reed, 76, appealed for his release.
Virginia-based Legacy Investing withdrew from a purchase agreement for a 20-megawatt data center at the former Star Tribune printing facility in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis.
At least 11 people with Minnesota connections are believed to have died in the attacks. Here are a few of the stories of Minnesotans who witnessed the terror.
The wildfires that burned 70,000 acres of the canoe wilderness this summer left behind a charred landscape, but also set the stage for a rebirth of northern Minnesota’s boreal forest.
Organizers said they wanted to hold the event in Minneapolis this year because of the federal immigration surge last winter.
Events scheduled around the state draw residents, firefighters and local officials to mark 25 years since the attacks, and honor the lives lost.
Stages Theatre Company, in partnership with Native American-led theater organization Mni Giizhik Theatre Ensemble, will debut a new children’s play. The production aims to inspire Native youth to pursue storytelling through the art of theater.
School board members are serving about half as long as they once did, a shift school board observers attribute to generational changes and increasing partisanship.
An astronomy celebration at Voyageurs National Park, the Wakpa Triennial Art Festival, the Selby Avenue JazzFest, “Waiting for Godot” and “Come From Away” are among this week’s picks.
The sweeping lawsuit brought by Common Cause argues federal agencies are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who try to peacefully observe federal immigration enforcement activity.
Diesel prices in the U.S. has hit yet another record, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as Washington’s war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel.
Donald Trump’s pitch to send Americans $5,000 checks should Republicans prevail in the November midterms is drawing scorn from some members of Congress — the very people who have constitutional authority over federal spending.
