With Capitol control on the line this fall, there are a few competitive state Senate contests gaining the most attention and party resources. Two races will pit first-term senators against their opponents from 2022.
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Recent shootings have put renewed attention on gangs in the Twin Cities, especially what law enforcement leaders are calling “Somali gangs.” Here’s what we’ve learned about who’s in these gangs, what they do and how they compare to gangs in the past.
Michele Tafoya made her name in TV sports media. She’s trying to translate that into a political win in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race.
State health officials said the median age of those who have fallen ill is about 7 years old. No one has been hospitalized in Minnesota due to measles this year, but some people have had to seek emergency room care.
Minnesota has many options for voters concerned about their safety at polling places or who struggle with language or other challenges that might keep them out of the voting booth on Nov. 3. Here’s a guide on what’s available.
A Bend police spokesperson confirmed the suspect is dead. It wasn’t clear if the suspect was included among the five.
The U.S. Senate race in Minnesota has candidates from the two major parties campaigning hard to win the seat, but there are also three candidates without major party backing on the ballot.
Authorities are working to identify and remove an 11-foot-wide metallic object believed to be space debris found in a Stevens County cornfield.
A new community fridge and freezer recently installed at the New Ulm Public Library is helping combat food insecurity amid a rise in demand for food assistance. The library’s big freezer and large fridge also help prevent food waste by rescuing food that otherwise would have been headed to landfills.
Minnesota State officials said the funding shift is needed as a temporary solution while they work on a plan to realign the entire system of colleges and universities.
President Trump’s Education Secretary Linda McMahon visited Rochester Wednesday to boost community college and technical education programs and to promote the administration’s effort to slash the federal bureaucracy and “return education to the states.”
The Art Hounds recommend the St. Paul Art Crawl, a retrospective of Jim Grittner’s ceramics in Duluth and a documentary screening in Fergus Falls about Minnesota’s mental health institutions.
St. Paul City Council members are joining Minneapolis in the push for regulating driverless rideshare vehicles, like Waymo and Tesla Robotaxi, but with a different approach. Council president Rebecca Noecker introduced a resolution Wednesday that would direct the city’s planning commission to study autonomous vehicles, then suggest potential guardrails around safety, data-sharing and worker protections.
