It's shaping up to be a defensive battle as the Minnesota Vikings travel to Chicago to take on the Bears on Sunday afternoon. MPR's Jeffrey Bissoy and John Wanamaker previewed the matchup.
Police said the first shooting happened just before 10:30 p.m. near the corner of Eighth and Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis. The other happened at about 11:15 p.m. near the corner of Hudson Road and Earl Street on St. Paul's east side.
Mental health took center stage as law enforcement officers, county attorneys, elected officials and other community leaders gathered Saturday in Mankato for the second meeting of a state working group on police use of deadly force.
After weeks of heavy rain and flooding, crops were planted late this spring — increasing the risk that corn will be killed by an early frost before it matures. And now muddy fields are delaying the soybean harvest.
Xcel had wanted to buy the Mankato Energy Center, but the Minnesota Department of Commerce raised concerns about the impact on Xcel’s utility customers.
Ahead of its scheduled renovation early next year, the Historical Society will use input from Minnesotans statewide to determine a name for the historic site.
State regulators denied a water quality permit for Enbridge Energy's proposed Line 3 replacement project on Friday, a procedural action in advance of a meeting scheduled for next week to lay out next steps for evaluating the controversial oil pipeline.
The above-ground storage tank contained about 350,000 gallons of liquid manure. Stearns County officials estimate about 20,000 gallons leaked into a lowland area.