Red Lake Nation Chairman Darrell Seki Sr. has agreed to resign from office, the tribe has said. But Seki has denied that he has stepped down yet.
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The major party candidates for Minnesota’s U.S. Senate seat faced off in an hourlong debate Friday on MPR News with fraud, affordability and fallout from the Trump administration’s policies as key points of friction.
Some campaign ads are targeting Minnesota’s Somali community and linking the group to fraud in the state.
A state investigation by the Department of Human Rights found that two businesses discriminated against Native Americans by refusing to accept tribal IDs as valid identification.
Federal authorities are investigating letters with “suspicious substances” that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide — including Minnesota. Authorities are urging recipients to treat the letters as “potentially hazardous.”
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.
A committee at Detroit Lakes Public Schools decided to postpone a revision to the district policy that regulates what teachers and students can display on campus. The pivot comes as the district is being sued by the ACLU of Minnesota for an earlier “rainbow ban.”
Second Harvest Heartland reports a record number of food distributed to food shelves in the last year, driven by high fuel costs and rising grocery costs.
