Carver County booms with newcomers seeking rural charm
The fastest-growing county in the state is still mostly farmland, quaint downtowns
Minneapolis man fights to regain 'emotional support' pigs, not allowed by the city
Owner couldn't come up with money to get them back; city calls his home "extremely unsanitary."
Walz presses Glencore execs on PolyMet's financing, labor plans
Governor wants financial protections, union jobs.
Residents, merchants feeling squeezed by drug trade on south Minneapolis block
Residents say they need more police help at E. 29th St. and Bloomington Av.
Leaping Kates, foam loon among contestants in 2019 Red Bull Flugtag
Red Bull Flugtag returns to St. Paul, and Klondike Kates are ready to soar.
Shots fired into Minneapolis home strike girl, 5, in foot
A total of seven shots were fired, according to emergency dispatch audio, with one of them going through a lower-level window and hitting the girl.
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Murder count dropped, Minn. man gets 3 years for wife's meth and heavy metal 'death party'
He said the "death party" was her idea, began about five days earlier and included constant "rocking out" music, especially her favorite, "Metal Health" by Quiet Riot.
Curious Minnesota
What makes a manhole cover go airborne during storms?
Urban "geysers" are rare. But they do happen. We get to the bottom of what makes manhole covers dance, levitate and, sometimes, explode off storm drains.
Curious Minnesota
We call Wisconsinites cheeseheads. What do they call us?
There have been some mostly halfhearted attempts to label Minnesotans over the years, mostly in reference to its sports teams.
Great Lakes' latest pollution threat is 'microplastics'
Researchers suspect a key source of the microplastics might be clothing fibers washed into the water from household laundry. They are testing other Minnesota lakes to gauge the impact on wildlife.
Mother of girls burned in Fridley van fire: 'Give your babies kisses'
Essie McKenzie spoke at a news conference at HCMC, where her 6-year-old daughter Ty'rah White died Tuesday while Taraji White, 9, remains in critical condition.
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Westbound Hwy. 55 closed in Inver Grove Heights due to fatal crash
A truck rolled over near Argenta Trail.
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Informant's death in Rochester raises questions
Matthew Klaus, who died of an overdose in March, had a long history with Rochester police.
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'They seem like no-bid contracts': DFLers expose policy rift over state job-training funds
Direct funding of nonprofits calls DEED's opportunity-gap results into question.
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Demolition to begin today for former St. Andrew's Church in St. Paul
Neighbors and preservationists fought to save the church.
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