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Regulators grant higher energy rates for Xcel gas, Minnesota Power for 2024

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In November, both utilities asked for larger rate increases, but the state Public Utilities Commission typically grants interim rates while scrutinizing that overall request.
  • CenterPoint, Xcel want to raise gas rates by more than 9%
  • Minnesota Power wants to increase electric rates by another 12%
Nation

Son of US Sen. Kevin Cramer crashes during police chase, killing North Dakota sheriff's deputy

12:50pm
Brad Rademaker sifts through soybeans at the CHS soybean processing site in Mankato, Minn., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Inver Grove Heights-based CHS
Business

Congressional watchdog: Stop paying big farmers' crop insurance

11:09am
  • Extreme weather can hit farmers hard. Those with smaller farming operations often pay the price
Business

Wilfs pull plug on video gaming at Viking Lakes in Eagan

8:46am
Local

MN police association blasts Hennepin County Attorney for no assault charges after officer dragged

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Climate activists pour mud and Nesquik on St. Mark's Basilica in Venice
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St. Paul woman granted extension on boulevard garden removal
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House votes to censure Democratic Rep. Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in a Capitol office building
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Hundreds of people turned out for an informational meeting held by Hunters For Hunters in Carlton on Wednesday night.
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Hundreds of people turned out for an informational meeting held by Hunters For Hunters in Carlton on Wednesday night.

Hunters pack meeting in Carlton to join grassroots group's call for wolf hunt

10:45am
Hundreds of hunters gathered at an ice arena outside of Duluth to learn more about Hunters for Hunters.
Mike Loeffeler walked his dog Pan on a warm December day in 2017. Temperatures could rise into the 50s in the Twin Cities Thursday and could reach 60
Weather

Wintertime warmup blankets all of Minnesota, with one city leading the way in the 60s

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  • December golf in Minnesota? Warmth brings rush on tee times
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Low enrollment drives University of Minnesota Duluth to examine majors, courses

10:48am
  • 3 Minnesotans share how student loans have affected their lives
Brian Glasow, an invasive carp specialist with Minnesota DNR, holds a bighead carp caught recently in the Mississippi River.
Sports

Anderson: They're back. Invasive carp take aim at state's waters again.

11:53am
  • Canoes for cops: Ely uses outdoor vibe to recruit police officers
Wolves center Karl-Anthony Towns posed after hitting a three-pointer recently against the New York Knicks.
Sports

Souhan: If you're distracted by his antics, you're missing KAT at his best

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  • Edwards 'scared' to trust recovering hip in first game back from injury
Gophers guard Elijah Hawkins, right, and Nebraska’s Keisei Tominaga fought for a loose ball in the second half Wednesday.
Sports

How the Gophers overcame their star's ankle injury to defeat Nebraska

11:58am
  • Garcia's injury doesn't stop U from stunning Nebraska with huge rally
Opinion
Lisa Sayles-Adams, the new superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools.

New Mpls. schools chief faces big test

Minnesotans should be cheering for Lisa Sayles-Adams as she prepares to take over as superintendent in 2024.

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103-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor, one of the few left, reflects on 82nd anniversary

01:57 Pearl Harbor survivor Ira Schab, 103, is planning to return to the Hawaii naval base 82 years after Japan's bombing propelled the U.S. into World War II. He is expected to be one of just six survivors at a remembrance ceremony for the more than 2,300 servicemen killed Dec. 7, 1941. Read more here.

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