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Twin Cities gun sales spiked as federal immigration crackdown intensified

Priscilla Wilson learns to shoot a Glock 42 as she tries a variety of guns at Stock & Barrel Gun Club in Eagan on Feb. 10.

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Hunter’s night rescue illuminates a unique Minnesota emergency team

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State Patrol pilots and St. Paul Fire specialists make up an air rescue unit that is unique in Minnesota and increasingly called in.

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Ex-governor candidate, wife say family is ‘struggling to comprehend’ daughter’s killing

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Duluth man fatally shot by deputies was suspect in homicide from earlier in the day, authorities say

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Opinion | Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office has been asked to do the wrong job

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Over time it has been one of the most effective such offices in the nation, but recently it has been seriously diminished.

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Editorial | The surge is ending. The damage remains. Now what?

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Hill-Murray trips Woodbury, and Andover’s headed to state again

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Wayzata's Golomb, St. Paul Academy win Nordic state championship

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Their love story started with cheese curds and tough questions — and led to an engagement one year later.

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After $96M remodel, Northstar Center owner looks to sell downtown Minneapolis offices

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New York-based investment firm Taconic Capital and developer Polaris Properties were optimistic after the 17-story west tower’s renovation completed in late 2024. But tenants were hard to land.

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Hennepin County medical center to stop accepting most out-of-county patient transfers

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Health Care

Minnesota, other states win order blocking Trump administration health grant cuts

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