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DOJ asks to look at Minnesota’s voter registration rolls, other election data

An election expert says the federal government doesn’t have the legal right to some of the data it’s requesting.

News & Politics

Minneapolis landlord opens homeless camps on his parking lots in defiance of city

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Man exchanges gunfire with police in St. Paul grocery store, wounds 2 before turning gun on himself

Minneapolis

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The 30 restaurants most vital to the Twin Cities area right now

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Prosecutors argue ex-Sen. Justin Eichorn didn’t have ‘immunity’ to sex sting charges as former lawmaker

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Prosecutors argue ex-Sen. Justin Eichorn didn’t have ‘immunity’ to sex sting charges as former lawmaker

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Forecasters say smoke will bring unhealthy air to all of Minnesota this weekend

Outdoors

Forecasters say smoke will bring unhealthy air to all of Minnesota this weekend

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These restaurants and music stores are closing — what does it mean?

Twin Cities

These restaurants and music stores are closing — what does it mean?

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Duluth EPA lab employees put on leave after signing dissent letter

Duluth

Duluth EPA lab employees put on leave after signing dissent letter

Several employees signed letter, which decried EPA’s direction under Trump.

Greater Minnesota

Woman admits she was driving, not her twin, when she hit Amish buggy and killed two kids

Greater Minnesota

Woman admits she was driving, not her twin, when she hit Amish buggy and killed two kids

News & Politics

Prosecutors argue ex-Sen. Justin Eichorn didn’t have ‘immunity’ to sex sting charges as former lawmaker

News & Politics

Prosecutors argue ex-Sen. Justin Eichorn didn’t have ‘immunity’ to sex sting charges as former lawmaker

Duluth

Duluth EPA lab employees put on leave after signing dissent letter

Duluth

Duluth EPA lab employees put on leave after signing dissent letter

Several employees signed letter, which decried EPA’s direction under Trump.

St. Cloud

St. Cloud business owner accused of swindling $240K from customers

Duluth

CHS to close Twin Ports largest grain elevator, all 504 concrete silos

Greater Minnesota

Ex-sheriff’s deputy in northwest Minnesota and wife charged with trafficking, animal cruelty in Tennessee

Greater Minnesota

Law enforcement shoots domestic assault suspect after pursuit in northwestern Minnesota

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Opinion | Minnesota’s leaders are grieving. Let’s give them grace.

Commentaries

Opinion | Minnesota’s leaders are grieving. Let’s give them grace.

The lessons I’ve learned from my work in victim advocacy are just as potent in this context.

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Readers Write: Fragmentation of the metro, Target’s DEI policies, Rep. Melissa Hortman

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Commentaries

Opinion | Minnesota’s leaders are grieving. Let’s give them grace.

Commentaries

Opinion | Minnesota’s leaders are grieving. Let’s give them grace.

The lessons I’ve learned from my work in victim advocacy are just as potent in this context.

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Olson’s Cheers & Jeers: As John Hoffman recovers, a shaken state begins the sad return to normalcy

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Weather

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Paul DouglasColumnist

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Sports

Wolves

Timberwolves' new owners meet the media: What we learned in Las Vegas

Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez addressed theater-style lighting for Target Center, the return of Kevin Garnett, a new ticketing app and the potential of a new arena.

Loons

Minnesota United FC’s defense-first philosophy comes with a catch: It keeps games close enough to lose

Sports

Millville racer says goodbye to pro motocross at the track where it all began

Twins

Reusse: The last chance for the Twins' draft of 2020 is emerging at St. Paul

Patrick Reusse

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Culture

Minneapolis recommends two nonprofits to run shuttered Cowles Center

Culture

Minneapolis recommends two nonprofits to run shuttered Cowles Center

Arts’ Nest and Zenon Dance School have ambitious plans for the venue, which has been shuttered for more than a year.

Music

Why are Paul McCartney and so many older singers coming to Minnesota this year?

Music

Why are Paul McCartney and so many older singers coming to Minnesota this year?

Eat & Drink

The 30 restaurants most vital to the Twin Cities area right now

Eat & Drink

The 30 restaurants most vital to the Twin Cities area right now

Culture

Minneapolis recommends two nonprofits to run shuttered Cowles Center

Culture

Minneapolis recommends two nonprofits to run shuttered Cowles Center

Arts’ Nest and Zenon Dance School have ambitious plans for the venue, which has been shuttered for more than a year.

News & Politics

Greater Minnesota

Woman admits she was driving, not her twin, when she hit Amish buggy and killed two kids

The Wabasha 37-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to charges in the 2023 crash.

News & Politics

Prosecutors argue ex-Sen. Justin Eichorn didn’t have ‘immunity’ to sex sting charges as former lawmaker

St. Paul

Man exchanges gunfire with police in St. Paul grocery store, wounds 2 before turning gun on himself

News & Politics

Minneapolis landlord opens homeless camps on his parking lots in defiance of city

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Home Gazing

Italian-style villa in south Minneapolis’ Linden Hills listed for nearly $1.8M

Home Gazing

Italian-style villa in south Minneapolis’ Linden Hills listed for nearly $1.8M

The house’s location near Bde Maka Ska, Minikahda Golf Course and shops and restaurants makes it easy to enjoy outdoor activities.

Retail

Target calls entire commercial unit back to Minneapolis HQ three days a week

Retail

Target calls entire commercial unit back to Minneapolis HQ three days a week

Agriculture

The last bite: First it was cereal bacon, now it’s bacon cereal

Agriculture

The last bite: First it was cereal bacon, now it’s bacon cereal

Home Gazing

Italian-style villa in south Minneapolis’ Linden Hills listed for nearly $1.8M

Home Gazing

Italian-style villa in south Minneapolis’ Linden Hills listed for nearly $1.8M

The house’s location near Bde Maka Ska, Minikahda Golf Course and shops and restaurants makes it easy to enjoy outdoor activities.

Outdoors

Outdoors

Forecasters say smoke will bring unhealthy air to all of Minnesota this weekend

Due to heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires, air quality is expected to reach levels unhealthy for everyone in most of Minnesota.

Outdoors

Anderson: Pheasant chicks drowned in Minnesota floods, but hope still springs for this year’s hunt

Dennis Anderson

Environment

The ‘Queen of Walleye’ raises millions of fish in St. Paul basement

This Week In Nature

Rascally raccoon ‘kits’ are exploring near you

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Elections

Former Wisconsin clerk who failed to count ballots broke laws, the state’s elections commission says

Democrats step up efforts to woo military veterans ahead of midterms

Woman in orange shirt with clipboard talks during a meeting of political volunteers in a leafy park.

New York City mayoral primary boosts hopes of Minneapolis democratic socialists

Curious Minnesota

A muskrat dining on vegetation on the shore of Bde Maka Ska scratches an itch Tuesday in Minneapolis ]

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021, in Minneapolis, MN.

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Minnesotans aboard the Titanic told dramatic stories of survival and loss

What was the Twin Cities like in the Gilded Age?

Culture

Sally Rousse, shown near the entrance of the Cowles Center, has created a new show celebrating the building.

Minneapolis recommends two nonprofits to run shuttered Cowles Center

Paul McCartney performs on day 2 of the 2016 Desert Trip music festival at Empire Polo Field on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in Indio, Calif.

Why are Paul McCartney and so many older singers coming to Minnesota this year?

Italian-style villa in south Minneapolis’ Linden Hills listed for nearly $1.8M

Travel

Delta defies summer travel slump as profits beat expectation, push up stock

Minneapolis nonprofit takes travelers across rural Italy: ‘Walk with your hearts’

Four reasons to take Delta’s new nonstop flight from MSP to Rome this summer

Health Care

Mental health care is limited in rural Minnesota. It’s also most vulnerable to Medicaid cuts.

Essentia clinicians join nurses on strike in northern Minnesota

Under an agreement with 33 states, e-cigarette maker Juul will pay $438.5 million and refrain from all youth marketing, paid product placement, advertising on public transportation, funding education programs, depicting anyone under 35 years old in advertisement or using cartoons in ads, among other marketing activities. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS) ORG XMIT: 57810322W

Minneapolis City Council hikes price of e-cigarettes to $25 minimum

Outdoor Activities

Photos by Jim Williams
Female (front) and male house finches both sing (and enjoy grape jelly).

The Latest

Timberwolves' new owners meet the media: What we learned in Las Vegas

State Department lays off over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan

Minnesota United FC’s defense-first philosophy comes with a catch: It keeps games close enough to lose

Woman admits she was driving, not her twin, when she hit Amish buggy and killed two kids

Millville racer says goodbye to pro motocross at the track where it all began

Reusse: The last chance for the Twins' draft of 2020 is emerging at St. Paul

Trump tours Texas flood sites and defends officials amid mounting questions about response

'We want him back': Rossi remains unsigned, but Wild hold all the cards

Summit Avenue residents plan new lawsuit over bike lane

St. Cloud business owner accused of swindling $240K from customers

Manny Collins was an ‘old soul’ who checked in on family and had hopes for the future

Trump plans to hike tariffs on Canadian goods to 35%

Iran's attack on Qatar air base hit geodesic dome used for US communications, satellite photos show

Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks

US is selling weapons to NATO allies to give to Ukraine, Trump says

Minneapolis recommends two nonprofits to run shuttered Cowles Center

Minnetonka police to send drones first in response to some 911 calls

Walmart recalls 850,000 water bottles after two consumers suffer vision loss from ejecting caps

Aurora host first home playoff match since 2022, with championship game in sight

Charges: Girl, 14, picked up off street, brought to Twin Cities home, drugged and raped by 2 men

DOJ asks to look at Minnesota’s voter registration rolls, other election data

DOJ asks to look at Minnesota’s voter registration rolls, other election data

Minneapolis landlord opens homeless camps on his parking lots in defiance of city

Man exchanges gunfire with police in St. Paul grocery store, wounds 2 before turning gun on himself

Minneapolis City Council votes to study new ways to tax city's richest residents and businesses

St. Cloud business owner accused of swindling $240K from customers

Target calls entire commercial unit back to Minneapolis HQ three days a week

The 30 restaurants most vital to the Twin Cities area right now

The 30 restaurants most vital to the Twin Cities area right now

Prosecutors argue ex-Sen. Justin Eichorn didn’t have ‘immunity’ to sex sting charges as former lawmaker

Prosecutors argue ex-Sen. Justin Eichorn didn’t have ‘immunity’ to sex sting charges as former lawmaker

Forecasters say smoke will bring unhealthy air to all of Minnesota this weekend

Forecasters say smoke will bring unhealthy air to all of Minnesota this weekend

These restaurants and music stores are closing — what does it mean?

These restaurants and music stores are closing — what does it mean?

Greater Minnesota

Duluth EPA lab employees put on leave after signing dissent letter

Duluth EPA lab employees put on leave after signing dissent letter

Woman admits she was driving, not her twin, when she hit Amish buggy and killed two kids

Woman admits she was driving, not her twin, when she hit Amish buggy and killed two kids

Prosecutors argue ex-Sen. Justin Eichorn didn’t have ‘immunity’ to sex sting charges as former lawmaker

Prosecutors argue ex-Sen. Justin Eichorn didn’t have ‘immunity’ to sex sting charges as former lawmaker

Duluth EPA lab employees put on leave after signing dissent letter

Duluth EPA lab employees put on leave after signing dissent letter

St. Cloud business owner accused of swindling $240K from customers

CHS to close Twin Ports largest grain elevator, all 504 concrete silos

Ex-sheriff’s deputy in northwest Minnesota and wife charged with trafficking, animal cruelty in Tennessee

Law enforcement shoots domestic assault suspect after pursuit in northwestern Minnesota

Opinion

Opinion | Minnesota’s leaders are grieving. Let’s give them grace.

Opinion | Minnesota’s leaders are grieving. Let’s give them grace.

Readers Write: Fragmentation of the metro, Target’s DEI policies, Rep. Melissa Hortman

Readers Write: Fragmentation of the metro, Target’s DEI policies, Rep. Melissa Hortman

Opinion | Minnesota can lead again on refugees, just as Mondale did

Olson’s Cheers & Jeers: As John Hoffman recovers, a shaken state begins the sad return to normalcy

Opinion | Minnesota’s leaders are grieving. Let’s give them grace.

Opinion | Minnesota’s leaders are grieving. Let’s give them grace.

Opinion | Minnesota can lead again on refugees, just as Mondale did

Olson’s Cheers & Jeers: As John Hoffman recovers, a shaken state begins the sad return to normalcy

Strib Voices

Reusse: The last chance for the Twins' draft of 2020 is emerging at St. Paul

Douglas: A fresh breeze and highs near 80

Opinion | Minnesota’s leaders are grieving. Let’s give them grace.

Sports

Timberwolves' new owners meet the media: What we learned in Las Vegas

Timberwolves' new owners meet the media: What we learned in Las Vegas

Minnesota United FC’s defense-first philosophy comes with a catch: It keeps games close enough to lose

Millville racer says goodbye to pro motocross at the track where it all began

Reusse: The last chance for the Twins' draft of 2020 is emerging at St. Paul

Food & Culture

Minneapolis recommends two nonprofits to run shuttered Cowles Center

Minneapolis recommends two nonprofits to run shuttered Cowles Center

Why are Paul McCartney and so many older singers coming to Minnesota this year?

Why are Paul McCartney and so many older singers coming to Minnesota this year?

The 30 restaurants most vital to the Twin Cities area right now

The 30 restaurants most vital to the Twin Cities area right now

Minneapolis recommends two nonprofits to run shuttered Cowles Center

Minneapolis recommends two nonprofits to run shuttered Cowles Center

John Grisham, Stacey Abrams and more top authors headed to St. Paul for Talking Volumes