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Fraud concerns delay funding for above-board home care providers
Home care was one of 14 human services programs the state froze payments to amid a massive fraud scandal. Now, providers not accused of wrongdoing say they can’t afford to stay open.
January 20, 2026
State Fair announces this year’s admission and parking prices for the Great Minnesota Get-Together
Fair officials also detailed some structural improvements in the works.
January 19, 2026
Lyle Gerhardt had a front-row view of Metropolitan Stadium’s evolution in Bloomington
Lyle Gerhardt, who grew up on the family farm where the Mall of America now stands, died Jan. 1 at age 102.
January 19, 2026
‘We don’t want to be like Minneapolis’: Feelings on ICE surge reveal deep divide across state
As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement stirs up the Twin Cities, ideological fault lines are appearing between the metro and greater Minnesota.
January 18, 2026
Transit providers say fraud claims could threaten a struggling industry, especially in rural Minnesota
Thousands of Minnesotans rely on the Medicaid-funded transportation program to get to medical appointments.
January 17, 2026
Natural gas pipeline explosion rocks east-central Minnesota town
No injuries were reported but more than 600 Minnesota Energy Resources customers were without heat.
January 17, 2026
ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then detain workers
“Would your mama be proud of you right now?” a bystander said as agents returned at closing time to nab the workers.
January 16, 2026
Man allegedly driving again without license when he hit, killed woman crossing Minnesota road
The woman was crossing the road toward her mailbox, according to the criminal complaint.
January 16, 2026
Tolkkinen: Who did ICE take from a Perham company? The agency wouldn’t tell me.
In greater Minnesota, conservatives are mum about federal secrecy. 
AuthoredKaren Tolkkinen
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Willmar bird flu laboratory gets reprieve from USDA funding hit
The diagnostic center in Willmar learned it got the exemption its supporters were seeking.
January 15, 2026
With bear encounters declining in the BWCAW, officials extend food storage order
U.S. Forest Service said run-ins have dropped “sharply” from an average of 58 per year.
January 15, 2026
New effort to open mining near BWCAW could undermine protections outside Minnesota
A novel use of the Congressional Review Act by Rep. Pete Stauber could remove a hurdle for Twin Metals while emboldening opponents of other similar bans.
January 15, 2026
![Rising above the treeline (Top of this photo), on the shore of Birch Lake, the Twin Metals Copper Nickel Mine Plant site and Tailings Management site is part of the proposed plan. ] In theory, the copper-nickel mine Twin Metals wants to build in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a zero-discharge mine -- a closed loop that will endlessly recycle millions of gallons of water, including rainwater and the polluted process water it uses to extract ore and](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/YHBTRGPTHTAE2QDYTS6YZ24OS4.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)