With ICE surge spreading across state, rumors and anxiety grow in greater Minnesota
Reports of federal agents conducting arrests has some residents on edge in cities and rural communities.
January 14, 2026
Raucous Mankato meeting briefly halted by ICE protesters
The incident laid bare anxieties about ICE and federal operations in Minnesota’s cities.
January 13, 2026
Billionaire Glen Taylor transfers $100 million land gift to support rural areas
The gift to his Taylor Family Farms Foundation follows a $172 million transfer last year.
January 6, 2026
Walz got his start in Mankato. Here’s how his Minnesota hometown is reacting to his decision not to run
The governor first ran for office while teaching high school geography in Mankato.
January 5, 2026
How ‘inclusive’ culture brought an All-America pass rusher to Mankato
Marcus Hansen said he found a home at Minnesota State University, Mankato after a private Christian college ousted him.
January 4, 2026
In Minnesota hockey rinks, tariffs hit the boards
The dasher boards that line ice arenas in Minnesota contain aluminum components from Canada, adding tariff bills of thousands to rink renovations.
January 3, 2026
AI use explodes on Minnesota college, university campuses
Artificial intelligence has gone mainstream this semester, three years after the debut of ChatGPT. Schools and professors are scrambling to respond.
December 25, 2025
Minnesota sheriff faces lawsuit over deal to help ICE
The ACLU argues Freeborn County’s agreement to help with immigration enforcement violates state law.
December 19, 2025
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Fed up with controversy, residents want to get rid of this Minnesota town entirely
Petitioners say things are so bad that they can’t wait until the next election and have filed to dissolve the city government of Twin Lakes.
December 12, 2025
Mankato university prepared specially for 40 to 60 international students. Just 4 showed up.
Minnesota State Mankato offered an intensive program to help students catch up after experiencing visa delays.
December 4, 2025
Cold night ahead could be record-breaking in southern Minnesota
A long-term forecast calls for a colder and snowier winter than in recent years, but a climatologist says it’s not a sure thing.
December 3, 2025
Faced with a housing crisis, this southern Minnesota city is saying yes to experimental builds
Over the summer, the New Ulm City Council voted in favor of tiny homes, shed houses and zoning flexibility.
December 1, 2025
