Sharon Ross of Big Lake pleaded guilty in early 2024 to stealing $2.4 million from taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs as part of what federal prosecutors in Minnesota say was a $250 million scam involving 70 people and “the single largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country.”

On Thursday, three council members proposed that more than $1.1 million be allocated to Hennepin County to temporarily take over two violence intervention programs currently administered by the city’s Neighborhood Safety Department. 

A change in the Minneapolis youth league registration system could spell the end of the beloved southside team. Coach Muck-Wa Roberts says his program helps Native teenagers stay out of trouble and become future leaders.

The May Day Cafe in Minneapolis, a longtime community hub, reopened on Friday as the worker-owned May Day Cafe Workers Cooperative, after raising over $100,000 in small donations and securing city funding, ensuring the beloved cafe remains in the hands of its workers and the community.

Staff, public officials and MSU Mankato students gathered to celebrate the opening of the new Rural Behavioral Health Clinic in Mankato this week. Designed to serve Minnesota’s south central region, it will provide counseling and case management services, while also offering training to students at the school.

The legislative session was resuscitated after weeks of a Minnesota House deadlock. Party leaders agreed to pact where they will share power on committees if a tie returns and clear away other areas of dispute.