The former governor of New Jersey — and onetime Trump ally — announced the end of his campaign at a town hall in Windham, N.H., Wednesday, just days before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.
A Big Lake woman on Wednesday admitted stealing more than $2.4 million from government child nutrition programs. Sharon Ross is among five dozen people charged in connection with the Feeding our Future investigation and is the 17th to plead guilty.
The U.S. Department of Education is debating whether to make an enormous and potentially disruptive change to this year’s FAFSA process to help borrowers and remedy a department mistake.
A woman admitted stealing more than $2.4 million dollars from government child nutrition programs. Sharon Ross of Big Lake is among five dozen people charged in connection with the Feeding our Future investigation and the 17th to plead guilty.
Daudt has been a Republican caucus leader for much of his time in the Minnesota Legislature, including a stint as House speaker. He’ll leave before the next session begins on Feb. 12.
There’s a slight chance of snow Wednesday. It should be dry and partly sunny with highs approaching zero and below this week, with another chance of snow Friday and Saturday. On Sunday we’ll see a high of -4.
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Eric Hohn has been a sound tech at the Cedar Cultural Center for the past 27 years and he is a founding member of the Mubbla Buggs, who are headlining the center’s 35th anniversary show.
Rev. Douglas Mullin succeeds retiring Abbot John Klassen, who is credited with increasing transparency and accountability during the monastery's reckoning of sexual abuse by monks.
Police in Cloquet on Wednesday released the names of the two victims and the alleged gunman who died in a shooting at a motel in the northern Minnesota city earlier this week.
Jeff Ernewein is a photographer at KSTP-TV. He was also a firefighter for 12 years. He was one of the first journalists at the scene of last week’s St. Paul house fire.
A two-year motorcycle trip from St. Paul to Argentina. Taking youngsters and adults on camping trips. Experiments run out of a college dorm. A Kickstarter campaign. Intrigued?
The House Homeland Security committee kicked off a series of hearings to take up articles of impeachment against Mayorkas. Democrats say there is no basis to remove him and it's a political move.
Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin said 2023 was a year of progress for the central Minnesota-based tribe. Benjamin outlined band priorities for the coming year, including plans to open a cannabis growing facility.
Another round of snow develops west to east Wednesday into early Thursday. A larger storm system may graze southern Minnesota Friday and Saturday ahead of frigid weekend temperatures.
The closure of the southwest Minnesota park near Granite Falls is part of a previously announced plan to transfer the property to the nearby Upper Sioux Community.
The group of seven elected officials is majority women of color, and all the women on the council are under the age of 40, making them the city’s most racially diverse and youngest council ever.
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 23 of his 28 points in the first half and the Minnesota Timberwolves led from start to finish in a 113-92 win over the Orlando Magic.
Hamline University is welcoming Kathleen Murray as its newest leader during a time of increased attention to academic freedom on campus. She spoke with MPR News about bolstering free speech and trust within the community.
Another defendant in the Feeding our Future conspiracy case is expected to plead guilty Wednesday. And a new state legislative task force met Tuesday to address a crisis facing emergency medical response in rural Minnesota.
Just 18 facilities were converted into Rural Emergency Hospitals so far. Advocates and lawmakers say tweaks to the law are needed to widen the reach and keep health care in rural communities.
Climate-warming greenhouse gasses in the U.S. declined 1.9 percent last year, but that's only a third of what's needed to meet Paris climate change goals.
Researchers found roughly 240,000 detectable plastic fragments in a typical liter of bottled water. Most of them were nanoplastics — particles less than 1 micrometer in size.
In what could become a blueprint for similar Minnesota communities, Lake City, southeast of the Twin Cities, has returned ownership of Dakota burial mounds back to their modern-day relatives at Prairie Island Indian Community. Two communities historically at odds now may be ushering in a period of understanding.