The state's 33rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in St. Paul also celebrated women of color in science, technology, engineering and math.
The sheriff says the suspect took Jayme against her will and is being held on two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping.
Tim Walz took the oath of office Monday to become Minnesota's 41st governor. He was sworn in alongside his lieutenant governor, Peggy Flanagan, as well as Secretary of State Steve Simon, State Auditor Julie Blaha and Attorney General Keith Ellison, all Democrats.
A winter storm that arrived Wednesday night has delivered rain and snow in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, coating roads and neighborhoods of the region with mushy snow and sleet.
The number of animals arriving at the Animal Humane Society in Golden Valley continues to rise. The adoption rate is impressive at over 95 percent. Still, the shelter had to euthanize more than 1,000 animals this year.
Our staff and freelance photographers have crossed the state and country to make these images, and we hope they can help you stop and feel, something we haven't had much of a chance to do this year.
A German tradition of people dressed as beasts, who hit people with sticks, is also a feature of Minnesota celebrations this holiday season -- bringing tidings of discomfort and fear.
Photographer and astronomy blogger Bob King, better known as "Astro Bob," shares regular news and insights about outer space that are tailored to his audience in northeastern Minnesota.