Elk River has joined several other Minnesota towns in flying the old state flag, including:
Champlin, Zumbrota, North Branch, Detroit Lakes, Pine Island, Crosslake, Babbitt and Wadena.
Tyler Kistner, a three-time Republican candidate and Marine veteran, announced he is dropping out of the Second Congressional District race less than a year after launching his campaign, citing work-related conflicts, including a recent activation to deploy to the Middle East.
Now that most of the roughly 4,000 federal agents have receded from Minnesota, volunteers who’ve spun a grassroots web of crisis-response networks are entering the next stage of loving their neighbors.
Under state law and the Leech Lake Band’s cannabis compact, the band has authority over all cannabis businesses within its boundaries, regardless of a property’s ownership. The tribe operates 2 recreational marijuana dispensaries on its land & recently accepted applications for cultivation licenses.
Therese Haugen has threatened to sue both the tribe and state.
“I knew I was in the reservation, but I always honestly thought this was like my private land,” she said, adding that she pays property taxes to Cass County and had no previous interactions with the tribe about her land.
The Ramsey County Attorney and sheriff announced Monday that they are investigating federal agents for possible criminal charges, including kidnapping, after they pulled a St. Paul man out of his home in January into below-zero windchill wearing nothing but boxers and Crocs.
A 2024 city auditor’s report on “sexual encounter establishments, swingers’ clubs, and sex clubs” found 6 US cities — including Duluth — allow bathhouses w/o a special permit or regulation beyond general business requirements related to amenities like food, pools and alcohol. None reported issues
Children’s Minnesota resumed gender health care services it had suspended in late February in response to efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to cut off federal funding.
“I don’t know what’s wrong with your people up there,” Trump told the governor, noting there had been less resistance to immigration enforcement in other Democratic cities.
“You didn’t kill people there,” Walz responded.
Can we all collectively agree to stop using the term "value proposition"? Please, I beg you.
The vast majority of those arrested between December and March 10 were from Latin America, including half from Ecuador or Mexico. Only 112 were Somali nationals, despite President Donald Trump repeatedly disparaging the Somali community.
“For some people it may not be a big deal, it’s a body,” Tonicia said. “He’s dead. Why does it matter? ... To me it meant everything. It meant everything to my children.”
Action 4 Liberty, a conservative political action committee led by former Republican state Rep. Erik Mortensen, posted an image on X depicting a statue of Hortman reaching for a wallet in someone’s back pocket.
“Leaked image of what the artist has in mind,” the post read.
“They made a big show of pointing a camera way out their window so that I could see them taking pictures of my house,” state Rep. Brad Tabke said.
For the first time in its history, the Minnesota Senate will allow senators and staff to bring their children on the floor following calls from women on both sides of the aisle to make the chamber more welcoming to parents.
“There are certain moments where you’re in the right place at the right time and something deeply meaningful occurs that is bigger than the band. It all has to do with the events of the day, the moment you’re in,” the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer said.
One of the National Transportation Safety Board's air traffic control specialists was caught in a three-hour line for security at a Houston airport.
Breaking news: The Supreme Court appeared likely to embrace a conservative challenge to tallying mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a move that could upend election procedures as voters prepare to cast ballots in the midterms.
Ashley Kittelson and Jennifer Marsaw both turned to the courts for help and were swiftly granted orders for protection from the men they were involved with.
It wasn’t enough.
“Instinctively, Victor protected a classmate with his own body, directly saving their life during the attack,” according to a news release from the Medal of Honor Society. “His courage and selflessness became a powerful symbol of hope and humanity for a community in crisis.”
Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a Minnesota woman accused of taking part in a January protest at a St. Paul church, after her attorney said she was misidentified and never attended the demonstration.
As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deployed to 13 of the nation’s airports to help staff TSA checkpoints, President Donald Trump said they should not wear masks while helping with operations.
This is an especially effective scam because so many people have racked up traffic violations in Hennepin County. On Thursday, several people showed up at the courthouse for the fake hearing.
Tafoya recommended “keeping a stiff upper lip. Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks so that gas goes a little further until this thing is over and these gas prices come back down again. Let’s just try to be patriots about this.”
The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum announced that Twin Cities residents have earned the Profile in Courage Award for risking their lives to protect neighbors and peacefully defending human rights during the immigration surge.
Roughly 30% of the long-term care workforce is made up of immigrants, said Nicole Mattson, with the association Care Providers of Minnesota.
People who provide such services must go through background checks and be authorized to work in the United States.
