3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (487+ words) SAINT PAUL, MN (September 10, 2026). Saint Paul's planned expansion of its police drone program has been stopped for now after City Council members declined Wednesday to move forward while questions remain about privacy, surveillance and oversight of the technology. The proposal…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (636+ words) BROOKLYN CENTER, MN (September 10, 2026). A yearlong investigation into suspected criminal activity at Brooklyn Center hotels culminated Wednesday in one of the city's largest coordinated law-enforcement operations in recent memory, with authorities executing 31 search warrants at four hotels and arresting approximately…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (525+ words) ELY, MN (September 10, 2026). After more than two months of firefighting across some of Minnesota's most remote terrain, wildfires that burned more than 71,000 acres in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have reached 100 percent containment. U.S. Forest Service officials said…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (968+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, MN (September 9, 2026). The Minnesota State Fair ended its 2026 run with 1,923,325 visitors, the seventh-highest attendance in its history. The more useful lesson is found inside the daily totals. Opening Thursday drew 155,185 visitors, followed by 204,065 on the first Friday. Attendance declined…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (747+ words) SAINT PAUL, MN (September 8, 2026). A neighborhood dispute over the planned METRO H Line is intensifying in Saint Paul as residents along Como Avenue push Metro Transit to move part of the bus rapid transit route away from their residential street…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (258+ words) ROBBINSDALE, MN (September 2, 2026) Sanford Health and North Memorial Health have officially completed their merger, turning an agreement approved last week into an operating healthcare system extending from the Twin Cities across much of the Upper Midwest. The organizations announced Tuesday…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (390+ words) Officers responded to the 3200 block of 78th Street East and entered the residence, where they discovered the three bodies. Police established a large law-enforcement presence around the property while investigators began examining the scene. Authorities said there was no active or…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1399+ words) Kyler Murray, whom Head Coach Kevin O’Connell named the starter earlier in August, leads a quarterback room that also includes McCarthy, veteran Carson Wentz and Brosmer. The Vikings said it is the first time in at least a decade that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (380+ words) The August 10 shooting occurred after officers responded to a reported domestic assault and encountered the suspect near a hospital entrance. The newly released body-camera recording captures an officer shouting, “He’s got a gun,” immediately before shots were fired. Surveillance footage…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (690+ words) Tariffs on hundreds of Canadian products are rising, with some increases reaching 50 percent, according to reporting on the dispute. For Minnesota companies, the consequences may extend well beyond the border. Businesses that import Canadian materials, components or finished products could…...