1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (452+ words) BLAINE, MN (September 13, 2026). Blaine residents looking for help with housing, mental health, food insecurity or other everyday problems will soon be able to walk into a public library and speak directly with the police department's licensed social worker without scheduling…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (521+ words) ROCHESTER, MN (September 6, 2026). A $30 million settlement with the largest insurer of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester will provide additional compensation to 145 people who survived sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and staff, bringing another lengthy phase of litigation over the abuse claims…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (431+ words) BROOKLYN CENTER, MN (September 6, 2026). Four juvenile males were detained following a shooting in Brooklyn Center Friday evening that triggered a foot pursuit and police search, with investigators recovering a handgun equipped with an extended magazine and at least six spent…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (476+ words) COON RAPIDS, MN (September 5, 2026). Coon Rapids residents will remain under enhanced water-conservation restrictions indefinitely after the City Council extended measures intended to protect the municipal water supply during continuing drought conditions. The council acted September 1 to continue restrictions first implemented…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (213+ words) SOUTH SAINT PAUL, MN (September 2, 2026) A South Saint Paul daycare worker has been charged with malicious punishment of a child after investigators said a young girl suffered bruising to her ear. Karen Denise Dudley, 60, of West Saint Paul, faces a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (487+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, MN (September 1, 2026) September 1 marks an unusually early first day of school for some Minnesota students this year after lawmakers temporarily relaxed the state's longstanding restriction on classes beginning before Labor Day. Minnesota law generally prevents public elementary and secondary…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (497+ words) Officers were called to the 4200 block of Portland Avenue at approximately 6:45 a.m. following a report concerning an injured or unresponsive person. Police found an adult man in the yard with an apparent stab wound. He was pronounced dead despite the emergency…...

2+ week, 6+ 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, 6+ hour ago   (410+ words) The Minnesota State Fair reported that 198,842 people entered the grounds Saturday. That was 21 fewer visitors than the comparable Saturday in 2025, when attendance reached 198,863. It was also below the first-Saturday record of 222,194 established in 2018. The official figure corrects preliminary suggestions that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (865+ words) The closure began at 10 p.m. Friday and is scheduled to remain in effect until 5 a.m. Monday, August 31, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Southbound Highway 65 is closed at Anoka County Road 10, also known as Mounds View Boulevard, in Spring Lake Park....