By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Corrections has penalized a county jail for depriving an inmate of food and water for more than two days as punishment after he smeared feces in his cell and refused to clean it up.
The department ...
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks.
The ski ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Where will you be watching the April 8 total solar eclipse? There are just a few weeks left to pick your spot to see the skies darken along a strip of North America, whether by land, sea or air.
For those who live inside the 115-mile-wide path of total darkness, it may be a ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature convened Monday with lawmakers fast-tracking legislation to fix a law enacted last year that limits the powers of police who work in schools to restrain disruptive students.
The change ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state commission selected a basic design concept Friday for a new state flag for Minnesota to replace a current banner that is considered offensive to Native Americans, but will need more time to add the finishing touches.
The final choice came down to two templates. The ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press
Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly in his cell at a federal penitentiary in Florida.
The assaults of two notorious, high-profile ...
Minnesota (5-5, 3-4 Big Ten) at No. 3 Ohio State (10-0, 7-0, CFP No. 2), Saturday, 4 p.m. ET (BTN)
Line: Ohio State by 27 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Series record: Ohio State leads 46-7.
WHAT'S AT STAKE?
The Buckeyes need to take care of business against a lesser opponent one ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI, MARK VANCLEAVE and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press
ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his platoon came under heavy fire during the Korean War -- he still has shrapnel embedded in his thigh.
But over 70 years later, the 96-year-old ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of grain and other goods from Canada and the United States via the Great Lakes to the rest of the world.
Around 360 workers in Ontario and Quebec with Unifor, Canada's largest ...
GOODHUE, Minn. (AP) — As Goodhue Police Chief Josh Smith struggled this summer to fill vacancies in his small department, he warned the town's City Council that unless pay and benefits improved, finding new officers would never happen.
When nothing changed, Smith quit. So did his few ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state commission went to work Tuesday on designing a new state flag and seal for Minnesota to replace a current emblem in both that's considered offensive to Native Americans.
One of the main elements of Minnesota's state flag includes a prominent state seal against a ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Income tax rebates of $260 for individuals and up to $1,300 for families of five are already starting to show up in the bank accounts of about 2.1 million Minnesota residents, officials said Wednesday.
The rebates, adding up to about $1 billion, are part of legislation ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Al Quie, a moderate Republican known for working across the aisle as both governor and as a congressman, has died. He was 99.
Quie died of natural causes late Friday at a senior living community in suburban Wayzata where he had lived for the last 10 ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis City Council members narrowly passed a measure on Thursday that would establish a minimum wage for drivers of Uber, Lyft and other ride-share companies in the city.
Many of the drivers are African immigrants who have been pushing for higher wages at the state ...
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) — The Red Lake Nation in northwestern Minnesota, which opened the state's first recreational marijuana store this month, now plans to roll out a mobile dispensary.
Minnesota Public Radio reported that the dispensary, which will resemble a food truck, will allow the tribe ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Income tax rebates of $260 for individuals and up to $1,300 for families of five are already starting to show up in the bank accounts of about 2.1 million Minnesota residents, officials said Wednesday.
The rebates, adding up to about $1 billion, are part of legislation ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Fueled by election gains, Democrats in Minnesota and Michigan this year enacted far-reaching policy changes that party leaders in other states are looking to as a potential roadmap for what they could swiftly achieve with similar control.
Gun safety packages, expanded ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Racial justice groups and relatives of a Black man shot and killed this week by a Minnesota State Patrol trooper demanded Wednesday that the governor fire three officers who were involved in stopping the man on a Minneapolis freeway.
The groups and relatives of 33-year-old ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesotans can legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes starting Tuesday, Aug. 1, subject to limits meant to keep a lid on things while the state sets up a full-blown legal cannabis industry.
The ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A fourth aquifer breach has been confirmed in northern Minnesota stemming from a Canadian oil company's construction of an oil pipeline replacement in the region, state officials said.
Officials with Enbridge Energy and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ...