The U.S. Forest Service is closing all Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness entry points starting Tuesday, July 14 due to ongoing wildfires in the region and extreme weather conditions.
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Darline Graham Nordone, who was appointed to serve the remaining months of the Senate term that her late brother, Lindsey Graham, left behind when he died over the weekend, hasn't been in office before.
Minnesota is joining a legal challenge targeting the largest media merger in history, arguing that it would ultimately be a bad deal for customers.
Brooklyn Park police are asking for help finding a missing 15-year-old girl last seen on July 8. Bushra Othman Alsso was last seen around 8 p.m. leaving from the 9400 block of Decatur Drive North wearing a black dress and hijab, according to an alert from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Appre...
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced Monday afternoon that Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, will finish his term following his death over the weekend.
All entry points will close starting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. After days of dry conditions, fires have engulfed thousands of acres.
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Join Elizabeth Ries in October 2027 on an adventure to the Tuscan Countryside of Italy! Golden sunsets over rolling vineyards. Renaissance masterpieces revealed in silent galleries. Private tastings in noble wine estates. Tucked into the heart of Tuscany, the journey between Cortona and Fl...
A sunny and dangerously hot Monday kicks off a prolonged stretch of 90-degree weather across Minnesota, with an extreme heat warning in effect for much of central and northern Minnesota.
The evidence includes the SUV Renee Good was driving and is considered comprehensive.
Two Wabasha firefighters were among the three people found dead in Lake Pepin on Sunday after a pontoon overturned Saturday night.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is ''reinstating'' a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and, in a seeming policy reversal, will charge other ships for safe passage. Iran has insisted it controls the critical waterway, as another exchange of fire threatened a r...
An FBI investigation is underway in Biddeford, Maine following a deadly shooting Monday morning involving a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) agent.
Minnesota lawmakers are remembering U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham after his sudden death over the weekend.
A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022.
Firefighters are working to put out a fire at an Ethiopian Orthodox church in Rosemount that broke out Monday morning. The building at 3285 144th St. W. is home to the Minnesota Debre Bisrat St. Gabriel & St. Arsema Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Police are asking people to avoid the area...
Goodhue, Hibbing, Cannon Falls and Caledonia are among the places producing some of the state’s best boys basketball talent.
Federal authorities have turned over evidence in the shootings of three Minneapolis residents during Operation Metro Surge following months of refusing to cooperate with local authorities. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced on Monday that her office, along with the Minnesota Bure...
A Wall Street Journal editor says high living costs and labor market uncertainty are pushing personal finance into public view.
Two of the three people who were found dead after a pontoon boat crashed with a commercial barge Saturday on Lake Pepin were Wabasha firefighters, the city’s fire chief confirmed. RELATED: 3 found dead after pontoon collides with barge on Lake Pepin Authorities say six people were on the bo...
The Department of Defense, alongside the Department of Justice, announced on Monday a joint partnership to launch a new task force to investigate and prosecute leaks of sensitive War Department information to the news media.
An e-bike rider died in a crash involving an SUV in Rochester, Minnesota Sunday afternoon.
California-based nonprofit looking to acquire Allina Health has a reputation of anti-consumer business practices in its home state.
The big dome of heat controlling our pattern suppresses rain chances giving us little relief in the form of rain throughout the extended forecast. Minnesota’s Weather Authority Alert Days are in effect through Thursday with Extreme Heat Warnings issued for much of the state throughout that timef...
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Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries.
The states challenged Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, filing a lawsuit that argues the $81 billion megamerger would ‘’extinguish competition’’ in Hollywood and threaten jobs across the industry.
Drivers in the Twin Cities are seeing a sharp rise at the pump, with average gas prices climbing more than a quarter per gallon over the past week.
A horse-drawn buggy driver was injured after colliding with a car on Friday evening in Fillmore County, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Investigators say that the horse-drawn buggy and a 2015 Chevrolet Camaro were both traveling westbound when the crash happened. The State Patrol l...
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Costco informed shoppers who purchased desert willow plants between June 24 and July 3 that they may carry an invasive insect that threatens vineyards.
Federal officials have turned over hard drives containing previously withheld evidence in the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, as well as the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve states sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, arguing that the $81 billion merger would “extinguish competition” in Hollywood and lead to fewer choices for consumers across the U.S. “Audiences on every sofa and in every movie (theater) seat ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve states challenged Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, filing a lawsuit that argues the $81 billion mega merger would “extinguish competition” in Hollywood and threaten jobs across the industry. The office of California’s attorney general, who is leadin...
Behind the scenes, homebuilders are grappling with an overlooked challenge that is slowing construction and making it harder to close the nation's housing gap.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is closing entry points as more than a dozen wildfires continue to burn in northern Minnesota. An official forest closure order was issued Monday morning, canceling BWCA permits this week as wildfires and extreme weather drive safety restrictions. T...
Multiple fire departments and law enforcement are on the scene of a structure fire at a church in Rosemount late Monday morning, according to police.
Federal investigators have begun sharing evidence related to three shootings by federal agents during Operation Metro Surge, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Monday. The development comes six months after the shootings that killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti and injured Julio So...
A rollover crash on Highway 52 in Vermillion Township injured a Pine Island man early on Monday morning, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Investigators say that the 34-year-old was driving north on Highway 52 in a Nissan Rogue when it went off the road near 200th Street and rolled mult...
During an appearance on “The Dan Patrick Show,” O’Connell did his best not to tip his hand on the quarterback competition. Patrick wasn’t buying it.
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