Opinion | The laws to stop the Loring Park shooter were on the books. Nobody used them.
Several Minnesota statutes should have kept the alleged Shoreline Plaza shooter from having a firearm in the first place.
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Osseo High School football game ends in parking lot fights
Several law enforcement agencies responded to multiple fights after the Osseo High School football game on Friday. According to the Osseo Police Department, authorities responded to reports of fights in the school parking lot around 7:20 p.m. Osseo police, along with other law en...
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Olivia Miles named to All-WNBA First Team
Olivia Miles added another honor to a record-setting rookie season, earning a spot on the 2026 All-WNBA First Team after helping the Minnesota Lynx finish with the league’s best regular-season record. The 23-year-old point guard averaged 19.8 points, 6.0 assists and 4.7 rebounds ...
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Class 6A football state tournament brackets released
Moorhead, Champlin Park, Shakopee and Mounds View earned No. 1 seeds.
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Teen struck by vehicle after unrelated fights following Osseo football game
Osseo police say a pedestrian vs. vehicle crash that left a teen seriously injured after a high school football game on Friday is not related to a series of fights that broke out in the school parking lot earlier in the night....
business
Ramstad: Minnesota’s new leaders must face if high taxes harm growth
Minnesota has the nation’s second-highest business tax rate, following only New Jersey. But it will be No. 1 in 2029 if there’s no change.
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Live: Gophers host Iowa for Floyd of Rosedale. Can they earn another trophy?
The Gophers, who have already secured the Little Brown Jug, are looking to add to their haul in today’s game. Follow updates and observations from Huntington Bank Stadium below....
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Teen seriously injured in pedestrian crash near Osseo High School
A 15-year-old suffered serious injuries Friday night after a vehicle struck the teen near Osseo High School. According to the Brooklyn Park Police Department, officers responded to a pedestrian crash near County Road 81 and Fourth Street Southeast around 8:13 p.m. Authorities sai...
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Flu hospitalizations 'slightly higher' than usual, officials urge vaccinations
Minnesota is seeing a sharp rise in early flu hospitalizations, with 46 patients admitted so far this season.
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Did St. Paul audiences just hear the world’s greatest soprano?
Lise Davidsen had a lot to live up to in her Schubert Club appearance Friday. And she did.
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Moltzan wins World Cup race for 1st time, Shiffrin finishes giant slalom in 7th as ski season starts
Prior Lake’s Paula Moltzan broke through with her first career World Cup win while Mikaela Shiffrin finished the women’s giant slalom in seventh as the Alpine ski racing season opened on Saturday....
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Molly says our stretch of summerlike weather comes to an end today
An approaching cold front, already spreading showers west of the metro, will usher in rain by dinnertime along with a push of much cooler air by Sunday afternoon. Afternoon highs ahead of the front will climb into the mid 70’s with increasing clouds. By Sunday afternoon, we only ...
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Man convicted of killing UNC student Faith Hedgepeth 14 years after her death
Miguel Salguero Olivares was convicted of first-degree murder, rape, sexual offense and burglary in the 2012 killing of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth....