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Minnesota utility regulators have approved the state’s first stand-alone battery energy storage system, an important milestone in Minnesota’s effort to produce all its electricity from carbon-free sources.
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This weekend, the quiet downtown area in Oronoco becomes an antique mecca as hundreds of sellers of well aged and vintage collectables descend on this small southeast Minnesota town for Gold Rush Days, which is taking place for the 53rd year.
A section of Interstate 94 in the Twin Cities has reopened ahead of schedule. All lanes of eastbound I-94 between I-35 in Minneapolis and Highway 280 in St. Paul opened at about 3 p.m. on Saturday.
New York beat the Lynx 3-2 in the best-of-five 2024 WNBA Finals to win the franchise's first championship. Since then, Minnesota has won three straight against the Liberty.
Mississippi author Greg Iles has died at 65. His literary agent Dan Conaway said Iles died Friday after a decades-long battle with the blood cancer multiple myeloma. Initially diagnosed with the incurable condition in 1996, he kept his illness private until completing his final novel, “Southern Man,” which was published in 2024.
The Vikings played it safe by resting all of their projected starters. Undrafted rookie Max Brosmer, who has been the best of the backups in camp, went 15 for 27 for 156 yards while playing the whole second half.
The U.S. State Department says it's halting visas for visitors from Gaza as it reviews its process for granting visas for medical evacuees.
Minnesota Public Radio's parent company laid off 30 staff members Friday after Congress clawed back funding that it had previously approved for public broadcasting. Cuts in state funding from the Minnesota Legislature exacerbated the budget gap.
MPR News reached out to Minnesota booksellers across to the state to get their recommendations on the best beach reads to add to your TBR this summer.
Three Fargo police officers were part of a multi-jurisdictional SWAT team responding to a domestic violence report at a Moorhead apartment on Monday night. Police allege they only discharged their firearms, killing two men, after encountering gunfire.
Wren Clair alleges that KSTP news director Kirk Varner repeatedly commented on her physical appearance, said she should wear tighter fitting clothes and complained about a change in her hair color.
Immigration arrests falter in July after a big push for mass deportations in June. Activists in sanctuary jurisdictions hope their resistance plays a role.
Democrats have struggled to find effective ways to oppose President Donald Trump, and even some Democratic voters describe the party as weak. But Trump's push for states to redraw political maps and create more GOP-friendly House seats in time for the 2026 election has raised the stakes.
