A Minnesota state trooper pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of producing and distributing child sex abuse images. In April, FBI agents identified Jeremy Francis Plonski as the person seen in videos sexually assaulting a baby.

The criminal complaint alleges that Aaron Kuhn sexually abused the woman multiple times while he was providing her with spiritual advice over nearly three years, from 2019 to 2022.

As local governments set their budgets, many are leaning on higher property taxes to deal with inflation, new state requirements or drawdowns in federal program backing.

President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill did away with several clean energy incentives, including tax credits that helped lower the cost of installing solar, batteries, heat pumps and making homes more energy efficient. Some homeowners are moving forward with energy projects anyway.

From Zoom-era beginnings to a festival-ready feature, “What You Can’t Keep” shows how one Minnesota theater reinvented itself on film.

The statement Wednesday seemed to walk back prior comments the DFLer made about bringing lawmakers back to St. Paul with or without an agreement on a special session.