Doğukan Günaydın had been held in the Sherburne County Jail after being arrested by immigration authorities. A federal judge ruled this week that his detention violated his procedural due process rights. He was released Thursday.

Crews are getting the upper hand on two major wildfires still burning in northern Minnesota. The Camp House fire is now 90 percent contained, while the larger Jenkins Creek fire is 32 percent contained.

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Agents were seen removing computers and other items from New Vision Foundation’s Vandalia St. offices early Thursday afternoon.

Some working groups dribbled out details of their budget bills Thursday after meeting in private to craft them. The largest pieces of Minnesota’s more than $66 billion budget remained unfinished.

The city of St. Paul announced Wednesday the renaming of Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary and Indian Mounds Regional Park to Waḳaƞ Ṭípi, meaning “dwelling place of the sacred” and Wicaḣapi, meaning “cemetery.”

Advocates for people incarcerated at the Minnesota Corrections Facility in Stillwater say they want inmate concerns considered as officials work toward closing the facility in 2029.