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The program will use the parking fee app ParkMobile and charge a flat fee of $25 for parking between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. in newly created parking zones in neighborhoods east of Snelling Avenue.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections announced Thursday that state leaders have agreed to a plan to close the Stillwater prison. Lawmakers say the facility is outdated, unsafe and too expensive to maintain.

A Minnesota state trooper charged in early May with producing videos depicting the sexual abuse of a child is facing additional counts after a federal grand jury reviewed the case.

Farm country voted heavily for Donald Trump last November. Now many farmers are taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the Republican president’s disputes with China and other international markets. More than half of U.S. soybeans are exported internationally, with roughly half of those going to China, so it’s a critical market.

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture and wounding another person on stage.