Minnesota teen honored by Girl Scouts USA after saving the lives of her mother and grandmotherFifteen-year-old senior Girl Scout Ilona Delaney, a citizen of Red Lake Nation, was honored with the Bronze Cross for risking her own life to save her grandmother and mother from drowning during a family boating trip last summer.
MSU Mankato pro-Palestinian encampment continues into commencement weekendPro-Palestinian protests are happening on college campuses nationwide, including an encampment at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Hennepin County could spend up to $1 million to prosecute case against state trooperHennepin County could spend up to $1 million to bring on outside attorneys to prosecute a Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan. The attorneys will be paid a rate of $850 dollars an hour while paralegals will be paid $250 an hour.
Minnesota Senate green lights speedier timeline for launching licensed cannabis businesses, growingAfter legalizing marijuana use last year, state lawmakers are working on ways to stand up a retail market more quickly.
Lawsuit alleges sexual harassment at Minnesota-based chapter of The Nature ConservancyThe lawsuit alleges that Douglas Shaw used his “position of power and authority over the plaintiffs” to regularly take photos of them during work-related trips and events, often fieldwork.
Allergies and climate: Pollen in Minnesota comes earlier with warmer temperaturesMinnesota is now in peak tree pollen season. Studies have linked warming temperatures to longer and more intense pollen seasons in the U.S.
Sharon Lubinski, first openly gay Minneapolis police officer and U.S. Marshal, dies at 71Sharon Lubinski came out as the first openly gay Minneapolis police officer in 1993. She later became an assistant police chief and a U.S. Marshal.
Play3min 50secCube Critics discuss ‘Fallout’ and ‘Civil War’Cube Critics Jacob Aloi and Alex V. Cipolle discuss dystopian media.
Faceless people, invisible hands: New Army video aims to lure recruits for psychological operationsA haunting new video released is the latest effort by the Army to lure soldiers to some of its more secretive units.
Play2min 00secAsk a Bookseller: ‘The Devil’s Element’ by Dan EganThis week’s recommendation comes from Carrie Koepke of Skylark Bookshop: “The Devil’s Element” by Dan Egan.
Play4min 06secPro-Palestinian protesters, University of Minnesota reach agreement to end encampmentOrganizers of pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus and university leadership announced Thursday morning that they’ve reached an agreement to end the dayslong encampment on Northrop Mall.
Play4min 59secMacalester students push for divestment as U of MN reaches agreement with protestorsA group of students at Macalester College have been pushing the school to divest from companies and universities with ties to Israel since November. Oriane Sachs Bernstein and Alex Beaudreau shared more about their effort with MPR News host Tom Crann.
RD Offutt Farms sues White Earth Nation over water permitsIn a lawsuit filed Friday, RD Offutt farms asked a federal judge to issue a judgment that the White Earth Nation does not have the authority to regulate potato farmers’ groundwater use. RDO is challenging a White Earth ordinance requiring growers to get a tribal irrigation permit.
Time to join the pack: How to watch the Timberwolves in the NBA playoffs This is the first time in 20 years that the Timberwolves have made it to round 2 of the playoffs. Just catching up to the excitement? We’ve got you covered. Here’s what you need to know before tip-off.
Play49min 29secPolitics Friday: Unfinished business at the CapitolMPR News host Brian Bakst speaks with a key player in the debate over a nearly $1 billion construction financing plan as it comes together, and a guest who will preview a major Senate ethics hearing.
South Dakota Gov. Noem erroneously describes meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in new bookSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claimed in a new book to have met with the North Korean leader during her time in Congress. But her office said Friday that the story of the meeting was an error as further scrutiny was put on the Republican governor’s life story.
Orangutan in the wild applied medicinal plant to heal its own injury, biologists sayIt is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is now thriving.
Play4min 04secHow will a warm winter affect spring fishing? What to know before the openerThe Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener is next Saturday. Did our unseasonably warm winter negatively affect fish, lakes and rivers? The answer is complicated.
Arrests of protesters exceed 2,300 as police clear more U.S. campus encampmentsWhile University of Minnesota officials reached an agreement with protesters not to disrupt commencements, weeks of demonstrations and police confrontations at college campuses nationwide have resulted in more than 2,300 arrests.
Black lawmakers reintroduce federal CROWN Act legislation to ban hair discriminationThe bill which was previously passed in the House in 2019 and 2022 but blocked in the Senate, aims to end race-based hair discrimination in schools and workplaces.