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Timberwolves lost 113-108 to Pistons
Jalen Duren had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Daniss Jenkins scored 26 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-108 on Thursday night as both teams were without a superstar.Minn...
Apr 03, 2026
Minnesota Twins win 5-1 over the Kansas city Royals
Taj Bradley pitched six innings of five-hit ball, Minnesota homered three times in the ninth inning to break open a close game, and the Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Thursday to avoid a thr...
Apr 03, 2026
Minnesota graduation rates hit record high in 2025
Eighty-five percent of Minnesota's class of 2025 made it to the graduation finish line within four years. It's a new high for the state's public K-12 students, and it marks significant ground gained a...
Apr 03, 2026
Fargo paper drops left-leaning columnists
Protesters surrounded the century-old Forum Communications building in Fargo on Wednesday. Despite rain and snowfall, about 60 people lined the perimeter, chanting as they held up protest signs and ph...
Apr 03, 2026
The WNBA expansion draft is Friday. Here’s how it works
Two teams will make their debut in the 2026 season as the WNBA expands to 15 teams and into Portland and Toronto. The league's expansion draft on Friday will determine part of the new franchises'...
Apr 03, 2026
Immersion school connects students to Indigenous life
Liz Zoongwegiizhigook Zinsli led a field trip to Porky's Sugarbush Camp, a camp west of Minneapolis that specializes in maple tapping and processing. She is a teacher at Wicoie Nandagikendan, an ...
Apr 03, 2026
Warrantless ICE raids challenged in new lawsuit
Six Minnesotans filed suit Thursday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security after masked agents broke into their homes without judicial warrants in Dec...
Apr 02, 2026
Hegseth asks Army’s top officer to step down
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Army's top uniformed officer, Gen. Randy George, to step down, the Pentagon said Thursday, as the United States wages a war against Iran.A Pentagon officia...
Apr 02, 2026
Minnesota’s job engine stalled in January
For the first time since May of 2007, Minnesota's unemployment rate ticked higher than the nation's, sitting at 4.4 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis. The national rate fell ...
Apr 02, 2026
Minnesota’s job engine stalled in January
For the first time since May of 2007, Minnesota's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate ticked higher than the nation's.That's according to data released today by the Minnesota Departme...
Apr 02, 2026