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Some Minnesota schools change plans for Thursday
A late-season winter storm brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to much of Minnesota on Thursday - with snow-covered roads reported across the central part of the state.In the Twin Cities and souther...
Apr 01, 2026
Bounty hunters charged over protest ‘replica guns’
The Hennepin County Attorney's Office is charging two men described as bounty hunters for allegedly threatening anti-ICE protesters and residents with replica firearms during a March 3 confrontation i...
Apr 01, 2026
MN weather: Sleety, icy, snowy system through Thursday
"It's a mess, ain't it Sheriff?If it ain't it'll do till a mess gets here." Cormac McCarthy, "No Country for Old Men"One of the messiest storms of the season is about to plow into Minnesota....
Apr 01, 2026
Warren CHS grain elevator fire may impact area farmers
A city official said a fire that broke out in a grain elevator in Warren, Minn., on Wednesday morning was largely contained by the afternoon. CHS, a Minnesota-based ag co-op, owns the elevator, which ...
Apr 01, 2026
Ruby's Pantry closes all food shelf sites in Minnesota
Ruby's Pantry, a faith-based nonprofit that ran at least 80 food shelf locations across Minnesota and the upper Midwest, abruptly ceased operations Wednesday. The shutdown of the volunteer-run fo...
Apr 01, 2026
Lawyer: Gov’t trying to detain Liam, father again
The federal government has signaled that it is seeking to detain five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Conejo Arias once again, according to their lawyer Danielle Molliver.A Department...
Apr 01, 2026
Minnesota law professor breaks down arguments in landmark birthright citizenship case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday morning in a case that could reshape the constitutional right to birthright citizenship. President Donald Trump, in one of his first moves in offi...
Apr 01, 2026
The Gillyweeds saga: A fake band, a fake plane crash and a real game blur reality
On April Fool's Day, 2025, Minnesota bluegrass band The Gillyweeds released their latest album, "Cow House."In the year that followed, the band played no local venues and gave no interviews. No videos...
Apr 01, 2026
Group homes drive growth and problems in Brooklyn Park
The explosive growth of the group home industry in the northwestern suburbs of the Twin Cities is being driven largely by a relatively new licensing system overseen by the Minnesota Department of Heal...
Apr 01, 2026
Minnesota gas prices climb — but stay well below national average
Average gas prices in Minnesota are still climbing amid the ongoing war in the Middle East - but not nearly as high as the national average. The state's average was up to about $3.52 a gallon as of We...
Apr 01, 2026