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U of M names Brett Larson as men's hockey coach
Minnesota named Brett Larson its men's hockey coach on Tuesday, turning to in-state rival St. Cloud State for a second straight hire after the Gophers and Bob Motzko agreed last week to make a co...
The Associated Press Mar 24, 2026

MN court blocks challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act
By Nancy Marie Spears, The ImprintThe Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled in the case of two white foster parents that they do not have standing to argue the bedrock Indian Child Welfare Act violated th...
Homepage - MPR News Mar 24, 2026

Minnesota sues feds for evidence in ICE shootings
Minnesota is suing the federal government for evidence related to three shootings during "Operation Metro Surge." Two of those shootings resulted in the deaths of U.S. citizens Renee Macklin Good and ...
Sarah Thamer and Matt Sepic Mar 24, 2026

Iran conflict deals blow to American farmers
A green tractor that's planting corn moves across a brown dirt field in 2007 near Rochelle, Ill.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesDave O'Brien is straightforward about how the Trump administration...
Danielle Kurtzleben Mar 24, 2026

Walz won’t opt Minn. into federal education tax change
Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he has no plan to opt the state into a federal policy creating a new $1,700 tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations.He offered a sharp rebuke to ...
Dana Ferguson Mar 24, 2026

Senators weigh DHS deal without ICE funding
Senators raced Tuesday to clinch an emerging proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown by funding much of the department, including the Transportation Security Administration airport workers goin...
The Associated Press Mar 24, 2026
No evidence of arson in fatal White Bear Lake fire
Fire officials in White Bear Lake say they do not suspect arson in the house fire over the weekend that killed longtime Minnesota hockey reporter Jessi Pierce and her three young children.In an update...
MPR News Staff Mar 24, 2026

St. Cloud City Council nixes resolution affirming broad support of law enforcement
The St. Cloud City Council on Monday night rejected a resolution that would have affirmed the council's support for law enforcement and the rule of law.Council member Scott Brodeen originally brought ...
Kirsti Marohn Mar 24, 2026

As winters warm, Minnesotans grapple with climate grief
On the first bitter-cold day last December, about a half-dozen volunteers gathered at St. Paul's Groveland Rec Center for their annual tradition: building a giant ice rink. They spent the day fire hos...
Estelle Timar-Wilcox Mar 24, 2026

Walker Art Center acquires artworks by Interact artist
Whenever Victor Van completes an artwork, he exclaims, "I won!"Visit Van in the studio at the Interact Center in St. Paul, where the prolific artist is surrounded by stacks of his recent paintings and...
Alex V. Cipolle Mar 24, 2026