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Record breaking Saturday followed by evening cold front
We hit a record high Saturday afternoon, but a cold front arriving tonight will quickly bring temperatures back down to seasonal levels for Sunday.Record warmth with sharp cooldown expectedRecord sett...
Mandy Thalhuber Mar 21, 2026

St. Paul ice cream shop celebrates 30th season
For about 15 years, Benita and Michael Warns have been the first ones in line as Conny's Creamy Cone opens. "It was just a fluke at first," said Benita Warns. "It became a tradition for us and so we k...
Feven Gerezgiher Mar 21, 2026

Women's Pro Baseball League shows on-field product at Red Sox spring site before inaugural season
A few yards from where the Boston Red Sox prepared for a spring training game Thursday, women's baseball players took the field for a different kind of exhibition - one for a league just taking s...
The Associated Press Mar 21, 2026

ICE officers soon will help with airport security unless Democrats end shutdown, Trump says
President Donald Trump said Saturday he will order federal immigration officers to take a role in airport security starting Monday unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland S...
The Associated Press Mar 21, 2026

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies
Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special ...
The Associated Press Mar 21, 2026

Iran war enters its fourth week with no clear end in sight
The tail section of a ballistic missile fired from Iran sticks out of the ground at a vineyard in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on March 20.Amir Levy/Getty Images EuropeAs the war in the Middle...
NPR Staff Mar 21, 2026

Paid leave is here, Minnesota. How well is it working?
After Sage Conway gave birth to her second child last summer, she dreaded the thought of returning to work right away. She took unpaid family leave so she could spend 12 weeks at home her newborn son,...
Noah Bloch Mar 21, 2026

Ask a Bookseller: ‘Theo of Golden’ by Allan Levi
On The Thread's Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country to find out what books they're most excited about right now."Theo of Golden" by Allen Levi.Co...
Emily Bright Mar 21, 2026

Minnesota woman billed for costs of fighting wildfire
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants a Morrison County woman to reimburse the agency for nearly $150,000 it spent last spring fighting a wildfire, which she failed to report.The DNR fil...
Kirsti Marohn Mar 21, 2026

Minnesota tops Green Bay 75-58, avoids upset
Minnesota survived a home-court scare by No. 13 seed Green Bay, getting 21 points from Amaya Battle and using a 30-point fourth quarter for a 75-58 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on...
The Associated Press Mar 20, 2026