Minneapolis / St. Paul

ISD 197 School Board Recap: Sept. 8, 2025

Fundraising efforts for an accessible playground at Pilot Knob Elementary took c...

Lady Gaga will return to St. Paul in April for her firs...

She'll wrap her Mayhem Ball tour with two nights at Grand Casino Arena, formerly...

Rio 1854, from family behind Taco Libre, coming to form...

The full-service spot, opening in October, will serve breakfast, lunch and dinne...

Unpacking the changes at Twin Cities TV stations

Neal Justin, pop culture critic at the Star Tribune, joined MPR News host Cathy ...

DNR expecting particularly vivid fall colors in Minn.

DNR officials say 2025 could be a vibrant and possibly ahead-of-schedule fall co...

Threats to judges result in new charges for Hopkins man

A man who went to prison for threatening to kill a federal judge in 2017 and was...

Walz vows special session 'one way or another' on guns

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders met for the first time Tuesday t...

Minneapolis Mayoral Race Recalls Tumultuous History

The City of Minneapolis has had a number of relatively placid Mayoral elections ...

Falcons depth chart released for Week 2 at Minnesota Vi...

The Falcons hit the road for the first time this season with a Sunday prime-time...

Immigrant janitors say Hennepin County layoffs may have...

A third of those cleaning the Hennepin County Government Center were laid off ...

Minnesota DNR shares what to expect for 2025 fall colors

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources shared what this year's fall color...

Minneapolis City Council calls on Gov. Walz to pass gun...

The Minneapolis City Council will petition Gov. Tim Walz and the Minnesota Legis...

Man threatened to kill federal judge in manifesto he pr...

A 72-year-old man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a fede...

19th annual Ian Leonard Bad Pants Open golf tournament ...

Golfers are wearing their best "bad pants" on Tuesday for FOX 9 Ian Leonard's an...

J.J. McCarthy to Vikings teammates: ‘Where else would y...

A moment in a huddle led by J.J. McCarthy Monday night led the Vikings to a 21-p...

Will Apple’s new iPhones cost more?

Apple on Tuesday will unveil its next line-up of iPhones amid a global trade war...

State expands weather data gathering to northwest Minn.

To explain what the Ag Weather Network does for farmers and the rest of Minnesot...

Jean Christiansen, 77

LeJean Nora Anderson Christiansen, 77, of Karlstad, Minn., died Thursday, Aug. 2...

Paula Clinton, 62

Paula Clinton, 62, of Lancaster, Minn., passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully...

Mary Forfang, 100

Mary Forfang passed away very peacefully at the age of 100, on Wednesday, Aug. 2...

Rosemary Ann (Matthews) Skogen, 84

Rosemary Ann (Matthews) Skogen, 84, of Ham Lake, Minn., passed away Friday, Sept...

Barbara M. Kittinger, 93

Long time St. Paul resident Barbara M. Kittinger slipped away peacefully on May ...

Lady Gaga coming to Minnesota in 2026

Lady Gaga is bringing her The Mayhem Ball to Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Min...

Crash involving school bus snarls traffic on I-35W

Authorities say a school bus was involved in a crash on Tuesday morning along so...

Custodians, food service workers strike at U campuses

The strike that began late Monday by 1,400 members of Teamsters Local 320 of cus...

Annunciation resumes preschool after mass shooting

Nearly 20 children returned to preschool classes at Annunciation Catholic Church...

West St. Paul City Council Recap: Sept. 8, 2025

After the Annunciation shooting, Council debated and ultimately tabled a potenti...

Wall Street drifts around its records, propped up by ho...

Expectations for coming cuts to interest rates by the Federal Reserve continue t...

You and your kids can make goldfish and animal crackers...

All kids love cookies, crackers and string cheese, of course.

University of Minnesota services workers are on strike

Workers at several University of Minnesota campuses across Minnesota are on stri...

School bus crash on I-35W in Mounds View

A school bus crashed on Interstate 35W near County Road 10 in Mounds View on Tue...

MN House DFL names Zack Stephenson as leader after Meli...

Minnesota House Democrats have selected Rep. Zack Stephenson as the new caucus l...

DHS launches immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Boston

These announcements by DHS are just the latest escalation of federal action in U...

Israeli military urges full evacuation of Gaza City

The Israeli military has urged a full evacuation of Gaza City ahead of its plann...

Nepal’s prime minister resigns as protests rage on

Nepal’s prime minister has resigned as protests against a short-lived ban on soc...

Ford recalling 1.5M vehicles for rear camera issue

Ford is recalling almost 1.5 million vehicles in the United States because the r...

Insider: Life of the Party

With his creative visions and instinct for crafting unforgettable experiences, T...

Young at Heart

A couple and first-time homebuyers wanting to put down roots find their perfect ...

State of the Plate: Hotkins

Is this Main Street suburb the next interesting food neighborhood?

Minnesota weather: Isolated showers and more humid on T...

Tuesday will stay unsettled with a mix of patchy sunshine and isolated showers i...

A new Nation’s Report Card shows drops in science, math...

It's the first Nation's Report Card since the Trump administration began making ...

Minnesota Vikings beat Chicago Bears 27-24

J.J. McCarthy threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes and ran for another in h...

The effort to keep schools safe is an industry worth bi...

The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibil...

This is what could happen to a child who doesn’t get va...

An estimated 14 million kids don’t get any vaccines. They face serious threats f...

Takeaways from the Vikings’ 27-24 win over the Bears

After struggling in the early stages, J.J. McCarthy looked the part of a franchi...

How to get Google to highlight MPR News stories in your...

Google has a new feature called “preferred sources” that lets you pick where you...

New MMIR Office director takes the helm

Guadalupe Lopez, who is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, took over the...

Mayo to consolidate services in southern Minnesota

The Mayo Health Clinic System says its consolidating services in southern Minnes...

Rep. Zack Stephenson succeeds Melissa Hortman as House ...

Stephenson, a representative from Coon Rapids, was first elected to the Minnesot...