The Vikings traded up twice in the first round of last night’s N-F-L Draft. MNN sports director Mike Grimm has more:

The 2024 N-F-L Draft begins tonight and there are many Minnesota Vikings fans who are hoping it begins a new era of football for their team.  MNN sports director Mike Grimm previews:

The 2024 N-F-L Draft begins tonight and there are many Minnesota Vikings fans who are hoping it begins a new era of football for their team.  MNN sports director Mike Grimm previews:

Founding Director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity, Rachel Hardeman, has been named a member of the 2024 TIME100. MNN’s Ashley Walker reports:

The Minnesota Department of Vehicle Services is opening ten additional DVS Now Kiosks across the Twin Cities metro.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

The pilot program allows people to drink beer, wine and cocktails on streets and sidewalks in a designated area in downtown Anoka. MNN’s Brent Palm has details:

Boston College and Denver Advance to NCAA Frozen Four Championship. MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

The 2024 Frozen Four begins tonight at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.  MNN sports director Mike Grimm has more:

A major helium deposit was recently discovered in northeastern Minnesota’s Lake County.  MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

Around 50,000 people gathered at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Monday to witness the Total Solar Eclipse. Among them, MNN Sports Director Mike Grimm:

Minnesota State students have saved around $8.5 million using zero-cost textbooks. MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

Twin’s fans will have an easier path to purchase some of the more common concession items at the ballpark.  MNN’s Mike Grimm has more:

This spring and summer, Minnesota state parks will offer tours introducing visitors to the Iron Ranges’ mining history, prairie life, and the longest cave in the state.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has named Woody’s Trucking Inc. as the 2024 SBA Minnesota District Office Women-Owned Small Business of the Year! MNN’s Ashley Walker has more:

The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical will run five weeks in downtown Minneapolis. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

We’re entering into the final weeks of the tax filing season.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

Join the annual celebration of Red Cross Giving Day by volunteering, giving blood, taking a lifesaving skills course donating to the American Red Cross. MNN’s Ashley Walker has more:

A senior state climatologist says the precipitation will alleviate some short-term drought issues. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

With snow in the forecast over the next few days, MnDOT asks you to be weather-aware.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

A baby goat in Stevens County tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), the first reported case in the United States.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

Lawmakers are considering a bill that could put the state in the bidding for one of four known pairs of Dorothy’s ruby slippers from the “Wizard of Oz.”  MNN’s Bill Werner has a report — but *not* from behind the curtain:

The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team opens play in the National Invitational Tournament with a game tonight at Butler. M-N-N sports director Mike Grimm is with the team in Indianapolis:

The Soo Locks open Friday evening on the St. Mary’s River between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

Former Minnesota Astronaut George Pinky Nelson recently visited with KWLM’s J.P. Cola on the “Space X” program. MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

The State Department of Agriculture is partnering with three other state agencies to offer free, virtual suicide prevention training for rural faith leaders in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North and South Dakota. MNN’s Ashley Walker has more:

A Minnesota educator was a guest of First Lady Jill Biden at Thursday night’s State of the Union address.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

As of March 1st, the CDC dropped its five-day isolation guidance for individuals testing positive for COVID-19, instead replacing it with a general guidance to stay home and away from others if experiencing symptoms.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump each won their party’s primary in Minnesota’s “Super Tuesday” election — Trump besting challenger Nikki Haley 69-percent to 29 — while Biden’s 70 percent victory was dampened by a 19-percent “uncommitted” vote:

Construction of shelter, bathhouse and camper cabins on hold. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

Minnesotans get a say in which presidential candidates receive delegates to the Republican and Democratic National conventions by voting in tomorrow’s “Super Tuesday” primary in Minnesota and 15 other states.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

Honoring Women’s History Month with their historic debut today, the Twin Cities welcomes Minnesota’s very first sports bar catering toward uplifting women athletes and athletics. MNN’s Ashley Walker has the details:

Dry and warm conditions increase wildfire risk. MNN’s Brent Palm has details:

Business at the State Capitol is paused as lawmakers and fellow Minnesotans remember the two officers and paramedic who were fatally shot in Burnsville.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

Doctor Rebecca Cunningham will be the next president of the University of Minnesota.  MNN’s Bill Werner has more:

Minnesota firefighters beat the police officers for the first time. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

The U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Gymnastics are making its Minnesota debut June 27th through the 30th at Target Center in Minneapolis. MNN’s Ashley Walker has the details: 

M-S-P is first U-S airport to be honored since 2011.  MNN’s Brent Palm has details:

The Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Company will soon be premiering the play, Babble Lab, a play made with three- to five-year-olds’ comprehension levels in mind. MNN’s Ashley Walker has the details:

There’s a growing memorial outside the Burnsville Police Department. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

The shooting is still an active investigation but they are releasing a few details. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

Authorities in the south metro are investigating a shooting incident that left three first responders dead in Burnsville. MNN’s Brent Palm reports:

Minnesota’s Upper Sioux Agency State Park is closed to the public, but the land has finally returned to the Upper Sioux Community. MNN’s Ashley Walker has more:

The day of love is here and many Minnesotans plan to take part.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

A new study from the University of Minnesota states the number of COVID-19 deaths reported during the core years of the pandemic may be much higher than what’s on record. MNN’s Ashley Walker has details:

The Osseo City Council is waiting on the state Office of Cannabis Management to finalize rules and license applications.  MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

The State Climatology Office says this winter could set records for warmth and the lack of snow. MNN’s Brent Palm has details:

A little over 10,000 years ago a Giant Beaver also known as Casteroides lived here in what we now call Minnesota.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

Ticks are emerging across Minnesota. MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

The musical is scheduled to open at the State Theatre in the spring of 2025. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

The DNR is warning Minnesotans of rapidly changing ice conditions. MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

Aggressive privacy defaults to limit unwanted sharing… (more consumer-friendly control)… and usage limits within schools — steps that a report from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison urges state lawmakers to take, to reduce the harms of social media and A-I on young people.  MNN’s Bill Werner has more:

Parts of central and southern Minnesota enjoyed record-setting high temperatures on Wednesday, and MNN’s Jake Griffith reports that’s not the end of it:

Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, alongside many MnDOT snowplow drivers, have announced the 8 winning names from the state’s 4th Name A Snowplow Contest. MNN’s Ashley Walker reports:

District court judges will officiate February 14th weddings in three Minnesota counties. MNN’s Brent Palm has details:

The ‘Signature Saturday’ event at Target Field is a sell-out. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

Charlene Briner was formally appointed the agency’s interim director. MNN’s Brent Palm has details:

After securing fourth place in the same contest last year, Mill City Museum in Minneapolis is up once again for the title of Nation’s Best History Museum.  MNN’s Ashley Walker has more:

Forty-year-old Mauer will be youngest member when he’s inducted this July. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

It finds that smoking costs our state billion of dollars and thousands of lives. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

Pioneer Public Television will air a documentary this Sunday (6:30 p.m.) featuring the historic Willmar (MN) 8 Bank Strike of 1977 and 1978 when eight female employees walked off the job at Citizens National Bank due to unequal pay and treatment. MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

More Minnesotans are heading to their local food shelf to help make ends meet.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

“Jesse Ventura Shocks the World” premieres tonight at 8 p.m. on Twin Cities P-B-S.  MNN’s Bill Werner has more:

Minnesota’s deep freeze has our furnaces working overtime.  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

Officers detected a record 6,737 firearms at security checkpoints nationwide in 2023. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

Today has been dubbed Minnesota’s “Quitter’s Day.”  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

“The Weight of the Crown” focuses on Officer Arik Matson.  MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

For the second year in a row, rural Minnesota counties had modest population increases from in-migration, while Twin Cities urban counties saw out-migration.  MNN’s Bill Werner has the story:

Two people were shot and killed at a hotel in Cloquet in northeastern Minnesota, and the suspected shooter was found dead near the scene. MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

The winter trout fishing season is underway on a number of streams in the southeast corner of the state. MNN’s Brent Palm has details:

It’s no surprise that the record-warm start to winter is hurting Minnesota’s tourism industry. MNN’s Bill Werner reports:

Last month will go down as the warmest and wettest December ever in Minnesota. MNN’s Brent Palm has more:

Governor Tim Walz and gun safety advocates are celebrating Minnesota’s new ‘red flag’ law. MNN’s Brent Palm has details:

Still, looking for a gift for that impossible person to buy for?  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more:

Soda fans it’s your day!  MNN’s Tasha Redel has more: