Vice President Mike Pence made a campaign stop in Duluth on Friday, the day after the Republican National Convention. Pence told a cheering group of supporters, “We came just that close to winning Minnesota, and I just know that the day after our convention ended, the right place to start was right back here in […]

Hennepin County prosecutors have charged 16 people in connection with looting in downtown Minneapolis and other areas during civil unrest Wednesday night and Thursday morning. One defendant, 26-year-old Asante Simmons from Bloomington, faces additional charges for allegedly assaulting an officer who was trying to stop her from stealing goods in an underground parking garage near […]

Tonight’s Twins game at Detroit is postponed after Minnesota players voted to join a nationwide pro sports strike over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The game instead will be played as part of a Friday doubleheader. Twins management in a statement says the team remains committed to using its platforms to […]

The state college and university system is forming a task force to examine its law enforcement education curriculum, officials say using an “anti-racism and equity-focused lens.” Associate Vice Chancellor Satasha Green-Stephen says, “The task force will not only help to set priorities for Minnesota State regarding law enforcement education, but also has the potential to […]

Minnesota has sent over 70 wildland firefighters out west to assist in six states, including California, as late-summer wildfires threaten many areas. Leanne Langeberg with the Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids says, “They can be doing a variety of efforts out there, from actually being on the ground wildland firefighters to those that are […]

Police say a suspect in an earlier killing at a downtown Minneapolis parking ramp shot himself in the head on the Nicollet Mall Wednesday evening as police closed in. It happened between 8th and 9th streets, near Target’s flagship store and corporate headquarters. M-P-D spokesman John Elder said, “There is no question that this was […]

Two people with Minnesota ties are on the speaking agenda for night three of the Republican National Convention tonight. Scott Dane, executive director of Associated Contract Loggers and Truckers of Minnesota will address the convention as will Jack Brewer, a former N-F-L safety who played for the Vikings, Giants and Eagles and Cardinals. And state […]

The D-N-R is urging, but will not require hunters this fall to submit deer samples from certain areas of the state to be tested for chronic wasting disease. The agency’s Michelle Carstensen says, “Because of COVID… we moved away from any mandatory sampling this year, so across all of our areas it’s gonna be voluntary.” […]

A Brooklyn Park woman has a court appearance today charged with first-degree murder in the February 2018 death of her eight-year-old son, and prosecutors are asking that bail be set at two million dollars. 36-year-old Tasha Tennin was originally charged with manslaughter, but authorities say months after the boy’s death, his siblings told foster parents […]

A Republican National Convention that, like Democrats’ last week, is pared-back by COVID opens today in Charlotte, North Carolina. Minnesota G-O-P Chair Jennifer Carnahan says, “It’s a significantly smaller group so, instead of the full delegations from each state, there’s just a handful of people from each state that are here to go over the […]