Minnesota teen honored by Girl Scouts USA after saving the lives of her mother and grandmotherFifteen-year-old senior Girl Scout Ilona Delaney, a citizen of Red Lake Nation, was honored with the Bronze Cross for risking her own life to save her grandmother and mother from drowning during a family boating trip last summer.
Hennepin County could spend up to $1 million to prosecute case against state trooperHennepin County could spend up to $1 million to bring on outside attorneys to prosecute a Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan. The attorneys will be paid a rate of $850 dollars an hour while paralegals will be paid $250 an hour.
Minnesota Senate green lights speedier timeline for launching licensed cannabis businesses, growingAfter legalizing marijuana use last year, state lawmakers are working on ways to stand up a retail market more quickly.
Play4min 04secHow will a warm winter affect spring fishing? What to know before the openerThe Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener is next Saturday. Did our unseasonably warm winter negatively affect fish, lakes and rivers? The answer is complicated.
Sharon Lubinski, first openly gay Minneapolis police officer and U.S. Marshal, dies at 71Sharon Lubinski came out as the first openly gay Minneapolis police officer in 1993. She later became an assistant police chief and a U.S. Marshal.
Allergies and climate: Pollen in Minnesota comes earlier with warmer temperaturesMinnesota is now in peak tree pollen season. Studies have linked warming temperatures to longer and more intense pollen seasons in the U.S.
Play3min 50secCube Critics discuss ‘Fallout’ and ‘Civil War’Cube Critics Jacob Aloi and Alex V. Cipolle discuss dystopian media.
Bills for firearm safe storage, boosting straw buyer penalties pass in Minnesota HouseAs part of a set of gun bills under consideration this year, a proposal would require a firearm be locked, unloaded or stored when not in the owner’s possession. Senate adoption is uncertain.
Play49min 29secPolitics Friday: Unfinished business at the CapitolMPR News host Brian Bakst speaks with a key player in the debate over a nearly $1 billion construction financing plan as it comes together, and a guest who will preview a major Senate ethics hearing.
Play4min 06secPro-Palestinian protesters, University of Minnesota reach agreement to end encampmentOrganizers of pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus and university leadership announced Thursday morning that they’ve reached an agreement to end the dayslong encampment on Northrop Mall.
Nearly $2 million budget gap forces closure of men’s shelter in MoorheadThe Dorothy Day House, a 15-bed shelter for men in Moorhead, is seeking donations to help reopen the shelter.
Minneapolis schools, support staff reach deal to avoid strike Hours after unionized education support professionals in the Minneapolis Public Schools filed a notice of intent to strike, leaders from both the union and district announced they’d reached a deal. District teachers settled a contract last month.
Time to join the pack: How to watch the Timberwolves in the NBA playoffs This is the first time in 20 years that the Timberwolves have made it to round 2 of the playoffs. Just catching up to the excitement? We’ve got you covered. Here’s what you need to know before tip-off.
Six charged with copper wire theft from streetlights in St. PaulSix people were charged last week in Ramsey County for allegedly stealing copper wire from street lights in St. Paul — an ongoing problem that officials say has cost the city millions of dollars to repair in recent years.
A St. Paul teen turned to poetry to cope. Now he’s published a book of poems Bobby Arnold started writing poetry for his first book while feeling isolated in 11th grade, and uses the art to reflect on Black masculinity, love and more.
Faceless people, invisible hands: New Army video aims to lure recruits for psychological operationsA haunting new video released is the latest effort by the Army to lure soldiers to some of its more secretive units.
Lawsuit alleges sexual harassment at Minnesota-based chapter of The Nature ConservancyThe lawsuit alleges that Douglas Shaw used his “position of power and authority over the plaintiffs” to regularly take photos of them during work-related trips and events, often fieldwork.
RD Offutt Farms sues White Earth Nation over water permitsIn a lawsuit filed Friday, RD Offutt farms asked a federal judge to issue a judgment that the White Earth Nation does not have the authority to regulate potato farmers’ groundwater use. RDO is challenging a White Earth ordinance requiring growers to get a tribal irrigation permit.
South Dakota Gov. Noem erroneously describes meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in new bookSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claimed in a new book to have met with the North Korean leader during her time in Congress. But her office said Friday that the story of the meeting was an error as further scrutiny was put on the Republican governor’s life story.
Orangutan in the wild applied medicinal plant to heal its own injury, biologists sayIt is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is now thriving.