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Believe it or not, it's the second time the school has had to dry its football field with a helicopter.
MARSHALL, Minn. — Lyon County voters decided several contested local races during Tuesday’s election, including mayoral, city council and school board contests. In Marshall, John Alcorn defeated Larry Magrath in the Ward 1 City Council race, receiving 823 votes to Magrath’s 455. Several school board races also...
KARE 11's investigation into ICE's nearly $500 million purchase of a shuttered Minnesota prison has garnered headlines across the country.
Construction continues at River’s Edge Cooperative in Flandreau, and customers will get their first look at a portion of the expanded convenience store later this week. The business is preparing to temporarily move its retail operations into the newly constructed addition while crews begin the next phase of renovations on the existing store.
BROOKINGS — For the first time in nearly three decades, Brookings County will have a new sheriff come January as independent Manuel “Manny” Langstraat succeeds outgoing Sheriff Martin “Marty” Stanwick. “Just ecstatic. I can’t believe the amount of support we had through the whole thing,”...
Voters in southwest Minnesota's Senate District 15 have elected Republican Braxton Seifert to his first term in the state Senate, according to unofficial results. Seifert, a Marshall bank loan officer and business owner, beat Democratic-Farmer-Labor challenger Andrea Boettger by a wide margin in a district that stretches across several rural counties.
Minnesota utility regulators voted to grant a permit allowing the Magellan pipeline to reopen near Pipestone National Monument, a decision that drew objections from tribal members who packed a hearing room and an overflow room in St. Paul. Public Utilities Commission members voted 4-1 to grant the permit, with Commissioner Audrey Partridge casting the lone vote against it.
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging (MNRAAA) is inviting older adults, caregivers, and community members to share input on the upcoming state plan on aging during an event on Nov. 18. The public session will be held at the Redwood Area Community Center in Redwood...
State Representative Scott Van Binsbergen was reelected to a second term, representing District 16A in the Minnesota House of Representatives. The Montevideo Republican received 69% of the vote in Tuesday’s election. Van Binsbergen says he enjoyed campaigning – meeting with people and discussing issues – and now he’s excited...
Republican Senate nominee Michele Tafoya skipped the usual campaign-event backdrop for her final push — a coffee shop in White […]
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The new bridge beams contain enough steel wire to stretch from St. Paul to Austin, Texas.
Eleven years of local makers under one roof. The MN Christmas Market pops up in St. Paul, Cottage Grove and Red Wing this season, a dollar at the door.
Last night, the 2026 midterm election results delivered plenty of historic firsts. It was a particularly powerful night for Native American representation: Democrat Deb Haaland became the first Native American woman to be elected as Governor of New Mexico, while Peggy Flanagan—the current lieutenant governor of Minnesota—became the first Native woman to win the U.S. Senate seat in her state. (And there could even be a third victory for the Indigenous community today: at the time of publishing this story, Alaska’s Mary Peltola is currently leading the race for a Senate seat, too.)
Cedrick Frazier narrowly defeated Anders Folk in the Hennepin County attorney race, following a campaign shaped by competing visions for the office. The post Frazier to be next Hennepin County Attorney in a tight win for progressives appeared first on Eden Prairie Local News .
Dozens of people charged in connection to January's protest inside a Twin Cities church during the height of Operation Metro Surge returned to federal court on Thursday.
Two Northern Minnesota House seats flip blue, reshaping Northland representation in St. Paul.
Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools will each receive approximately $1 million more annually after Minnesota voters approved larger school trust fund distributions. The post Minnesota passes constitutional amendment to send more trust fund money to schools appeared first on Sahan Journal .
"Everybody's kind of going through it these days with prices and everything."
Current Ward 2 St. Paul Council member Rebecca Noecker beat state District 65B Representative Maria Isa Perez-Vega by just 119 votes to become the next Ramsey County District 5 Commissioner. The total votes for Noecker were 15,829 anad for Perez-Vega 15,710. There were 22 write-ins. The seat was vacated by Rafael Ortega who did not seek reelection.
