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6262 - U.S. Drought Monitor report

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6262 - U.S. Drought Monitor report

Thu, 10 Sep 2026
6261 - St. Paul City Council withdraws police department’s resolution seeking federal grant for drone program

Thu, 10 Sep 2026
6260 - Brooklyn Center human trafficking investigation; Congressional watchdog clears Rep. Omar

Wed, 09 Sep 2026
6259 - Somali man arrested by ICE in St. Paul is being held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Wed, 09 Sep 2026
6258 - Back to school for Minnesota

Tue, 08 Sep 2026
6257 - Most Minnesota schools start classes Tuesday, but some got permission to start earlier

Tue, 08 Sep 2026
6256 - Mass shooting started as custody handoff; AI-nudification law update

Fri, 04 Sep 2026
6255 - Diocese of Winona-Rochester's largest insurer to pay $30M to clergy sexual abuse survivors

Fri, 04 Sep 2026
6254 - ICE agent to face federal charges; Update to Minneapolis mass shooting

Thu, 03 Sep 2026
6253 - 3 people, including the suspected shooter, are dead and 6 others were injured after Minneapolis shooting

Thu, 03 Sep 2026
6252 - Fridley schools begin classes after being one of the most affected districts during ICE surge last year

Wed, 02 Sep 2026
6251 - Minnesota State Fair officials say people wearing Homeland Security uniforms at the fair are not ICE agents

Tue, 01 Sep 2026
6250 - International student enrollment continues to decline in Minnesota's colleges, universities

Tue, 01 Sep 2026
6249 - Anti-ICE protest defendants ask court to dismiss federal charges

Mon, 31 Aug 2026
6248 - Feds decline to charge ICE agent in shooting of Venezuelan man in Minneapolis

Mon, 31 Aug 2026
6247 - State rep. pleads guilty to driving while intoxicated; Hospital merger moves forward

Fri, 28 Aug 2026
6246 - ICE agent charged with shooting, wounding a man released from Texas jail

Fri, 28 Aug 2026
6245 - ICE agent charged in Minnesota assault case released from Texas jail

Thu, 27 Aug 2026
6244 - Minneapolis marks 1 year since shooting at Annunciation Church and School with a day of service, remembrance

Thu, 27 Aug 2026
6243 - Minneapolis holds listening sessions about new police chief

Wed, 26 Aug 2026
6242 - Leaders at Annunciation ask public to spend Thursday in reflection, service

Wed, 26 Aug 2026
6241 - No felony charges in Minneapolis rally; Minnesotans remember Dolly Parton

Tue, 25 Aug 2026
6240 - Federal judge in Texas to hear arguments on ICE agent extradition to Minnesota

Tue, 25 Aug 2026
6239 - Lindell faces deadline to put up money by Monday for a hand recount of Minnesota’s primary ballots

Mon, 24 Aug 2026
6238 - Appleton forum on new ICE detention facility

Fri, 21 Aug 2026
6237 - A proposed data center in NE Minneapolis faces continued pushback from residents

Fri, 21 Aug 2026
6236 - Hermantown data center debate; Minnesota to shut down some group homes

Thu, 20 Aug 2026
6235 - Walz authorizes state disaster assistance for 6 southern Minnesota counties after severe storms and floods

Thu, 20 Aug 2026
6234 - Mike Lindell says he’ll pay for recount after losing Republican primary for governor

Wed, 19 Aug 2026
6233 - Long-term impact of Walz's executive order blocking mining depends on his successor

Wed, 19 Aug 2026
6232 - Hopkins, Burnsville communities remember family killed in apparent murder-suicide

Tue, 18 Aug 2026
6231 - The state of Minnesota has paid $36 million dollars to group home companies linked to a high-ranking government official in Liberia, investigation finds

Mon, 17 Aug 2026
6230 - Iranian-linked hacker group claims responsibility for Minnesota water system cyberattack

Fri, 14 Aug 2026
6229 - St. Paul mayor proposes 2027 budget

Fri, 14 Aug 2026
6228 - Secretary of State says federal election monitors did not interfere in Minnesota's primary election

Thu, 13 Aug 2026
6227 - 2 adults, child dead at Hopkins daycare in apparent murder-suicide

Thu, 13 Aug 2026
6226 - Record turnout for Minnesota primary election

Wed, 12 Aug 2026
6225 - Klobuchar and Demuth face off for governor. Flanagan and Tafoya get nods for U.S. Senate

Wed, 12 Aug 2026
6224 - Tuesday is primary election day in Minnesota

Tue, 11 Aug 2026
6223 - Election Day tomorrow; Power failure likely led to outages

Mon, 10 Aug 2026
6222 - Drought may not impact crop yield as much as expected

Mon, 10 Aug 2026
6221 - Minnesota's drought will stay awhile, but recent rain does help BWCA firefighters

Fri, 07 Aug 2026
6220 - Twin Cities woman sues Chipotle after salmonella poisoning

Fri, 07 Aug 2026
6219 - Businesses financially hurt by wildfires; Drought reduced slightly in Minnesota

Thu, 06 Aug 2026
6218 - Food shelves are now able to accept donated eggs past their 'sell-by' date

Thu, 06 Aug 2026
6217 - Farmfest gubernatorial debate; Walz wildfire update

Wed, 05 Aug 2026
6216 - St. Paul set to clear homeless encampment at Pig's Eye Park

Wed, 05 Aug 2026
6215 - Firefighters make progress on Minnesota wildfires; Aging infrastructure led to cyber attacks

Tue, 04 Aug 2026
6214 - Minnesota water systems have blocked multiple hacking attempts since last week's cyberattack

Tue, 04 Aug 2026
6213 - Minnesota wildfires continue burning; More states report cyberattacks on water systems

Mon, 03 Aug 2026