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📷: The Minnesota Capitol building just after sunset on a spring evening, by Brian Bakst | MPR News.
📷: The Minnesota Capitol building just after sunset on a spring evening, by Brian Bakst | MPR News.
Nearly on to the Canada border, the small town of Warroad, Minnesota, has had an outsized impact on the history of hockey in the U.S. The inclusion of Brock Nelson on the men's Olympic team this year makes eight players from Warroad to go to the Winter Games.
U.S. Olympic hockey history has been given an outsized boost from a tiny, proud Minnesota town
The small town of Warroad, Minnesota, has had an outsized impact on the history of hockey in the U.S. The inclusion of Brock Nelson on the men's Olympic team this year makes eight players from Warroad...
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February 7, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Nearly on to the Canada border, the small town of Warroad, Minnesota, has had an outsized impact on the history of hockey in the U.S. The inclusion of Brock Nelson on the men's Olympic team this year makes eight players from Warroad to go to the Winter Games.
Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican and chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Friday requested records related to firms partially owned by the husband of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, taking the extraordinary step of scrutinizing the spouse of a sitting House member.
In unusual move, Republican chair scrutinizes companies tied to husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar
The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee is requesting records related to firms partially owned by the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar. It's an extraordinary step of scrutinizing the spouse...
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February 7, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican and chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Friday requested records related to firms partially owned by the husband of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, taking the extraordinary step of scrutinizing the spouse of a sitting House member.
A global soccer superstar is joining Minnesota United. The Loons announced Friday that they’ve signed midfielder James Rodríguez to a short-term contract on Friday.
Soccer star James Rodríguez signs contract with Minnesota United
In addition to his accomplishments on the field, midfielder James Rodríguez also brings a huge global following off the field — a spotlight that will now shine on the Loons. He has more than 51 millio...
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February 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM
A global soccer superstar is joining Minnesota United. The Loons announced Friday that they’ve signed midfielder James Rodríguez to a short-term contract on Friday.
Far-right influencer Jake Lang, who was pardoned for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was charged Friday with felony damage to property, after posting video to social media showing him damaging an ice sculpture outside the Minnesota Capitol.
Far-right influencer Jake Lang charged with damaging ice sculpture at Minnesota Capitol
Far-right influencer Jake Lang was charged Friday with felony damage to property, after posting video to social media showing him damaging an ice sculpture outside the Minnesota Capitol.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Far-right influencer Jake Lang, who was pardoned for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was charged Friday with felony damage to property, after posting video to social media showing him damaging an ice sculpture outside the Minnesota Capitol.
For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school each day requires faith that one of the thousands of federal immigration officers deployed around the state won’t detain them.
Thousands of children are staying home, often for lack of door-to-door transportation — or simply trust.
Thousands of children are staying home, often for lack of door-to-door transportation — or simply trust.
In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families
For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school each day requires faith that one of the thousands of federal immigration officers deployed around the state won’t detain them.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school each day requires faith that one of the thousands of federal immigration officers deployed around the state won’t detain them.
Thousands of children are staying home, often for lack of door-to-door transportation — or simply trust.
Thousands of children are staying home, often for lack of door-to-door transportation — or simply trust.
Almost 40 athletes who are heading to the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic and Paralympic games have connections to Minnesota. Whether they call this state home or just train or play sports here, here’s your chance to learn about the Minnesota ties at the Milano Cortina Games.
Meet the Minnesota winter Olympians and Paralympians heading to Milano Cortina
Almost 40 athletes who are heading to the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic and Paralympic games have connections to Minnesota. Whether they call this state home or just train or play sports here, here’s yo...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Almost 40 athletes who are heading to the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic and Paralympic games have connections to Minnesota. Whether they call this state home or just train or play sports here, here’s your chance to learn about the Minnesota ties at the Milano Cortina Games.
Farmington in the southern Twin Cities region is dealing with a leadership shakeup this week, after the city's mayor resigned. The decision comes after the mayor engaged in a heated exchange with a resident and former city official during a council meeting Monday.
Farmington Mayor Joshua Hoyt resigns
Farmington in the southern Twin Cities region is dealing with a leadership shakeup this week, after the city's mayor resigned. The decision comes after the mayor engaged in a heated exchange with a re...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Farmington in the southern Twin Cities region is dealing with a leadership shakeup this week, after the city's mayor resigned. The decision comes after the mayor engaged in a heated exchange with a resident and former city official during a council meeting Monday.
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
U.S. border czar Tom Homan has said he'd take federal immigration agents out of Minnesota if local leaders cooperated, including allowing the federal government more access to people in county jails.
Amid surge, some greater Minnesota sheriffs plan to continue cooperation with ICE
More than half a dozen Minnesota counties have signed agreements to assist ICE to varying degrees, from detaining people in county jails to helping federal agents find and arrest people suspected of i...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
U.S. border czar Tom Homan has said he'd take federal immigration agents out of Minnesota if local leaders cooperated, including allowing the federal government more access to people in county jails.
Minnesota beat No. 10 Iowa 91-85 on Thursday night for its fifth straight victory. The Gophers hold the program’s longest winning streak in Big Ten play since the 2018-19 season.
Minnesota women beat No. 10 Iowa for 5th straight victory
Grace Grocholski scored 21 points, Mara Braun added 16 and Minnesota beat No. 10 Iowa 91-85 on Thursday night for its fifth straight victory. The Gophers (17-6, 8-4 Big Ten) have the program’s longest...
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February 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Minnesota beat No. 10 Iowa 91-85 on Thursday night for its fifth straight victory. The Gophers hold the program’s longest winning streak in Big Ten play since the 2018-19 season.
The face of Renee Macklin Good is featured in a new snow sculpture in Minneapolis. Over part of her face is has a blindfold that says “ICE OUT,” and it references two snow sculptures that were disqualified from competitions last month for their references to ICE the surge.
‘Ice Out for Good’: Art and censorship in the Minnesota snow
A new snow sculpture in Minneapolis features the face of Renee Macklin Good with a blindfold that says “ICE OUT,” and it references two snow sculptures that were disqualified from competitions last mo...
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February 6, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The face of Renee Macklin Good is featured in a new snow sculpture in Minneapolis. Over part of her face is has a blindfold that says “ICE OUT,” and it references two snow sculptures that were disqualified from competitions last month for their references to ICE the surge.
Lindsey Vonn opened her chase for Olympic gold at the age of 41 with an aggressive and successful training run down the Olympia delle Tofane downhill course on Friday, two days before the race. This comes a week after rupturing the ACL in her left knee.
Lindsey Vonn tests injured left knee in Olympic downhill training, pumps fist after successful run
A week after rupturing the ACL in her left knee, Lindsey Vonn opened her chase for Olympic gold at the age of 41 with an aggressive and successful training run down the Olympia delle Tofane downhill c...
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February 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Lindsey Vonn opened her chase for Olympic gold at the age of 41 with an aggressive and successful training run down the Olympia delle Tofane downhill course on Friday, two days before the race. This comes a week after rupturing the ACL in her left knee.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
Rental assistance hotlines in the state say calls for help have skyrocketed this year. Some callers say they’re not going to work because they’re afraid they’ll be detained by ICE if they leave the house. Others say a family breadwinner was detained, leaving them struggling to pay the bills.
Minneapolis allocates additional $1 million for rental assistance
The City of Minneapolis will allocate $1 million in funds for emergency rental assistance, as families impacted by the ongoing federal immigration operation seek help paying bills.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Rental assistance hotlines in the state say calls for help have skyrocketed this year. Some callers say they’re not going to work because they’re afraid they’ll be detained by ICE if they leave the house. Others say a family breadwinner was detained, leaving them struggling to pay the bills.
Jake Lang, who was pardoned for his participation in the Jan. 6 insurrection, posted video to his social media of him destroying the sculpture hours after veterans held a press conference next to it to share their concerns with the ongoing immigration enforcement operation.
‘Prosecute ICE’ sculpture at Minn. Capitol destroyed; Jake Lang arrested
The man pardoned for participating in the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021 posted a video kicking down letters in the display to spell out ‘Pro ICE.’ He said he’d been arrested.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Jake Lang, who was pardoned for his participation in the Jan. 6 insurrection, posted video to his social media of him destroying the sculpture hours after veterans held a press conference next to it to share their concerns with the ongoing immigration enforcement operation.
Organizers are trying a new tactic to slow and deter federal agents from entering city neighborhoods, pop-up block parties in the middle of city streets. Tom Homan, the Trump administration border czar, calls the attempts by residents to prevent his ICE agents from doing their jobs “a joke.”
Neighbors: Blockades are pop-up parties that also slow down ICE agents
Organizers are trying a new tactic to slow and deter federal agents from entering city neighborhoods: pop-up block parties in the middle of city streets. Tom Homan, the Trump administration border cza...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Organizers are trying a new tactic to slow and deter federal agents from entering city neighborhoods, pop-up block parties in the middle of city streets. Tom Homan, the Trump administration border czar, calls the attempts by residents to prevent his ICE agents from doing their jobs “a joke.”
🌨️ Other finalists for this year's contest include Flurrious George, I Got Friends In Snow Places and O Brother, Where Art Plow?
Finalists announced, voting opens for MnDOT's Name a Snowplow contest
Music is a common theme among finalists, including K Pop Blizzard Hunter, Bob Chillin’ and Don’t Flurry, Be Happy.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:12 PM
🌨️ Other finalists for this year's contest include Flurrious George, I Got Friends In Snow Places and O Brother, Where Art Plow?
After her partner was shot by ICE in mid-January, Indriany Mendoza Camacho shares her story about what happened and her own detainment.
‘I saw everything’: Woman speaks out after ICE shot and detained her partner in north Minneapolis
Indriany Mendoza Camacho is speaking up after witnessing the incident that resulted in her partner being wounded and her roommates being held in detention centers.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
After her partner was shot by ICE in mid-January, Indriany Mendoza Camacho shares her story about what happened and her own detainment.
The St. Paul Downtown Development Corporation announced Thursday that it has formed an investment fund for downtown redevelopment projects. The organization says Securian Financial and the Bush Foundation have invested $30 million into the fund.
Investment fund announced for downtown St. Paul projects
The fund will support projects like office-to-residential conversions and pedestrian-focused street improvements, among other goals.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The St. Paul Downtown Development Corporation announced Thursday that it has formed an investment fund for downtown redevelopment projects. The organization says Securian Financial and the Bush Foundation have invested $30 million into the fund.
President Donald Trump’s pitch on a podcast Tuesday to “nationalize” elections is garnering mixed reactions. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon joined Morning Edition Thursday to talk about what this means ahead of midterms.
Minnesota Secretary of State responds to Trump’s pitch to ‘nationalize’ elections
President Donald Trump’s pitch on a podcast Tuesday to “nationalize” elections is garnering mixed reactions. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon joined Morning Edition Thursday to talk about what...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
President Donald Trump’s pitch on a podcast Tuesday to “nationalize” elections is garnering mixed reactions. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon joined Morning Edition Thursday to talk about what this means ahead of midterms.
As the Milan Cortina Olympics begin, memories of the gold-medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team come back to cultural zeitgeist. The players involved, long removed from beating the Soviet Union in a game that became known as the "Miracle on Ice," are now in their 60s and 70s.
The Olympics arrive with the U.S. a favorite, rekindling fond memories of 1980’s ‘Miracle on Ice’
Members of the gold-medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team get recognized around the towns they now call home. They’re never the ones to bring up beating the Soviet Union in a game now known as t...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
As the Milan Cortina Olympics begin, memories of the gold-medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team come back to cultural zeitgeist. The players involved, long removed from beating the Soviet Union in a game that became known as the "Miracle on Ice," are now in their 60s and 70s.
The City of Anoka held a soft opening for its new dispensary, Anoka Cannabis Company, on Thursday. It’s believed to be one of the only city-operated cannabis stores to open in the U.S. since a city in the state of Washington opened a dispensary back in 2015.
Anoka opens Minnesota’s first government-run cannabis dispensary, one of few of its kind in country
The City of Anoka held a soft opening for its new dispensary, Anoka Cannabis Company, on Thursday. It’s believed to be one of the only city-operated cannabis stores to open in the U.S. since a city in...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The City of Anoka held a soft opening for its new dispensary, Anoka Cannabis Company, on Thursday. It’s believed to be one of the only city-operated cannabis stores to open in the U.S. since a city in the state of Washington opened a dispensary back in 2015.
Words like “disruption,” “upheaval” and “radical uncertainty” have become practically synonymous with Minnesota in few weeks. While it’s too early to draw firm, data-driven conclusions, no one is going out on a limb by saying the turbulence right now will exact an economic price on the state.
Uncertainty looms large for Minnesota businesses
While it’s too early to draw firm, data-driven conclusions, no one is going out on a limb by saying the combination of turbulence and uncertainty seen in Minnesota right now will exact an economic pri...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Words like “disruption,” “upheaval” and “radical uncertainty” have become practically synonymous with Minnesota in few weeks. While it’s too early to draw firm, data-driven conclusions, no one is going out on a limb by saying the turbulence right now will exact an economic price on the state.
Minnesota-based Meghan Kreidler is best known as the frontwoman of rock band Kiss the Tiger.
Also an actor, Kreidler now takes on the role of Lady Macbeth at the Guthrie. She says it has deepened her engagement with Shakespeare, her own ambitions and the play’s contemporary political resonance.
Also an actor, Kreidler now takes on the role of Lady Macbeth at the Guthrie. She says it has deepened her engagement with Shakespeare, her own ambitions and the play’s contemporary political resonance.
Lady Macbeth as rockstar — Guthrie opens 'Macbeth' with Kiss the Tiger frontwoman
Meghan Kreidler, best known as the frontwoman of Kiss the Tiger, reflects on her long personal connection to Lady Macbeth and how playing the role at the Guthrie has deepened her engagement with Shake...
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February 5, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Minnesota-based Meghan Kreidler is best known as the frontwoman of rock band Kiss the Tiger.
Also an actor, Kreidler now takes on the role of Lady Macbeth at the Guthrie. She says it has deepened her engagement with Shakespeare, her own ambitions and the play’s contemporary political resonance.
Also an actor, Kreidler now takes on the role of Lady Macbeth at the Guthrie. She says it has deepened her engagement with Shakespeare, her own ambitions and the play’s contemporary political resonance.