The Latest Breaking News from Minneapolis

General Mills remains on track to meet 2030 regenerative ag goal

MINNEAPOLIS — A group of General Mills employees recently traveled to a farm in Redwood Falls, Minn., to feel the difference regenerative agriculture has made for the soil.

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2022

Rabbit rescue president charged after authorities find 47 dead bunnies in Minnesota barn

MINNEAPOLIS — The president of a nationally known rabbit rescue nonprofit has been charged with felony animal cruelty and torture after 47 dead rabbits were found by authorities in a feces-filled Savage barn last week.

Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2022

Derek Chauvin's federal sentencing scheduled for Thursday

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin will be sentenced Thursday on federal civil rights charges connected to the 2020 murder of George Floyd and a previous excessive force case involving a Minneapolis teenager.

Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2022

Why this music critic wears hearing protection at shows — and why you should, too

MINNEAPOLIS — After enduring three consecutive nights next to Ted Nugent's giant stack of Marshall amplifiers, I received a gift from the guitar hero: earplugs.

Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2022

18-year-old man dies from fireworks injuries in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — An 18-year-old man died early Monday from serious fireworks injuries — the first publicly reported death in Minnesota from fireworks this year.

Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2022

Backed by trio of homers, Tyler Wells throws 6 strong innings vs. former organization in Orioles’ 3-1 win over Twins

MINNEAPOLIS — As effective as Tyler Wells has been since donning an Orioles uniform, it becomes easy to forget he was not only a player Baltimore acquired through in 2020′s Rule 5 draft, but also the second player they plucked from another organization that year in that manner.

Tribune News Service · Jul 3, 2022

Chip Scoggins: Big Ten bursting coast to coast ends 'Power Five' era

MINNEAPOLIS — The commissioners for the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC appeared together at a virtual news conference last August to express unity and a spirit of collaboration in announcing a new "Alliance" partnership in the wake of jarring news that Texas and Oklahoma were bolting to the SEC.

Tribune News Service · Jul 3, 2022

Jim Souhan: Briana Scurry, the former U.S. women’s soccer great, has been to hell and back

MINNEAPOLIS — Briana Scurry walked into the auditorium at Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minn., on Wednesday night, and a tall man hugged her, saying, "Welcome home."

Tribune News Service · Jul 3, 2022

Twins rally for two runs in ninth inning for second day in a row to sink Orioles

MINNEAPOLIS — For the second consecutive game, the Twins ended with a walk-off victory.

Tribune News Service · Jul 2, 2022

Police: Mother, three children found in Minnesota lake in 'possible triple murder-suicide'

MINNEAPOLIS — A series of events that started with the report of a possible suicide in an east-metro mobile home park had by Saturday become what authorities who recovered four bodies from a Ramsey County lake were calling a triple homicide.

Tribune News Service · Jul 2, 2022