The Latest Breaking News from Minnesota

Minnesota warden Keith Olson retiring after 34 years on Lake Superior

DULUTH, Minn. — Keith Olson was piloting the 27-foot Department of Natural Resources patrol boat through the Duluth Ship Canal, close to the north pier, back into the harbor after a couple hours of checking Lake Superior anglers.

Tribune News Service · Jun 1, 2022

Literary giant Fiona McCrae moves on from Minnesota's Graywolf Press

Fiona McCrae brought Minnesota's Graywolf Press from a small regional publisher to a worldwide literary powerhouse.

Tribune News Service · Jun 1, 2022

Anderson: Minnesota’s roadside fish statues are a call to start casting

To catch fish in Minnesota you can pore over how-to books, devour biologists' detailed lake surveys and watch YouTube videos until you're blue in the face.

Tribune News Service · Jun 1, 2022

Minnesota Republican candidates have spent $44,508 more than Democrats

In Minnesota, state-level candidates spent $7.90 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Mar. 31, 2022. Democratic candidates spent $3.46 million and Republican candidates spent $3.51 million. 

Ballotpedia · May 29, 2022

Minnesota Vikings first-round pick Lewis Cine shares his mindset: ‘I just want to stack bodies’

There wasn't a bigger hitter on Georgia's '21 defense than Lewis Cine...

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 27, 2022

Judge tosses statements defendant made in 1972 murder case

A judge has thrown out statements that a 77-year-old Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl nearly half a century ago made to police and to his wife

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Cannabis Reg. Update: MN Approves Hemp-Derived THC For Adults, South Africa Marijuana Bill, Actions In LA, OH, GA

Minnesota To Allow Small Amounts Of THC In Food & Beverages 

Benzinga · May 25, 2022

Review: 'The Evening Hero,' by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

FICTION: A Korean War survivor-turned-obstetrician must confront his past when corporate ownership closes the Minnesota community hospital where he works.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022

Call of the loons is heard — and the call to help them

Much like the acute wail of the common loon that resonates deeply with many Minnesotans and signals another summer, state wildlife managers have made the annual call out for conservation-minded volunteers to help watch for them.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022

Polls close in special primary for Minnesota's 1st Congressional District

WASHINGTON — Polls closed Tuesday in southern Minnesota's 1st Congressional District primary race, where a crowd of Republicans and Democrats are competing to serve the final months of the late GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn's term.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022