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State Fair

Live: Def Leppard, Los Lobos wrap up a full day of State Fair fun

The Minnesota State Fair is about much more than food and grandstand shows. We’re fanning out across the fairgrounds to showcase music, magic shows, stunt dogs, acrobats and more.

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Twins

Twins stun Blue Jays 7-5 as Matt Wallner’s homer caps ninth-inning rally

Rochester

Rochester woman who hurled racial slurs at child in park will be charged

Rochester

Rochester woman who hurled racial slurs at child in park will be charged

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Woman gets three years in prison for role creating fake documents in Feeding Our Future fraud plot

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Woman gets three years in prison for role creating fake documents in Feeding Our Future fraud plot

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Rochester

Rochester woman who hurled racial slurs at child in park will be charged

Rochester

Rochester woman who hurled racial slurs at child in park will be charged

Shiloh Hendrix repeatedly used racist language at a Rochester park in a video that went viral.

Rochester

Rochester proposes reduced budget, could lower 6% tax levy increase

Rochester

Rochester proposes reduced budget, could lower 6% tax levy increase

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: Heartbroken mom opens bookstore for Redwood Falls — and for herself

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Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: Heartbroken mom opens bookstore for Redwood Falls — and for herself

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Rochester

Rochester woman who hurled racial slurs at child in park will be charged

Rochester

Rochester woman who hurled racial slurs at child in park will be charged

Shiloh Hendrix repeatedly used racist language at a Rochester park in a video that went viral.

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Ilhan Omar sides with an unfair process.

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Maggie Koerth

Contributing Columnists

Koerth: Why do so many people think crime is up when it’s actually going down?

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Columnists

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Readers Write

Readers Write: Minneapolis mayoral race, Jewish Minneapolitans

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Readers Write: Minneapolis mayoral race, Jewish Minneapolitans

Ilhan Omar sides with an unfair process.

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Koerth: Why do so many people think crime is up when it’s actually going down?

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Sports

Twins

Twins stun Blue Jays 7-5 as Matt Wallner’s homer caps ninth-inning rally

It was a shocking comeback for the Twins, who have made a habit lately of giving their opponents a head start.

Gophers

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Twins

Twins will start 2026 season with earliest Opening Day; home opener is April 3

Loons

Whirlwind transfer window leaves Minnesota United boss feeling proud of team's pipeline

Strib Varsity

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Reusse: Derrin Lamker missed the ‘Friday Night Lights,’ so he returns to coach Osseo football team

Patrick Reusse

Strib Varsity

Reusse: Derrin Lamker missed the ‘Friday Night Lights,’ so he returns to coach Osseo football team

Patrick Reusse

Osseo won the large-school state championship in 2015 before Derrin Lamker went to Edina, then Augsburg. Now he’s back.

Strib Varsity

What are the most creative fundraisers in Minnesota for high school athletics? We want to know

Strib Varsity

What are the most creative fundraisers in Minnesota for high school athletics? We want to know

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Minnesota Top 25 released: see our picks for the state's best football teams

Strib Varsity

Minnesota Top 25 released: see our picks for the state's best football teams

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Reusse: Derrin Lamker missed the ‘Friday Night Lights,’ so he returns to coach Osseo football team

Patrick Reusse

Strib Varsity

Reusse: Derrin Lamker missed the ‘Friday Night Lights,’ so he returns to coach Osseo football team

Patrick Reusse

Osseo won the large-school state championship in 2015 before Derrin Lamker went to Edina, then Augsburg. Now he’s back.

Food & Culture

State Fair

Minnesota State Fair Swifties talk of singer's engagement to Travis Kelce

State Fair

Minnesota State Fair Swifties talk of singer's engagement to Travis Kelce

The singer and tight end announced their engagement Tuesday as the state fair reached its halfway point.

Counter Intelligence

Uptown vegan restaurant Matriarch closes abruptly; Saturday Dumpling Co. opens at Malcolm Yards

Counter Intelligence

Uptown vegan restaurant Matriarch closes abruptly; Saturday Dumpling Co. opens at Malcolm Yards

Recipes

Add a little spice to your life with these 3 easy salsa recipes

Recipes

Add a little spice to your life with these 3 easy salsa recipes

State Fair

Minnesota State Fair Swifties talk of singer's engagement to Travis Kelce

State Fair

Minnesota State Fair Swifties talk of singer's engagement to Travis Kelce

The singer and tight end announced their engagement Tuesday as the state fair reached its halfway point.

News & Politics

News & Politics

GOP and DFL-endorsed candidates win special primaries for state senate seats

Republican Michael Holmstrom Jr. and DFLer Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger cruised to victories Tuesday.

Minneapolis

Gunman kills 1, wounds 6 others in daylight barrage on Minneapolis street

Minneapolis

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State Fair

Minnesota State Fair Swifties talk of singer's engagement to Travis Kelce

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Business

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Minneapolis developer pivots $400M project to sell building for its data center

Business

Minneapolis developer pivots $400M project to sell building for its data center

Sherman Associates looks to sell the former Wells Fargo operations center, with data center space at the core of the new vision.

MN Fortune 500

General Mills building new $54M pilot plant in Golden Valley

MN Fortune 500

General Mills building new $54M pilot plant in Golden Valley

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Home Gazing

Home of the Month winner near Stillwater offers midcentury modern style

Business

Minneapolis developer pivots $400M project to sell building for its data center

Business

Minneapolis developer pivots $400M project to sell building for its data center

Sherman Associates looks to sell the former Wells Fargo operations center, with data center space at the core of the new vision.

Outdoors

Environment

Northern Minnesota power company sale has clean energy groups bitterly divided

The parent company of Minnesota Power says its proposed sale to a private equity group would supply cash for the state’s carbon-free law. Critics say private control of a utility is bad for customers.

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