Ellison at helm in curbing Trump racism
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The national stature of Minnesota’s attorney general, Keith Ellision, grew [...]
Lewiston police officer moves to chief
LEWISTON, Minn. — A seven-year veteran with the Lewiston police force, Ben Coop, age [...]
Minneapolis to end homphobic ban on baths
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council voted 9-2 to rescind a 38-year-old ban on [...]
How they voted: On Trump war powers /2
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted 50-48 to block President Trump from further military [...]
Walz on judge ordering Trump to stand down
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Governor Tim Walz welcomed a federal judge’s rejection of President [...]
How they voted: On more housing /1
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted 85-5 to expand the nation’s housing supply and [...]
How they voted: On more housing /1
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted 85-5 to expand the nation’s housing supply and [...]
Judge damns Trump’s Minnesota Meanness
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s g escalating campaign against Minnesota [...]
Embarrassed city agency sets SMU as swim option
WINONA, Minn. – The city Parks Department arranged a swimming option at the Saint [...]
LaCrosse to AI giants: Slow it down
LACROSSE, Wis. — The La Crosse County Board voted 26-2 to put ice on [...]
No Winona splashin’ yet: Pool still closed
WINONA, Minn. — The contractor for repairs and upgrades at the Bob Welch swimming [...]
Mayor quits as hyper-scale Google project looms
PINE ISLAND, Minn. — Mayor David Friese resigned abruptly amid swelling controversy over a [...]
MiEnergy: No hanky-panky on our data center
RUSHFORD, Minn. — The utility co-op MiEnergy asks people not to confuse its data-center [...]
Ellison on Vance charges: “A political stunt”
ST.PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison pushed back against Vice President JD [...]
How they voted: On Trump war powers /1
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted 215-208 to end the war with Iran, which [...]
Pine Island data center: Judge insists on answers
RED WING, Minn. —A Goodhue County judge has temporarily halted construction of a hyperscale [...]
How they voted: On stopping Iran war /2
WASHNGTON — The U.S.Senate voted 53-47 against halting President Trump's war on Iran. The [...]
Rochester sports-rec park lives on
PRESTON, Minn. — A proposal to stop a proposed $65 million sports and recreation [...]
GOP stymies House vote on gun control
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Republican House speaker Lisa Demuth, refused to allow a [...]
Walz sends National Guard to fire duty
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Governor Tim Walz declared an emergency due to wildfires in [...]
Legislature OKs state anti-fraud agency
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A bill has cleared the Minesota Legislature to create an [...]
LaCrosse ponders limits on e-bikes, scooters
LACROSSE, Wis. — A second La Crosse City Council committee has recommended banning electric [...]
Near psychologically bleak point: $4 gas
Symbolically a giant wind turbine turns a couple blocks away Turbines generate low-cost energy, [...]
Sanders in Rochester: An anti-oligarchy message
ROCHESTER, Minn. — One of President Trump’s most vocal critics, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, [...]
Decorah outburst: Ban Johnny Reb symbols from fair
DECORAH, Iowa — Somebody on the board that runs the Winneshiek County Fair has [...]
May Day general strike planners reach out
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona labor activist called on local people to join an [...]
In Fillmore County a rare voter fraud case
PRESTON, Minn. — A Sprig Valley man, who’s not a U.S. citizen, has been [...]
How they voted: On Superior Forest mining
WASHNGTON — These are breakdowns of how Minnesota and Wisconsin delegates to Congresa voted [...]
Minnesota senators outvoted on new Up North mining
WASHINGTON — President Trump has had his way for industrializing protected lands near Minnesota’s [...]
Explosive ready to take out Lansing bridge pier
LANSING, Iowa — More dynamiting is ahead for the Lansing bridge over the Mississippi [...]
UW president won’t protest being fired
MADISON, Wis. — The fired University of Wisconsin president ,Jay Rothman ,said he was [...]
State’s chief justice nears age 70, to retire
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Chief Justice Natalie Hudson of the Minnesota Supreme Court is [...]
Tank empty? Steady yourself to pay $100
LEWISTON, Minn. — At $3.65, a 20-gallon tank passed the psychologically significant $100 for [...]
House leadership distressed at boozing arrests
COLD SPRING, Munn. — The speaker of the Minnesota House, Lisa Demuth, will have [...]
Legislators, both drinking at late lunch, go AWOL
ST.PAUL, Minn. — Things are looking worse for two state legislators who were arrested [...]
U.S. House insists on new ICE funds
WASHINGTON — The Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, said his Republican majority will [...]
Anti-Trump event in Rochester a two-mile march
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The latest No Kings rally in Rochester is planned as a [...]
No Kings 3.0: Cool but nippy winds to calm
WINONA, Minn. — Weather for the No Kings rally at Windom Park on Saturday [...]
Trump loses: End in sight for snarled air travel
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to restart salaries for federal airport security [...]
Two legislators caught after night out
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. — Two legislators, one of them drunk, the other carrying [...]
Campus payroll screws up with new software
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The MinnState colleges system messed up its payroll and repeatedly [...]
Democrats fail to derail new Homeland chief
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted 54-45 to confirm President Trump’s choice to replace [...]
Chalk one up for Ellison against Tik Tok
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota case against media giant TikTok as exploiting children into online [...]
Expert: Ellison has uphill battle against Tik Tok
MINNEAPOLIS — A University of Minnesota law professor described the case that Tik Tok [...]
Legislators act against now-sullied farm reformer
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota House voted 129-0 to end the state’s annual [...]
Zumbrota traditionalists: We like old flag
ZUMBROTA, Minn. — The Zumbrota City Council voted 3-2 to keep the old Minnesota [...]
Lawsuit: Tik Tok snaring kids with “digital nicotine”
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison alleged in a new court case that [...]
Farmers fret with diesel at $4.79
WINONA, Minn. —The Trump war on Iran has pushed global oil prices into the [...]
How they voted: On voter suppression /1
WASHNGTON — The U.S. Senate failed to pass President Trump ’s priority proposal to [...]
Fountain’s utility chief fired as incompetent, negligent
FOUNTAIN, Minn. — The City Council voted 4-1 to fire the Fountain public works [...]
New judge on Third District bench
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A corporate attorney with Hormel Foods has been named to [...]
Proposal seeks end to ICE use of Minnesota jails
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Bills are active in the Minnesota Legislature to forbid local [...]
House moves ahead to ban Big Tech secrecy
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Giant tech companies have suffered a setback in their tactics [...]
Minnesota-Missouri train corridor pondered
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The pro-rail lobbying group All Aboard Minesota is pushing the [...]
New funding for LaCosse trans-state buses
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Transportation Department announced state financial support for a new [...]
How they voted: On stopping Iran war / 1
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted 218-212 against a Democratic-backed measure to halt President [...]
Post-Minnesota muddle: Trump axes Noem
WASHINGTON — President Trump fired his Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem after her troubled [...]
Trump lags on promised Minneapolis drawdown
WASHINGTON — The number of Operation Metro Surge federal agents in Minnesota remains near [...]
Minnesota soldier dies in Iran campaign
WASHINGTON — An Army reservist from Minnesota was killed Sunday in an Iranian drone [...]
Johnson: Iran war wrong, so too Finstad
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Congressional candidate Jake Johnson faulted President Trump’s all-out surprise attack on [...]