Wildfire smoke prompts another air quality alert in northern Minnesota

ST. PAUL — Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to issue an air quality alert for the northern portion of the state. According to a release from the agency, northwesterly winds will bring wildfire smoke from …

Bon Iver's frontman teams up with Lynx to help Minnesota nonprofits

Grammy Award winner Justin Vernon, the frontman for Bon Iver, is teaming up with the Minnesota Lynx to give back to the community.  Vernon is using his star power to help those working to end gender inequality, domestic violence and sexual abuse. Through …

Storm Overwhelms Minnesota, Leaving Thousands Without Power

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — A powerful storm system swept through Minnesota on Sunday, causing widespread damage and leaving 72,000 homes without power. The storm brought high winds, downed trees, and significant flooding across the state. As of Monday …

Minnesota halts payments to most housing stabilization providers amid fraud scrutiny

Gov. Tim Walz said he stopped the majority of the payments to the state’s Housing Stabilization Services recipients Monday morning because of a pending fraud investigation. Walz said at a Monday press conference he’s questioning if the safeguards in place …

Flights diverted, 125,000 without power as storm slams Minnesota's twin cities; Xcel Energy working to restore service

After the powerful storm system swept through the Twin Cities on Sunday, July 27, over 125,000 customers were still without power as of Tuesday, July 29. Xcel Energy announced Monday, July 28, that it had restored power to over 85 per cent of customers who …

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon teams up with Minnesota Lynx to help nonprofits

Justin Vernon, the frontman for Bon Iver, and the Minnesota Lynx are working to help those working to end gender inequality, domestic violence and abuse. Marielle Mohs shows us how Vernon met some kids who are directly benefiting from his generosity.

New Minnesota law to put warning labels on social media apps

MINN. (Valley News Live) - Starting next July, Minnesotans’ social media apps will look a bit different. Next summer, social media apps in Minnesota will have a new “mental health warning label” when you open the app. What those labels will say isn’t …

Southern Minnesota quarry site reveals history of Indigenous toolmaking

Visitors to an archeological site in Grand Meadow, a rural town in southern Minnesota pause to read a sign along the Wanhi Yukan Trail on July 7. The archeological record shows Indigenous have quarried chert, sometimes called flint, at the site beginning …

Who is Joe Thompson, the federal prosecutor who keeps finding fraud in Minnesota government?

I’ll say this: It’s clear our state needs to take fraud more seriously, and we can’t just assume that people who participate in these programs — even if they’re ostensibly a nonprofit — are doing so honestly. And that’s especially true when people are …

U.S. News ranks Minnesota hospitals: Mayo Clinic earns national honor roll spot