A gun's life seen via a pistol used in Chicago, traced to Twin Cities

Rick Boelter, a firearm’s examiner in the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, is in the firearms reference collection vault, where guns used in the

National Integrated Ballistic Information Network is becoming a pivotal investigative tool to thwart a rising threat of gun violence. Hennepin County’s gun lab will be getting its own NIBIN system.

— David Joles, Star Tribune

Technology increasingly shows how one gun can change hands and travel across cities and states, leaving a trail of dead or injured victims in its wake.

Minnesota's days of cheaper electricity seem numbered

Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant in Welch, Minn., is run by Xcel, which has invested $2 billion in its Minnesota nuclear plants. The utility, Minnes

Utility rate increases are poised to push Minnesota past the national average.

Man shot, killed outside Mpls. apartments near Stone Arch Bridge

It happened in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, where already have met with police after crimes.

Duluth's Park Point may be gradually crumbling away

One of the narrower parts of Duluth’s Park Point, as seen from the air last month.

The future is important to the more than 300 residential structures, hotels and other businesses that call it home, as well as the bustling shipping industry

Gov. Tim Walz builds on diversity in the state courts

Lola Velazquez-Aguilu leads the Judicial Selection Commission, which guides Gov. Tim Walz.

More than a third of his judicial picks have been people of color, more than half women.

No cash or spare change for the Salvation Army's red kettles? No problem

Douglas Schindler rang the bell Friday at a Cub Foods in Roseville. “People don’t carry cash. So we have to adapt,” said the Salvation Army’s

The Salvation Army adds mobile-pay technology in hopes of boosting donations in cashless society.

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Ranks of million-dollar condos have tripled in Twin Cities amid 'robust' demand

Four new projects in Minneapolis will bring about 180 new condos priced in excess of $1 million to one of the most rarefied real estate markets in the metro.