A plume of PFAS chemicals under the east metro is moving. The state has a plan to stop it.
Preliminary plans would include a broad and complex system of wells to control the underground flow.
Fired Mpls. math teacher accuses management of 'cancerous rot'
Becka Thompson was hired to teach students learning English as a second language.
Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward
With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend. Friday's vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in the typically hyper-partisan House, with Democrats helping Republican Speaker Mike Johnson's plan advance overwhelmingly 316-94. Final House approval could come this weekend, when the package would be sent to the Senate.
Former Cooper football star Howard transfers from LSU to Gophers
Former Cooper star and LSU defensive end Jaxon Howard, the most highly touted high school football recruit in Minnesota last year, has committed to the Gophers
Hennepin County paid $240K to settle former Sheriff Hutchinson's workers' comp claim
More than $47K from the settlement went to pay off county vehicle and guardrail destroyed in drunken driving crash.
Charges: Man posed as woman in video chats, lured men into sexually exploiting youngest of children
"His whereabouts since that time are unknown," a BCA statement read. "He may or may not still be in Minnesota."
Local
Mosquitos are back and so are the workers trying to keep their numbers down
Newspaper boxes repurposed as 'Save a Life' naloxone dispensaries
Back to blue: Lake Harriet Band Shell renovation almost finished
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Sports
Former Cooper football star Howard transfers from LSU to Gophers
A playoff opener is always important. It's even bigger for the Wolves
Anderson: Celebrate Earth Day by rekindling a real connection to nature.
Columnist's behavior marred Caitlin Clark's news conference
Business
Thrivent has found a way for everday folks to get a piece of the private equity market
Conservative lawmakers lead objections to Vista's deal to sell Federal ammunition to Czech firm
Burnsville woman's sinus surgery went great — until she got the $32,449 medical bill
Cargill to sell group of grain elevators to CHS Inc.
Opinion
The courage to follow the evidence on transgender care
Republicans wanted a crackdown on Israel's critics. Columbia obliged.
For this Minnesota legislator, action targeting child abuse is intensely personal
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Anderson: Celebrate Earth Day by rekindling a real connection to nature.
People who've been exposed to nature, and value those experiences, can change their behavior toward it. A story about law-breaking duck hunters reaffirms that position.
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Lessons from the semiannual closet purge
No one is sentimental about socks.
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Help wanted: Rule the world
These are hard times for secret societies, it seems.
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Scoggins: Finch feeling heat of the Suns as playoff battle looms
Can coach Chris Finch figure this out? Phoenix has owned the Wolves this season, and now he has two more days to fix that before Game 1.
Politics
Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward
Jill Biden travels to Minnesota to campaign for Biden-Harris ticket
Conservative lawmakers lead objections to Vista's deal to sell Federal ammunition to Czech firm
Former Gov. Jesse Ventura boasts he could beat unpopular Trump or Biden if he ran for president
Nation
Potential jurors express anxiety about deciding Trump hush money case as jury selection nears close
Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska's petroleum reserve
EPA designates 2 forever chemicals as hazardous substances, eligible for Superfund cleanup
The Latest | Third and fourth alternates selected for Trump's hush money trial
World
Israel, Iran play down apparent Israeli strike. The muted responses could calm tensions -- for now
Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian strategic bomber as Moscow's missiles kill 8 Ukrainians
Attack blamed on IS militants kills 22 pro-government fighters in central Syria
Israel gave US last-minute warning about drone attack on Iran, Italian foreign minister says at G7
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Celebs
Dick Van Dyke earns historic Daytime Emmy nomination at age 98
New attorney joins prosecution team against Alec Baldwin in fatal 'Rust' shooting
Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80
Prince's sister Tyka Nelson will give her farewell performance at the Dakota
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