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Indian activists escalate campaign for more shelter beds in Twin Cities
The group said it will continue to occupy public spaces until officials approve a culturally-specific shelter.
Minnesota family sues State Fair over boy's E. coli illness
Lawsuit coincides with Health Department report recommending additional precautions at the Miracle of Birth exhibit.
Delivery driver charged with stealing cat from Carver County home
Dot, a 12-year-old male cat, was last seen on Oct. 10
Minnesotans on food stamps would lose under federal proposal for utility costs
Minnesotans on food stamps would lose out if utility deduction changes.
After fire, Drake Hotel residents face battle to get reimbursed
Many record, photos and more items required for insurance claims were lost in the Christmas Day blaze.
Minnesota couple welcome twins born in two decades
Melissa Mase delivered a boy 15 minutes before 2020 -- and a girl just a minute into it.
Chaska apartments part of effort to help homeless veterans
Project is part of statewide effort to house 300 or more homeless vets.
Search warrant: North Minneapolis woman apparently abducted, bound before killing
A suspect arrested in Monique Baugh's killing is allegedly a "rival" drug dealer to her boyfriend, court documents said.
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BLOGS + COLUMNISTS
Yesterday's News
Jan. 1, 1889: How a great newspaper is made
The average issue of the TRIBUNE is eight pages, containing 56 columns. Every night for such an issue there are picked up from the type cases 458,528 letters!
Yesterday's News
Jan. 1, 1889: What does a managing editor do?
More than a century ago, the managing editor at a "great morning paper like the Tribune" had a great many responsibilities. He spent a few hours each day just opening mail, dictating letters, fending off job applicants and pacifying "cranks," all without the aid of an iPad. The Tribune explains:
Curious Minnesota
Zipper merge vs. northern lights: Your top questions this year answered
Why do inland cities like St. Paul have so many seagulls?
Podcast: What exactly is 'Minnesota Nice' anyway?
Why doesn't Minnesota require vehicle emissions tests any more?
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Mpls. man gets life term for fatally shooting man and baby in 2016
Jquan McInnis, who was 17 when he killed a man and an infant in Minneapolis' Phillips neighborhood, will have to serve 60 years before he is eligible for parole.
Minnesota opioid prescriptions drop sharply ahead of doctor sanctions
New opioid prescriptions have declined 33% since 2016 for Minnesotans who receive health benefits from the state's programs for the poor and disabled.
Dogs and their handlers primp and preen at the RiverCentre in St. Paul
The annual Land O' Lakes Kennel Club Dog Show started Friday and runs through Sunday at the St. Paul RiverCentre.
The names and faces of St. Paul's deadly year
Homicide claimed 31 people in St. Paul in 2019, the highest number since the record of 34 slayings set in the mid-1990s. The majority of the victims were young men of color who lost their lives to gun violence.
Canceled Eelpout Festival leaves Walker, Minn., scrambling
Local resort is hoping to mount an onshore entertainment program.
After lengthy process, Minneapolis' ECCO neighborhood renamed as ... ECCO
But now it doesn't stand for anything.