Ex-Hennepin sheriff paid for drunk-driving damages with workers' comp

7:30am
The Hennepin County Board approved a $240,000 settlement with former Sheriff Dave Hutchinson.
Nation

Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward

12:15pm
Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal  in New York, Friday, April 19, 2024.
Nation

Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in Trump's hush money trial in New York

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An American flag flies above a brutalist architecture-style building beneath a cloudy sky.
Eder Campuzano
A former South High School math teacher says she was fired for speaking up against administrators' inability — or unwillingness — to address or even document extremely disruptive student behavior.

Fired Mpls. teacher accuses management of 'cancerous rot'

11:26am
Becka Thompson was hired to teach students learning English as a second language.
Jaxon Howard had offers from across the country when he committed to LSU on July 1, 2022 at Robbinsdale Cooper High School.



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Sports

Former Cooper football star Howard transfers from LSU to Gophers

10:43am
Work began this week on the sign above the former Treehouse Records space, soon to be reopened as Lucky Cat Records.
Variety

Legendary record store site in Minneapolis will soon house a new shop for musicheads

9:02am
June 2015: No. 1 pick Karl-Anthony Towns shares a laugh with the man who chose him: then-head coach Flip Saunders.
Sports

Souhan: This is KAT's chance to prove Flip Saunders was right

25 minutes ago
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, left, told CNN he could beat both Donald Trump or Joe Biden in a head-to-head matchup for the White House.
Local

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura boasts he could beat unpopular Trump or Biden if he ran for president

8:26am
Metropolitan Mosquito Control District lab is where mosquito populations are examined. The Aedes Vexans is the most common species of mosquito locally
Local

Mosquitos are back and so are the workers trying to keep their numbers down

12:15pm
Opinion

The courage to follow the evidence on transgender care

Often, those who see nuance decide it's best to just keep their heads down. But here's a report in which empathy, humility and intellectual integrity are all on display.

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