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Waseca police officer slowly recovering from gunshot to the head

Megan Matson helped her husband Waseca Police Officer Arik Matson put on his shoes at their home in Freeborn.

Waseca police officer Arik Matson was shot in the head in January 2019 while investigating a call about a suspicious person. He survived, but with grave injuries. The perpetrator was sentenced to 35 years, but Matson's life has been permanently altered. This is the story of his journey to recovery.

Behind the scenes at St. Luke's Emergency Department

Dr. Todd Struckman put on full body PPE before meeting with a patient who exhibited respiratory symptoms in St. Luke’s Emergency Department in Dulut

For Duluth hospitals, a race between vaccinations and the next COVID-19 surge.

Gophers hockey wins in a rout over Arizona State

Minnesota Gophers right wing Scott Reedy (19) maneuvered the puck to shoot on Arizona State Sun Devils goaltender Justin Robbins (31) in the first per

The Gophers men's hockey team played Arizona State on Thursday and came away with a 10-0 victory.

Local

Ice and snow was packed along Edgerton Street in St. Paul.

Snow emergencies declared in Minneapolis, St. Paul

State's public, private colleges receive $300M in latest round of aid

Trooper at crash scene is injured after squad car is hit on I-694 by another vehicle

St. Paul district aims to establish online school

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Sports

Wild winger Zach Parise and the Sharks’ John Leonard fought for the puck in the second period. Parise scored the game’s first goal, but the Sharks

Sharks score late goals to edge Wild 5-3

As Wolves prepare for Warriors, Wiggins reflects on the past

Avante Dickerson, top recruit in Gophers' 2021 class, decommits

Wild's Talbot out vs. Sharks

Business

Sherman Associates plans to build a 21-story tower on a three-quarter block site that will include a new fire station at the corner of Washington and

Developers of two big apartment projects remain bullish on Mpls.

Minnesota's top 100 nonprofits, with largest's revenue at $13.8B

American Indian architect leads aeroponics farm plan for Iron Range to Meda finals

Alexander: Wi-Fi works in the wilderness, without internet service

Opinion

Solar panels in Desert Center, Calif.

Counterpoint: Here's how we 'modernize' the GOP

Minnesota must drill down further on vaccine rollout

State's climate report card shows we're failing

Readers Write: George Floyd Square, Bob Kroll, COVID vaccinations

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Sack cartoon: COVID defenses

COVID defenses

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Variety

How to use Facebook, Twitter and other social media to lower the temperature of discourse. ASsociated Press

6 strategies for cooling it down on social media

Political divide threatening relationships among family, friends and co-workers

Marcus Samuelsson's latest book celebrates Black food and the chefs who make it

Lileks: Size really does matter sometimes

Comics

For Better or For Worse

Games

The Daily Sudoku

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Politics

From left, Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., spoke to reporters after introducing their COVID-19 relief b

White House begins talks with lawmakers on COVID-19 relief

AP Source: Sarah Sanders running for Arkansas governor

Minnesota's Mike Lindell among last crusaders for Trump's baseless election fraud claims

Minnesota congressional delegation sees much work ahead

Nation

Linda Perales, a teacher at Corkery Elementary School, livestreams a class outside Chicago Public Schools Board President Miguel del Valle’s home, W

Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district

States eye allowing concealed carry of guns without a permit

Michigan Mega Millions ticket wins $1.05 billion jackpot

Biden attends Mass at DC church where he worshipped as VP

World

Police detain a man during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021.

Kremlin: US comments on protests support law-breaking

UK vaccination drive expands as virus toll nears 100,000

Mexican leader says Biden offers $4B for Central America

Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown protesters in 2 cities

Curious Minnesota

A grizzly bear roams near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

Were grizzly bears ever indigenous to Minnesota?

Did Ford make millions of windows from sand mined beneath its plant?

How are courts in Minnesota coping with the pandemic?

Listen: How is Mississippi River water made safe to drink?

Duluth

Rachelle Rahn, owner of Duluth Kombucha, said she snatched up the location off E. Superior Street in Duluth despite the challenge of opening during a

Kombucha taproom finds a home in Duluth

In Duluth, vaccinations race to beat the next COVID-19 surge

Duluth dredging project dumped 1970s aluminum shards on Park Point beach

Pounded by the pandemic, Duluth shipping seeks rebound in 2021

Celebs

FILE — Larry King on the set of his CNN interview program, “Larry King Live,” which ran for 25 years and was the cable channel’s highest-rated

Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

Tom Brokaw says he's retiring from NBC News after 55 years

Dustin Diamond undergoing chemotherapy treatments for cancer

Jimmie Rodgers, singer of 'Honeycomb' and other hits, dies

Inspired

Sam Rockwell, Molly Sullivan and their children, from left, Teddy, 6, and twins Frankie and Maggie, 5, sang along with the “Baby Shark” song at We

When COVID arrived, Mpls. neighbors stepped outside to sing — 300 nights later, they're still singing

Minneapolis workplace strategist shares her thoughts on the post-COVID workplace

Retired Minnesota school psychologist and shy Swedish schoolgirl bond over a book

The teddy bear toss is a hockey tradition. Even in a pandemic, this community kept it going

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Gophers vs Michigan State Spartans

The Minnesota Gophers sweep the Michigan State Spartans in volleyball on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, at the Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis, Minn. Gophers won in straight sets: 25-18, 26-24 and 25-16.

Gophers lose 49-63 against Maryland Terrapins

The Minnesota Golden Gophers lost 49 to 63 against the Maryland Terrapins in an NCAA men's basketball game Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minn.

Wild 4, San Jose 1

The Wild beat the Sharks at mostly empty Xcel Energy CenterFriday.

Photos: Stillwater winter maze opens

Using 1,500 ice blocks trucked in from Michigan, workers have nearly completed an ice maze with 8' tall walls in downtown Stillwater which opened Friday night.

Photos: Gopher men's hockey vs. Arizona State

The Gopher men's hockey team faced off against Arizona State in Minneapolis.