Recent content from Matt McKinney
Stillwater braces for what could be historic spring flooding along St. Croix River
Volunteers are expected to fill thousands of sandbags to protect the town as the St. Croix River crests.
Denied expansion, gravel mining company seeks annexation by Cottage Grove
Aggregate Industries has sought to expand in Grey Cloud Island Township, its current home.
Hennepin County pushing more documents online
Some 20 staff have cleaned old records, taped the tears and frayed edges and scanned millions of pages.
Chances of major flooding still high in Stillwater, Red Wing, forecast says
Slow melting in the next 7-10 days could ease the flood threat, the National Weather Service outlook said.
Stillwater, anticipating floods, closes some riverfront areas
An earlier National Weather Service forecast said there was a 73% chance of major flooding.
Derek Chauvin, officer who killed George Floyd, pleads guilty in tax case
Derek Chauvin appeared on Zoom from Arizona prison for a Washington County court hearing Friday.
Two motels are being turned into affordable housing, and their signs are up for auction
The signs from Minneapolis' Metro Inn and Aqua City Motel will be on the auction block through Tuesday. It's definitely an as-is kind of deal.
New PFAS limits would require more treatment in Woodbury
Woodbury has closed wells in the past, and rapidly built a temporary treatment plant in 2020, after it found the highly toxic fluorinated chemicals in water pulled from aquifers.
Metro briefs: Photographer to speak on Minnesota's vanishing landmarks
A historian and photographer who was spent the past 25 years documenting the vanishing barns, schoolhouses, courthouses and churches across the state will be the…
Second Stillwater police officer fired weapon in fatal standoff, BCA says
A second Stillwater police officer fired a gun during the March 4 parking lot standoff that led to the death of a 21-year-old Stillwater man,…