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Live: Judge orders release of suspects in alleged shovel attack on agent

Department of Homeland Security says agent fired in self-defense after being attacked with a snow shovel and broom.

‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building

5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos comes home after immigration detention

‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building

5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos comes home after immigration detention

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Business

Renee Good’s brothers ask Congress to help change ICE, Border Patrol behavior

The brothers tell congressional forum that the family, like many others, has suffered ‘deep distress.’

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Wolves

Timberwolves send Mike Conley to Bulls to free up roster spot, money as trade deadline nears

Conley leaves Minnesota in a three-team deal with Detroit and Chicago as the Wolves position themselves for another move.

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Culture

What’s it like to live in Minnesota right now? Life in the shadow of ICE.

We asked people how their lives have changed, or not changed.

Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune

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Tim Pawlenty: The crisis will subside in Minnesota, but trust will need to be rebuilt

We’ll all be part of that task. Here’s where efforts could be focused.

News & Politics

Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children

News & Politics

Mike Lindell’s biggest gubernatorial campaign expense? Copies of his memoir

Nation

Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown, setting stage for next fight

News & Politics

Fear of immigration crackdown could keep some Democrats from precinct caucuses

News & Politics

An Excelsior company’s mouth tape went viral. Now it faces a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.

Business

Renee Good’s brothers ask Congress to help change ICE, Border Patrol behavior

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Business

Renee Good’s brothers ask Congress to help change ICE, Border Patrol behavior

Wolves

Timberwolves send Mike Conley to Bulls to free up roster spot, money as trade deadline nears

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Wolves

Timberwolves send Mike Conley to Bulls to free up roster spot, money as trade deadline nears

Culture

What’s it like to live in Minnesota right now? Life in the shadow of ICE.

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Culture

What’s it like to live in Minnesota right now? Life in the shadow of ICE.

Commentaries

Tim Pawlenty: The crisis will subside in Minnesota, but trust will need to be rebuilt

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Tim Pawlenty: The crisis will subside in Minnesota, but trust will need to be rebuilt

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A decade ago, fire destroyed a chunk of a small Minnesota downtown. Now it’s thriving again.

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Greater Minnesota

A decade ago, fire destroyed a chunk of a small Minnesota downtown. Now it’s thriving again.

Businesses chose to stay in Madelia and rebuild, and people rallied to aid the recovery that has resulted in vibrant downtown.

Rochester

Rochester splits on supporting Minnesota's ICE lawsuit

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Rochester

Rochester splits on supporting Minnesota's ICE lawsuit

Greater Minnesota

Probation, no jail for Minnesota parents whose neglect led to young son fatally shooting brother

Roseau County District Court

Greater Minnesota

Probation, no jail for Minnesota parents whose neglect led to young son fatally shooting brother

Greater Minnesota

A decade ago, fire destroyed a chunk of a small Minnesota downtown. Now it’s thriving again.

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Greater Minnesota

A decade ago, fire destroyed a chunk of a small Minnesota downtown. Now it’s thriving again.

Businesses chose to stay in Madelia and rebuild, and people rallied to aid the recovery that has resulted in vibrant downtown.

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: Despite federal surge, Minnesota continues to try building trust across party lines

Midwest Travel

The best Valentine’s Day small-town weekend getaways around Minnesota

Bemidji

Couple killed in train collision south of Bemidji

Duluth

Hermantown explosion kills two

Opinion

Columnists

Brown: Ojibwe-language hockey announcers bring new cultural life to the sport

Aaron Brown

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Columnists

Brown: Ojibwe-language hockey announcers bring new cultural life to the sport

Aaron Brown

It takes more than words to describe a hockey game in Ojibwe. To hear the game in “the language of the people” is a fully immersive experience.

Commentaries

Tim Pawlenty: The crisis will subside in Minnesota, but trust will need to be rebuilt

Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Commentaries

Tim Pawlenty: The crisis will subside in Minnesota, but trust will need to be rebuilt

Commentaries

Former Medtronic CEO: Here’s what we all — including Washington — can learn from the ICE crisis

Readers Write

Readers Write: Fear of ICE, immigration laws, governor’s race, Target boycott, Kristi Noem

Columnists

Brown: Ojibwe-language hockey announcers bring new cultural life to the sport

Aaron Brown

Jerry Burnes/Iron Range Today

Columnists

Brown: Ojibwe-language hockey announcers bring new cultural life to the sport

Aaron Brown

It takes more than words to describe a hockey game in Ojibwe. To hear the game in “the language of the people” is a fully immersive experience.

Commentaries

Former Medtronic CEO: Here’s what we all — including Washington — can learn from the ICE crisis

Readers Write

Readers Write: Fear of ICE, immigration laws, governor’s race, Target boycott, Kristi Noem

Strib Voices

Sports

Reusse: Thoughts on the State of Hoops, from Giannis to JUCO ball

Patrick Reusse

Iron Range

Brown: Ojibwe-language hockey announcers bring new cultural life to the sport

Aaron Brown

Weather

Douglas: Temps above freezing are ahead, at long last

Paul Douglas

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Strib Varsity

Top 25: Keeping the No.1 ranking is tough. Just ask the Skippers

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Strib Varsity

Top 25: Keeping the No.1 ranking is tough. Just ask the Skippers

Meanwhile, St. Thomas Academy moves up after a solid win over a top-five opponent.

Strib Varsity

Meet 12 impact players who can help lead their teams to the state tournament

Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Strib Varsity

Meet 12 impact players who can help lead their teams to the state tournament

Strib Varsity

Predicting the section tournaments: 16 teams that should advance to state

Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Strib Varsity

Predicting the section tournaments: 16 teams that should advance to state

Strib Varsity

Top 25: Keeping the No.1 ranking is tough. Just ask the Skippers

Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Strib Varsity

Top 25: Keeping the No.1 ranking is tough. Just ask the Skippers

Meanwhile, St. Thomas Academy moves up after a solid win over a top-five opponent.

Food & Culture

Food & Culture

GOP bill aims to force Minnesota into handing over voter rolls to federal government

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Food & Culture

GOP bill aims to force Minnesota into handing over voter rolls to federal government

Secretary of State Steve Simon has so far mostly rebuffed federal data requests, a conflict that has escalated into a lawsuit.

TV and Media

KARE names new anchor to join Julie Nelson on air

KARE

TV and Media

KARE names new anchor to join Julie Nelson on air

Music

Tim McGraw to hit Target Field with the Chicks, Lady A on Aug. 23

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Music

Tim McGraw to hit Target Field with the Chicks, Lady A on Aug. 23

Food & Culture

GOP bill aims to force Minnesota into handing over voter rolls to federal government

Renée Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Food & Culture

GOP bill aims to force Minnesota into handing over voter rolls to federal government

Secretary of State Steve Simon has so far mostly rebuffed federal data requests, a conflict that has escalated into a lawsuit.

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Daily comic from Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

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Business

Renee Good’s brothers ask Congress to help change ICE, Border Patrol behavior

Rod Lamkey/The Associated Press

Business

Renee Good’s brothers ask Congress to help change ICE, Border Patrol behavior

The brothers tell congressional forum that the family, like many others, has suffered ‘deep distress.’

Business

New Target CEO takes over amid political scrutiny, shaky financial performance

Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Business

New Target CEO takes over amid political scrutiny, shaky financial performance

Business

Donaldson makes $820M deal to buy another filtration business

Alex Kormann

Business

Donaldson makes $820M deal to buy another filtration business

Business

Renee Good’s brothers ask Congress to help change ICE, Border Patrol behavior

Rod Lamkey/The Associated Press

Business

Renee Good’s brothers ask Congress to help change ICE, Border Patrol behavior

The brothers tell congressional forum that the family, like many others, has suffered ‘deep distress.’

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A group of children patiently played with dinosaurs during a GOP precinct caucus for precinct 3 at South View Middle School on March 1, 2016, in Edina, Minn.

Minnesota’s big election year begins: What to know about 2026 precinct caucuses

Why Democrats see Amy Klobuchar as such a formidable candidate for governor

Read Gov. Tim Walz’s statement on his decision to not run

Curious Minnesota

What’s the history of the Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory and the Whipple Building?

Why is Minnehaha Falls so much narrower than it used to be?

Back when 25 mph was top speed, drivers took this route through Minnesota

Culture

KARE names new anchor to join Julie Nelson on air

Tim McGraw to hit Target Field with the Chicks, Lady A on Aug. 23

Eric Church performed Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.

The 11 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week

Travel

The best Valentine’s Day small-town weekend getaways around Minnesota

Winona’s gigantic ice walls attract climbers from across the country

For Greenland tourism, Trump’s interest creates uncertainty

Health Care

M Health Fairview brand ending by next year with newly approved agreement

Minnesota man accused of attempting to free Luigi Mangione from jail in New York

A still from surveillance video of a patient attacking a nurse at St. John's Hospital Nov. 2, 2014.

Live: Judge orders release of suspects in alleged shovel attack on agent

Live: Judge orders release of suspects in alleged shovel attack on agent

Trump's $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities

‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building

5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos comes home after immigration detention

Trump's $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities

‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building

5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos comes home after immigration detention

Renee Good’s brothers ask Congress to help change ICE, Border Patrol behavior

Renee Good’s brothers ask Congress to help change ICE, Border Patrol behavior

Timberwolves send Mike Conley to Bulls to free up roster spot, money as trade deadline nears

Timberwolves send Mike Conley to Bulls to free up roster spot, money as trade deadline nears

What’s it like to live in Minnesota right now? Life in the shadow of ICE.

What’s it like to live in Minnesota right now? Life in the shadow of ICE.

Tim Pawlenty: The crisis will subside in Minnesota, but trust will need to be rebuilt

Tim Pawlenty: The crisis will subside in Minnesota, but trust will need to be rebuilt

Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children

Mike Lindell’s biggest gubernatorial campaign expense? Copies of his memoir

Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown, setting stage for next fight

Fear of immigration crackdown could keep some Democrats from precinct caucuses

An Excelsior company’s mouth tape went viral. Now it faces a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.

Renee Good’s brothers ask Congress to help change ICE, Border Patrol behavior

Renee Good’s brothers ask Congress to help change ICE, Border Patrol behavior

Timberwolves send Mike Conley to Bulls to free up roster spot, money as trade deadline nears

Timberwolves send Mike Conley to Bulls to free up roster spot, money as trade deadline nears

What’s it like to live in Minnesota right now? Life in the shadow of ICE.

What’s it like to live in Minnesota right now? Life in the shadow of ICE.

Tim Pawlenty: The crisis will subside in Minnesota, but trust will need to be rebuilt

Tim Pawlenty: The crisis will subside in Minnesota, but trust will need to be rebuilt

News you can trust

Greater Minnesota

A decade ago, fire destroyed a chunk of a small Minnesota downtown. Now it’s thriving again.

A decade ago, fire destroyed a chunk of a small Minnesota downtown. Now it’s thriving again.

Rochester splits on supporting Minnesota's ICE lawsuit

Rochester splits on supporting Minnesota's ICE lawsuit

Probation, no jail for Minnesota parents whose neglect led to young son fatally shooting brother

Probation, no jail for Minnesota parents whose neglect led to young son fatally shooting brother

A decade ago, fire destroyed a chunk of a small Minnesota downtown. Now it’s thriving again.

A decade ago, fire destroyed a chunk of a small Minnesota downtown. Now it’s thriving again.

Tolkkinen: Despite federal surge, Minnesota continues to try building trust across party lines

The best Valentine’s Day small-town weekend getaways around Minnesota

Couple killed in train collision south of Bemidji

Hermantown explosion kills two

Opinion

Brown: Ojibwe-language hockey announcers bring new cultural life to the sport

Brown: Ojibwe-language hockey announcers bring new cultural life to the sport

Tim Pawlenty: The crisis will subside in Minnesota, but trust will need to be rebuilt

Tim Pawlenty: The crisis will subside in Minnesota, but trust will need to be rebuilt

Former Medtronic CEO: Here’s what we all — including Washington — can learn from the ICE crisis

Readers Write: Fear of ICE, immigration laws, governor’s race, Target boycott, Kristi Noem

Brown: Ojibwe-language hockey announcers bring new cultural life to the sport

Brown: Ojibwe-language hockey announcers bring new cultural life to the sport

Former Medtronic CEO: Here’s what we all — including Washington — can learn from the ICE crisis

Readers Write: Fear of ICE, immigration laws, governor’s race, Target boycott, Kristi Noem

Strib Voices

Reusse: Thoughts on the State of Hoops, from Giannis to JUCO ball

Brown: Ojibwe-language hockey announcers bring new cultural life to the sport

Douglas: Temps above freezing are ahead, at long last

Strib Varsity

Top 25: Keeping the No.1 ranking is tough. Just ask the Skippers

Top 25: Keeping the No.1 ranking is tough. Just ask the Skippers

Meet 12 impact players who can help lead their teams to the state tournament

Meet 12 impact players who can help lead their teams to the state tournament

Predicting the section tournaments: 16 teams that should advance to state

Predicting the section tournaments: 16 teams that should advance to state

Top 25: Keeping the No.1 ranking is tough. Just ask the Skippers

Top 25: Keeping the No.1 ranking is tough. Just ask the Skippers

Top 25: Musical chairs continue for state's No. 1 ranking

One ticket to state: Strib Varsity to stream full section tourney in girls hockey

We were there for a thriller: DeLaSalle beats Cretin in OT

Coaches poll: Several undefeated teams still remain

Food & Culture

GOP bill aims to force Minnesota into handing over voter rolls to federal government

GOP bill aims to force Minnesota into handing over voter rolls to federal government

KARE names new anchor to join Julie Nelson on air

KARE names new anchor to join Julie Nelson on air

Tim McGraw to hit Target Field with the Chicks, Lady A on Aug. 23

Tim McGraw to hit Target Field with the Chicks, Lady A on Aug. 23

GOP bill aims to force Minnesota into handing over voter rolls to federal government

GOP bill aims to force Minnesota into handing over voter rolls to federal government