Elections![An election judge recounts ballots cast for the 54A Minnesota House race between DFL Rep. Brad Tabke and Republican Aaron Paul held at the Scott County Government Center in Shakopee, Minn. on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Tabke has a 14-vote lead over Republican Paul in unofficial results for the District 54A seat, within the 0.5% threshold set by state law for an automatic recount. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/TDNKRGIYLVFV5KFKZ5BUEAKA7U.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
With DFLer Tabke in the lead, Scott County canvassing board certifies House 54A race
DFLer Brad Tabke has a 14-vote lead over Republican Aaron Paul. But the fight for the Shakopee-area seat might not be over.
November 25, 2024
Twin Cities Suburbs
Filing: Man found dead by police after suffering blow to head in Plymouth home
Officers found blood in many areas of the house, and it appeared some of it “had been attempted to be cleaned up,” a court filing read.
November 25, 2024
High Schools
Prep Athletes of the Week: Senior becomes Minneota’s career-leading rusher and scorer
Ryan Meagher ran for a Prep Bowl-record six touchdowns while leading Minneota to a 70-20 victory over Springfield in the Class 1A football championship at U.S. Bank Stadium.
November 25, 2024
Twin Cities Suburbs![Liliana Rodríguez, with the Office of Latine Achievement, instructs students at a downtown homeless shelter in Minneapolis, Minn., on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. The Office of Latine Achievement held a winter break academy that the district put on for students at a homeless shelter in Minneapolis. The only significant boost to enrollment at the city’s schools is coming from a wave of hundreds of immigrants to the district. Many of the students are from Ecuador and do not speak English, and most are in tough or unstable living situations. Schools are scrambling to accommodate dozens of high-needs students they hadn’t planned for in their budgets this year. The few dual-language programs in the city are bursting at the seams, meaning many of the new immigrants are placed at schools without enough bilingual educators. ] Elizabeth Flores • liz.flores@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/DO76O4JSZBEUPJ2ERNUZOK7WAE.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
White Bear Lake schools to offer Spanish dual-language immersion
The program, a popular draw at other schools across the metro, will launch at two elementary schools next fall.
November 25, 2024
Twin Cities Suburbs
Fleet Farm employee may have been attacked with ‘edged weapon,’ Carver County Sheriff’s Office says
The worker was sent to the hospital with a neck injury.
November 25, 2024
St. Paul
Homeless Minnesotans hired to clean Metro Transit light rail stations in St. Paul
A pilot program launched earlier this year was recently expanded to pay unhoused workers to pick up litter at Metro Transit Green Line stations in St. Paul.
November 24, 2024
Twin Cities Suburbs
One man dead, another injured in head-on collision on Hwy. 12 in Independence
Highway safety advocates have long sought improvements to the stretch they call the “Corridor of Death.”
November 24, 2024
High Schools
Maple Grove football finishes season No. 1 in Star Tribune's Minnesota Top 20
Minnesota Star Tribune sports writer Jim Paulsen wraps up the 2024 high school football season with a statewide, class-crossing football ranking.
November 24, 2024
High Schools
Meet the Star Tribune’s All-Prep Bowl Team
A list of the standout players across all classifications competing in the high school football championship games at U.S. Bank Stadium.
November 24, 2024
Health Care
Spine surgeon built Burnsville campus to operate on patients others deemed too risky
Pioneering surgeon has run afoul of Fairview Health Services, though, which suspended his hospital privileges amid an investigation of his patient care.
November 23, 2024
Twin Cities
Property taxes are rising across Twin Cities area — here’s where they’re increasing the most
Every county across the Twin Cities is raising its property tax levy next year, even as home values level off.
November 23, 2024
Twin Cities Suburbs
Al DeRusha, pioneer in Minnesota sports and kids TV and a pro wrestling promoter, has died
Al DeRusha produced and directed Minnesota kids shows “Lunch with Casey” and “Romper Room,” and then worked with Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association and later the WWF.
November 23, 2024