Ticket totals for illegal parking in disabled spots vary widely in Minnesota. Do the numbers lie?
Disabled residents and advocates say ticket violations in disabled parking is vastly undercounted.
March 23, 2025
Today is the first day of spring. Here's what it looked like across Minnesota.
From Redwood Falls to Itasca State Park, here’s what our reporters saw.
March 20, 2025
Weather Service: Strong spring storm will likely miss metro but set to hammer southeastern Minnesota
The I-90 corridor still in bull’s-eye as storm track shifts south.
March 18, 2025
Popular Olmsted Co. farm program could reduce water pollution, if officials can agree how to pay for it
The county’s program has wide support to help clean up nitrate pollution in southeast Minnesota, but questions remain over how it gets funded.
March 16, 2025
These Minnesota restaurateurs proved that after COVID, anything is possible
As restaurants were ordered to shut down five years ago, these four chefs found a renewed dedication to building community.
March 14, 2025
From fashion to farmstead, Olmsted County looks to breathe life into history
The History Center of Olmsted County held a fashion show exploring the 1700s and 1800s last weekend, a taste of interactive projects the nonprofit is planning.
March 11, 2025
Rochester teacher arrested on child pornography charges
Wolf Parsons was a teacher at Resurrection Lutheran School until last week, when the school terminated his employment.
March 11, 2025
Twin Cities families are on the move elsewhere, so greater Minnesota had better get recruiting
Migration is becoming more of a factor than births and deaths in how communities grow, according to a new report.
March 10, 2025
Rochester's rapid bus line project faces delays after project bids come in over budget
City officials say the latest round of bids on the project would have added about $30 million in construction costs.
March 8, 2025
More high school seniors finding out which Minnesota colleges they’re admitted to — before they apply
Lawmakers want to expand the Direct Admissions program, which tells seniors about their college options, encouraging them to go to college in state.
March 8, 2025
![Students, from left, Araiza Maldonado Basilio, Alexa Velasquez Mendoza, and Leslie Sandoval Reyes, open letters informing them what Minnesota colleges and universities they've been pre-accepted to as part of the state's Direct Admissions program Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2023 at Austin High School in Austin, Minn. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/NNL6BJODTKIOF4GZMYQNNCZRXI.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Winona State University loses $1.1 million grant from Defense Department
The grant, intended to support civics and community engagement, was axed as part of spending cuts brought on by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
March 7, 2025
![Students walked on the campus of Winona State University. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com – Winona, MN, – September 24, 2020, A sense of normalcy has returned to college towns across Minnesota since the start of the fall semester, but with it has come increases in COVID-19 cases and greater risk to small communities like Winona,](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/56XBSP6FBACNHQD3E342NKGZGY.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Change in plans for Rochester sports complex has some voters feeling ‘hoodwinked’
Voters approved a $65 million sports complex, but officials now say much of what was planned is out of budget.
March 6, 2025
