Minnesota Launches LGBTQ Residents Survey After 30 Years

A landmark effort is underway in Minnesota, where a state agency is surveying LGBTQ residents to better understand the experiences and challenges faced by the community. It’s the first major initiative of the Council on LGBTQ Minnesotans, formed just last …

Oxford Capital Group announces acquisition of 11 seniors housing properties in Minnesota

Oxford Capital Group has acquired the Carefree Portfolio, 11 seniors housing properties totaling 489 units in the Minneapolis area and northern Minnesota. An affiliate of Oxford acquired the properties from an independent operator. Oxford's senior …

Minnesota baseball lovers make a pitch to honor bygone ballpark, 2 historic St. Paul teams

Sitting on a frontage road perched above the interstate, hemmed by roads and nondescript government buildings near the Capitol, 12th and Robert streets in St. Paul isn’t much to look at. But in 1903, this was the place to be if you loved baseball.  There, …

Fix underway for mine pit that threatened to flood northern Minnesota town

Indonesian man details surprise ICE arrest in Minnesota hospital; judge denies release

Eight-month-old Adalet Harsono gazes at the cellphone to listen to the voice of her father, Aditya Harsono, who was detained by immigration authorities and held at the Kandiyohi County Jail. Her mother, Peyton Harsono, spoke to her husband on the phone …

Fire destroys several buildings on Minnesota Renaissance Festival grounds

A fire destroyed several buildings on the grounds of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival near Shakopee on Thursday night. The festival is in its offseason; there were no reports of injuries. Shakopee fire officials said they received a call about multiple …

Cigarette may have started devastating Minnesota campground fire

For Minnesota Wild coach John Hynes, playoff time and payoff time arrive together

Back then the Wild didn’t know what was awaiting them — surgery for superstar Kirill Kaprizov, injuries to all but one of their defensemen and only eight games at full strength — but the message they heard in camp set the tone for their response, and Hynes …

Minnesota’s private schools oppose proposed cuts to nonpublic school funding

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) MINNEAPOLIS – Private schools are speaking out after learning that Governor Walz’s revised budget proposes cutting $109 million over the next two years in nonpublic school funding.  Vice President Quentin Moore of Ascension Catholic …

These are the state’s best beers, according to the 2025 Minnesota Brewers Cup

Even with a lot of gloomy industry news to discuss, brewery representatives from around the state still got to the fun stuff at the Minnesota Brewers Conference last weekend: They drank a lot of beer and celebrated the best of it.Many smaller, newer and…