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The man is described as 5 feet 8 inches and 106 pounds with black hair, brown eyes, a mustache and a goatee.
The Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday announced a deal with the Detroit Pistons to acquire guard Monte Morris.
Police are investigating the deaths of two people in their 20s in River Falls in western Wisconsin.
Activists are blocking a Twin Cities roadway early Thursday morning in protest of a local company's ties to the war in Israel.
It is just the latest of several lawsuits in recent years challenging the governor's emergency powers.
"The Metro Transit police department has a lot to be happy about, especially in the year 2023," he told reporters, Chief Morales said.
Police in Faribault say they are investigating a suspicious death following a welfare check Monday afternoon.
Another tragic blow for a hard-hit hockey community. It's the third person they've lost in less than a year.
Police say the shootings, around 12:10 a.m. Thursday, killed 37-year-old Gina Weingart and 33-year-old Emerson Weingart.
With Democrats in control once again in St. Paul, Gov. Tim Walz says he expects this coming legislative session to be "low-key."
Just a month into the new year, Metro Transit leaders said they've made several changes, with more to come to improve rider safety.
Charlene Briner hopes that they will update the law with modifications "designed to both help us launch successfully and in a timely way.
At issue in battleground Wisconsin is the boundaries for state Assembly and Senate districts in a purple state.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday pondered an attempt by Democratic U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips to get added as a candidate.
They declined to draw their own maps but said they could do so quickly if the court instructed them to.
Investigators seem to be getting closer to finding the person responsible for hitting and killing a doctor near Lake Mille Lacs last year.
A 90-year-old debate over the famous bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde has kept a small town captivated.
Authorities are investigating after a 17-year-old girl died from a fentanyl overdose days before the new year.
Some south Minneapolis residents had quite the rude awakening overnight Thursday.