Even if the Wild’s pursuit of a Western Conference playoff spot comes up empty, this season has had its share of bright spots, including the team’s general improvement since a late-November coaching change, to Marc-Andre Fleury chasing and catching NHL … Continued
Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmakers are advancing about a half billion dollars in new spending on top of Minnesota’s current two-year budget. While the Legislature already passed a new $72 billion budget in 2023, this year, lawmakers are making additional tweaks and adding … Continued
A St. Paul man who admitted to making a pipe bomb and detonating it on the city’s East Side in June, damaging two vehicles, told a judge at his sentencing he was “thankful that nobody got hurt.” Christopher William Kulak … Continued
By MIKE STOBBE and JONEL ALECCIA (Associated Press) Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu, U.S. officials said Monday. The illness has been reported in older dairy cows in those states and in … Continued
A man who lives less than a mile from where authorities say he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 25-year-old woman was charged in the decade-old case this week based on DNA evidence. Gregory Alan Trepanier, 55, was charged this week … Continued
When the Green Line first rolled into downtown St. Paul in 2014, officials called Metro Transit’s light rail service a harbinger of future economic development. The reality has been complicated at best, with new housing and major public developments like … Continued