Today is Wednesday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2025. There are 84 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 8, 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on the Pakistan-India border killed an estimated 86,000 people. Also on … Continued
The driver in the west-central Minnesota crash of a fire truck that killed one passenger and severely injured another is suspected of having been under the influence of alcohol, according to a search warrant filed in Yellow Medicine County District … Continued
DULUTH, Minn. — A massive freeway project to untangle Duluth’s “Can of Worms” interchange is nearing completion. Gov. Tim Walz and other local, state and federal officials gathered Monday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $435 million reconstruction of the … Continued
A 26-year-old Minneapolis man is charged in a June hit-and-run that critically injured a pedestrian on St. Paul’s East Side. Arlandis Shamar Walls crashed into the back of a car, sped away and soon hit a 28-year-old woman as she … Continued
By ISABELLA VOLMERT LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed into law a new 24% tax on marijuana sales between producers and dispensaries, creating revenue to partially fund her long-promised effort to improve the state’s roads. … Continued