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So Minnesota: Visitors from around the world come to see the Saint John’s Bible

So Minnesota: Visitors from around the world come to see the Saint John’s Bible

So Minnesota: Visitors from around the world come to see the Saint John's Bible One bible in Minnesota attracts visitors from around the world. The Saint John’s Bible in Collegeville is the first hand-illuminated, hand-written calligraphy Bible...

Minnesota Drivers Might Not Know This Headphone Law

Minnesota Drivers Might Not Know This Headphone Law

I remember the days before I got my driver's license, how long the school bus ride home each day would be. It took me around 45 minutes or so to get home, and some of those rides seemed like they would never end. I mean 45 minutes when you’re 14...

Minnesota’s highest paid CEOs made 7% more last year, with No. 1 making $59.4M

Minnesota’s highest paid CEOs made 7% more last year, with No. 1 making $59.4M

Compensation of the 50 highest paid CEOs of Minnesota public companies increased 7.3% to $495.5 million, thanks to increasing payouts from long-term equity markets. But the total is down 23.6% from the 2020 list, which included CEOs who benefited...

Sparks Battle Late, Fall to Minnesota Lynx

Chicago hosts Minnesota after Allen's 27-point game

Chicago hosts Minnesota after Allen's 27-point game

Minnesota Lynx (18-3, 13-2 Western Conference) at Chicago Sky (6-13, 1-8 Eastern Conference) Chicago; Saturday, 1 p.m. EDT × Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmq~%%~|...

Science Museum of Minnesota cutting more than 40 full-time employees

Science Museum of Minnesota cutting more than 40 full-time employees

The Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul is cutting more than 40 full-time positions, or approximately 15% of its current staff. The union representing museum workers says this is the third time the museum has cut jobs in the last three years....

Minnesota Lottery Lights Up With Two Big Winners This Week

Minnesota Lottery Lights Up With Two Big Winners This Week

Roseville (WJON News) -- There was a pair of lucky lottery winners in Minnesota on Wednesday night. The Minnesota State Lottery says we had a $50,000 Powerball winner. The ticket was sold at a Speedway Store in Shakopee. The Powerball jackpot was...

Walter Hudson discusses Minnesota politics and finances

Walter Hudson discusses Minnesota politics and finances

Minnesota Sen. Hoffman released from ICU after lawmaker shootings

Minnesota Sen. Hoffman released from ICU after lawmaker shootings

Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman was released from the hospital after being shot nine times in June. Vance Boelter, 57, is accused of posing as a police officer and attacking the homes of multiple lawmakers. Boelter is charged with killing state...

Minnesota man dies in head-on crash after being stopped for welfare check

Minnesota man dies in head-on crash after being stopped for welfare check

MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) — A Thief River Falls, Minnesota man is dead after swerving into the path of an oncoming semi near Mahnomen. Norman County Sheriff’s deputies say 33-year-old Jerry Redden fled from them Wednesday afternoon after they...

For this southern Minnesota man, foul balls make for a ‘field of nightmares’

For this southern Minnesota man, foul balls make for a ‘field of nightmares’

BLOOMING PRAIRIE – In this city of 2,000, where the high school sports team is called the Awesome Blossoms, playing baseball near cornfields seems like a “Field of Dreams” for youth.But the situation instead has drawn comparisons to “The Sandlot,”...

Minnesota man braves heat wave to raise money for disability care

Minnesota man braves heat wave to raise money for disability care

Free state park pass available at libraries across Minnesota

Free state park pass available at libraries across Minnesota

Photo by Jared Winter April Ide, Library Director of the New Ulm Public Library, holds one of the Minnesota State Park Library Passes now available for checkout. NEW ULM – Minnesotans now have a new way to experience the outdoors for free through...

WNBA Wrap: Minnesota Lynx Bounce Back With Win Over Los Angeles Sparks; Washington Mystics Register Victory

WNBA Wrap: Minnesota Lynx Bounce Back With Win Over Los Angeles Sparks; Washington Mystics Register Victory

Los Angeles Sparks Kelsey Plum, #10, and Minnesota Lynx Alanna Smith, #8, go after a rebound during fourth quarter action at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday, July 10, 2025. The Lynx defeated the Sparks 91-82. Los Angeles Sparks Kelsey Plum, #10, and...

Minnesota BCA investigating officer-involved shooting at Frazee Truck Stop

Minnesota BCA investigating officer-involved shooting at Frazee Truck Stop

FRAZEE, Minn. (KFGO) – An officer-involved shooting at the Frazee Truck Stop in Otter Tail County is under investigation. The shooting happened after a domestic call in Becker County north of Detroit Lakes Wednesday. The Otter Tail County...

Minnesota’s Haitian community at risk for deportation as Trump ends TPS designation

Minnesota’s Haitian community at risk for deportation as Trump ends TPS designation

A federal judge ruled Tuesday afternoon that the Department of Homeland Security’s actions to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians early was unlawful. The judge’s ruling restores the original expiration date for TPS for Haitians on Feb. 3,...

Now available at Minnesota libraries: free state park access

Now available at Minnesota libraries: free state park access

MARSHALL — The local library isn’t only a place to find books — in Minnesota, library patrons can also gain free access to state parks. This week, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced that it was expanding its library park pass...

Timberwolves 98, Pelicans 91: Minnesota Wins Summer League Opener

Timberwolves 98, Pelicans 91: Minnesota Wins Summer League Opener

The Minnesota Timberwolves and New Orleans Pelicans were the first two teams to take the court for NBA 2K26 NBA Summer League on Thursday afternoon at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. On the Wolves roster are a mix of Summer League veterans,...

Colin Rea silences Twins, PCA parks pair of HRs to lead Cubs over Minnesota

Colin Rea silences Twins, PCA parks pair of HRs to lead Cubs over Minnesota

Pete Crow-Armstrong crushed a pair of home runs and right-hander Colin Rae handled the rest as the Chicago Cubs beat the Minnesota Twins in an 8-1 blowout in Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon. Rea (7-3) scattered three hits and struck out five in...

Experts share impact of Minnesota’s red flag law

Experts share impact of Minnesota’s red flag law

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Minnesota is one of the most recent states in the US to sign the Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) law, commonly known as a red flag law. In a roundtable at Rochester Area Foundation on Thursday, experts stated ERPO...

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