A group of friends playing volleyball say they rushed into Carver Lake when they heard a 5-year-old was missing shortly after 4:30 p.m. Saturday and were able to find the boy in deep water.
Authorities have identified a 46-year-old woman who hanged her 5-year-old son and then herself at her home in the Lake Minnetonka community of Orono. The Hennepin County medical examiner’s office o…
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, the first Somali-American Muslim to be elected to a state legislature, is featured on a cover promoted Thursday for a Time Magazine special project on women who have brok…
An Elk River boy has died after being struck by a car this weekend. Ian West Kniseley, 12, was struck about 9 p.m. Sunday on U.S. 169 in Elk River, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. “A…
Police announced an arrest Friday in the fatal shooting of a Mounds View man working on a food truck in Minneapolis. Henry Benjamin Cousins, 32, of Minneapolis is being held without bail and is exp…
As enthusiasm for the Minnesota Vikings grows, so do reports of people getting stuck with worthless tickets bought through unofficial channels. More than 100 people lost money buying fake tickets f…
Mall of America’s new skating rink, called Skate the Star, is set to open Saturday in front of the mall’s North entrance. The 9:30 a.m. ribbon-cutting will include a performance by the Distri…
A U.S. Navy pilot from Mounds View took part in the first ever all-female flyover this week in Tennessee. Lt. Amanda Lee was one of eight women in the cockpits of four F/A-18E/F Super Hornets durin…
UPDATE: After further investigation, the St. Croix County sheriff’s office has issued a statement saying a downed stop sign was not a factor in a crash Friday that killed a motorcyclist and t…
A porch light remained on Saturday afternoon at the Frogtown home where St. Paul police said they made a “gut-wrenching discovery” the night before: A woman without a pulse at the bottom of the bas…