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The Nao Trinidad from Seville, Spain is one of 12 ships that will be featured during the 2022 Festival of Sail in Two Harbors, Minn.

Tall Ships festival moves from Duluth to Two Harbors for 2022

Tickets for the extravaganza went on sale Friday. This year's lineup features a record 12 ships.
Local

Booster numbers rise in state as COVID-19 wave worsens

12:36pm
A critical care nurse prepares an intubated COVID-19 patient for X-Rays earlier this month in the 4A Intensive Care Unit at the M Health Fairview Univ
Health officials are urging booster doses amid surge in infections among fully vaccinated Minnesotans.
Local

Police shoot and kill armed suspect in Mounds View

11:46am
The scene outside a liquor store in Mounds View
The suspect allegedly pointed a gun at officers inside a liquor store
Politics
20 minutes ago
Peter Hayden, father of former Sen. Jeff Hayden, spoke about losing his daughter Taylor to gun violence during a ceremonial bill signing establishing

New task force digs into why Black women face disproportionately high rates of violence

Minnesota is the first state to establish a task force on Missing and Murdered African American Women.
Business
50 minutes ago
FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2020, file photo, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appears on a screen as he speaks remotely during a hearing before the Senate Commerc

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey steps down as CEO

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has stepped down as CEO of the social media platform. He has been succeeded by Twitter's current chief technology officer, Parag Agrawal.
Local
12:46pm
Kyle Rittenhouse with defense attorney Mark Richards in Kenosha (Wisconsin) Circuit Court, Nov. 12, 2021.

Acquitted and in demand, Rittenhouse ponders what's next

When he was acquitted of murder in shootings during unrest in Wisconsin, Kyle Rittenhouse went from staring at possible life behind bars to red-hot star of the right: an exclusive interview with Tucker Carlson and a visit with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago capped by a photo of both men smiling and snapping a thumbs-up.
Local
12:46pm
A woman who did not want to be identified cries at a memorial in Waukesha, Wis., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021.

Children's Wisconsin treating 7 victims from parade crash

Seven patients injured in last weekend's Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee are still being treated at Children's Wisconsin after a ninth patient was released Sunday, hospital officials said.
Sports
12:25pm
Lee Elder signs autographs for patrons outside the club house at the 2008 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club. Elder has died at

Lee Elder, 1st Black golfer to play Masters, dies at age 87

Lee Elder, who broke down racial barriers as the first Black golfer to play in the Masters and paved the way for Tiger Woods and others to follow, has died at the age of 87.
Nation
12:00pm
Attorneys Laura Menninger, left, and Jeffrey Pagliuca arrive to court in New York, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Two years after Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide

Jury picked for Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial

Two years after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide behind bars, a jury was selected Monday in New York City to determine a central question in the long-running sex trafficking case: Was his longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's puppet or accomplice?
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Local
11:07am

Authorities ID man, 90, fatally hit by driver in downtown Hopkins

The crash occurred at a Mainstreet intersection.
West Metro
9:32am
Jason Rynders

School bus driver admits to killing pedestrian in Brooklyn Park, fleeing scene

Prosecutors say they will seek a four-year term at sentencing in January.
Local
8:53am

Man fatally shot in suburban Madison gas station, 1 arrested

A man has been fatally shot inside a suburban Madison gas station and one person has been arrested, according to Dane County sheriff's officials.
Local
7:38am
Julius Smith

Authorities identify Duluth woman killed by gunfire inside pickup in Brooklyn Center

A man has been charged in what is being described as an accidental shooting.
Coronavirus
6:30am
Freeman Mjolsness, an 83-year-old pharmacist measures a dose of the Varicella vaccine in a CVS Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 in Plymouth, Minn. Mjolsness cam

At 83, Minnesota pharmacist is back at work providing COVID-19 vaccine

Retiree returns to help with vaccination campaign to combat the pandemic.
Local
November 29

Sanford diabetes study for children has tested 2,000-plus

A family history of diabetes prompted a Sioux Falls couple to enroll their children in clinical study on diabetes through Sanford Health.
Local
November 29

Barn owl documented in Wisconsin for 1st time in 20 years

In a rare sighting, the first barn owl nest was documented in the state of Wisconsin in more than two decades after a La Crosse resident spotted an owlet in their backyard, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
Local
November 28
St. Paul school board member Chauntyll Allen said her activism began at a young age. “I was always gathering voices and leveraging political power,�

Black women carry burden of local social justice activism

At City Hall, on school boards and in policing reform work, Black women are doing the often unheralded heavy-lifting to fix systems of inequality in Minnesota.
November 28

St. Cloud woman arrested in death of infant

Woman arrested on second-degree murder charge in death of 3-month-old
Business
November 28
FILE — Potatoes await harvesting at Green Thumb Farms, Sept. 27, 2017, in Fryeburg, Maine.

Researchers try producing potato resistant to climate change

University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes.
November 28
Forest Lake Police Capt. Greg Weiss said the shooting unfolded when police responded at 1:30 p.m. to a 911 call of a 47-year-old man at the home of so

Man hospitalized after chase with officers, shooting in Forest Lake

Forest Lake Police Capt. Greg Weiss did not say who fired the shots. The incident started at 1:30 p.m. when police responded to a 911 call.
Local
November 28
Local
November 28

What you need to know about the trial of Kim Potter

Jury selection for Kim Potter's trial begins Tuesday.
Nation
November 28
FILE -Fashion designer Virgil Abloh gives a thumbs up after the presentation of Off-White Men’s Spring-Summer 2019 collection presented in Paris, We

Fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies of cancer at 41

Virgil Abloh, a leading designer whose groundbreaking fusions of streetwear and high couture made him one of the most celebrated tastemakers in fashion and beyond, has died of cancer. He was 41.