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Basketball fans headed to the Target Center have seen the quality of play from the Timberwolves improve over the past couple of years. It just so happens that the fan dining experience also has made an Anthony Edwards-esque leap.

After weeks of uncertainty amid a financial crisis, officials at northern Wisconsin’s Northland College announced Wednesday that the school will remain open — but with a greatly reduced number of majors.

A state regulator testified in the first Feeding Our Future trial Tuesday that she was concerned after seeing massive growth in reimbursement requests through child nutrition programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minnesota DFL lawmakers voted through millions in spending on literacy resources, teacher stipends and pre-k programs.

The best bus drivers in the country are currently competing at the international level, and that includes Minnesota Metro Transit driver Jeanne. She is in Portland, Ore., for the American Public Transportation Association’s International Bus Roadeo.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said at the board meeting that her office’s adult prosecution division is about ten attorneys short. She said putting experienced staff attorneys on this case would have hurt their ability to prosecute other violent crimes in the county.

Before the construction of Interstate 94 which drove a multi-lane wedge directly through the center of St. Paul’s historic Black neighborhood, there was a neighborhood called ‘Rondo.’ Mayor Melvin Carter unveiled the new sign.

United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ+ clergy with no debate. They removed a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers.

Some anglers say Minnesota’s once-robust muskie fishery has declined in recent years, due to reduced stocking and increased pressure from anglers aided by the latest sonar technology.

James Everhart is an interior landscaper at the Mall of America, one of five people who tend the 30,000 actual living plants at the mall. Everhart described how he makes the gardens at the largest mall in the United States grow for our Job Interview series, where we talk to everyday Minnesotans about the rewards and challenges of their work.