Minnesota cannabis retailer license lottery to be held next week

Jacob Schlichter from the Smoking Tree in Albert Lea breaks down what it's like to have the first licensed Minnesota recreation cannabis license. (FOX 9) - Minnesota entrepreneurs looking to enter the retail recreational marijuana market will have...

Minnesota State Fair new beers, drinks for 2025

FOX 9's Hannah Flood shares what she's most excited to try from the official new foods list at the Minnesota State Fair, which includes 33 new foods and eight new vendors for 2025. FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Minnesota State Fair announced...

Minnesota housing program under federal fraud investigation

Originally expected to cost $2.5 million per year, program costs surged to $21 million in 2021 and ballooned to $104 million last year, according to a report from CBS News. A search warrant filed in the U.S. District Court for Minnesota states...

Minnesota’s Labor Market holds steady in June

New numbers from DEED show that Minnesota’s job market is holding steady. Minnesota lost 800 jobs in June, which is not much change in DEED’s eyes. The unemployment rate is unchanged at 3.3%. Minnesota’s labor market continues to see growth. In...

Lawmakers: Trouble looming for state, local governments

NORTH MANKATO — Minnesotans will be facing difficult times, including a very real threat of rising property taxes and reduced government services, in the years ahead, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers said Thursday. The disagreements arose...

Exclusive: Wesley Hunt Slams Tim Walz’s ‘Illegal, Reckless’ Medicaid Waivers for Illegal Aliens, Demands Full Minnesota Audit

Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) is demanding answers from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) over the state’s use of federal waivers to extend Medicaid coverage to illegal immigrants — raising alarms about taxpayer accountability, legal violations, and the...

Dr. Scott Jensen announces 2026 campaign for Minnesota Governor

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – After facing Governor Tim Walz as the GOP candidate in 2022, Dr. Scott Jensen is announcing another run for governor. On Thursday, Jensen announced his 2026 campaign for governor. “Minnesotans want their state back,” said...

Pam Altendorf questions senator’s testimony in Minnesota burglary trial

Pam Altendorf, a Minnesota state representative, posted several comments on July 17, 2025, regarding the ongoing trial of a Democratic state senator accused of burglary. Altendorf highlighted public attention to the case and questioned aspects of...

Federal cuts threaten 'news deserts' in rural Minnesota stations

MPR faces a potential $6 million budget gap due to proposed federal and state funding cuts. ST PAUL, Minn. — Public broadcasters in Minnesota and across the country are bracing for sweeping federal spending cuts after the U.S. Senate approved a...

Finstad asks EPA to rescind approval of 2023 petition on southern Minnesota water quality

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to rescind its acceptance of an April 2023 petition from environmental groups concerned about nitrate levels in southern Minnesota water. In April 2023, a...

A Green Heron And Other Birds Brighten Minnesota Summers

We've entered the middle of summer here in Minnesota. As I've been spending more afternoons and evenings outside enjoying the warm weather, it's been fun for me to also see what else is enjoying the weather that Central Minnesota is offering. The...

Experts predicted Minnesota real estate agents would quit, 5 INVESTIGATES found a different reality

A second-time homebuyer, Semih Ayhan, decided to navigate his latest property search without a real estate agent. It was a decision motivated by his first experience more than a decade ago. “The transparency of that process, I think it’s a...

DIGGING DEEPER: The state law change making David Brom’s early release possible

SAINT PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) –At the end of the month, convicted killer David Brom will leave his Anoka County prison cell and begin a new life chapter. In 1988, at the age of 16, Brom turned into an axe murderer—killing his father, mother and two...

Scott Jensen announces 2026 campaign for Minnesota governor

Minnesota job market, labor force remain consistent in June

MANKATO — Minnesota saw a largely unchanged job market in June. According to new data released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, the state’s employment, unemployment rate and labor force were stable in...

Should PA legalize recreational marijuana? Some lawmakers think so

Marijuana is fully legal for medicinal or recreational purposes in 24 states in 2025, including five of the six states bordering Pennsylvania. Gov. Josh Shapiro and some state legislators say it’s time for Pennsylvania to catch up to its neighbors...

Mamdani 2.0: Minneapolis mayoral candidate reveals plan to destroy city

Omar Fateh is not only the first Somali-American and Muslim state senator, but he’s now gunning to be Minneapolis’ next mayor — and his plans appear to be copied right out of the radical leftist playbook from New York City’s socialist mayoral...

Everlight Solar Wins Gold In The 2025 Minnesota's Best Awards

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Minnesota's Best is a community-driven awards program organized by the Star Tribune to celebrate and promote outstanding local businesses. Winners are chosen through public voting, making this honor a direct testament to...

How Trump’s education cuts could hurt Minnesota’s most vulnerable students

“We don’t know it’s not coming so we can’t assume it’s not,” she said. “But our philosophy is always to budget conservatively and hope for the best [but] plan for the worst.”The frozen funds allocated to St. Cloud total more than $1 million and...

New Minnesota law regulates minors’ roles in social media content

Heidi Keller doesn’t think she’ll ever be rich — and she doesn’t want to be. “I’m a single mom. It’s never going to happen. But we are so blessed in our experiences, and that is true wealth,” Keller often tells her two daughters.Since 2020, she’s...