Good morning! Pleasant today, even though it's pretty chilly for summer right now (it's about 55 here in St. Paul this morning). Highs in the low 70s. Summer returns by the weekend, with highs back in the 80s. We talk a lot about dogs in this space but we wouldn't want you to get the idea that we are cat haters. Oh no. In fact, we think you need to read this story of Nighty, a black cat who lives out of a van in Rochester. His owner is struggling, trying to make the van a livable space but locals keep calling police on him for parking his van too long in one place, or for leaving his cat in the van. | What's on MPR News today? | Forecast
The Arden Hills site has been empty for more than 40 years but the master plan includes three residential neighborhoods, plus parks, retail and office space to be called Rice Creek Commons. | Forged and forgotten: Twin Cities ammo plant helped win WWII
The PolyMet proposal -- and the prospect of a new copper-nickel mining industry amongst the forests and lakes of northeast Minnesota -- is the most divisive environmental issue the state has faced in decades.
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter has asked the city's police chief to call off demonstrations of the department's police dogs for the rest of the Minnesota State Fair.
As Minnesota students return to school, a handful of districts are still negotiating with the state human rights department over plans to address discipline disparities.
An 18-month-old child died this spring after she was released from an immigrant detention facility in Texas. Lawyers representing her mother intend to sue the contractor for $40 million in damages.
A Stanford research team finds that ketamine's ability to quickly relieve depression depends on activating the brain's opioid system. The finding raises new questions about the drug's safety.
Smoke from wildfires is blanketing much of the West. That's ruining some crops and may be stunting others. And it's making it difficult or unsafe for laborers to pick the harvest.
