Good evening! The #MPRraccoon isn't the only animal defying gravity. Whiskey in Spring Lake Park wanted to go outside. But instead of walking out the door, the dog pushed through the screen of the second floor window. The Spring Lake - Blaine - Mounds View Fire Department helped the pup off his perch. Read more at NewsCut | Forecast | Updraft
On Tuesday, a mottled brown raccoon, originally stranded on a downtown office building ledge on 7th Street, proceeded to escape to the roof of the two-story building, then climbed another 20 stories up the side of the nearby UBS tower, as people gathered on the street below.
A new report shows that two state agencies will soon run out of money to make repairs to the troubled Minnesota Licensing and Registration System (MNLARS).
State and local authorities are asking for the public's help finding a Roseville boy who went missing last week. Isiah Wright, 15, left his home June 8 after a disagreement with his mother, who hasn't heard from him, Roseville police said Tuesday adding that they are concerned for Isiah's welfare.
Tim Walz the candidate for governor is drawing motivation these days from Tim Walz the high school football coach. "I had a team back in '99 that started out 2-and-4 and won a state championship," Walz told MPR News in an interview Monday, using it as a metaphor for a campaign he expects will eventually triumph. "It's what you learn along the way."
Long before the stately old building at Sixth Street and Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis was the Hennepin Center for the Arts, it was a Masonic temple. That history is the inspiration for an unusual combination of performance and tour.
Following a historic summit in Singapore, President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a broad statement Tuesday that calls for a "firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula." | Trump-Kim talks inspire glee, cautious optimism, skepticism
The role of attorney general as spelled out in state laws and the Minnesota Constitution is fairly open-ended, giving wide latitude to the person elected to the job.
Jeff Johnson, the endorsed Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, said Tuesday he’ll head to Duluth next week to be on hand for President Donald Trump’s visit.
