1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (198+ words) Crews continue to search Isle Royale National Park by both ground and air for a missing hiker. Craig Berg, 70, of Royal Oak, Mich., was on a more-than-weeklong solo hike on the large Lake Superior island. He was scheduled to take…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (154+ words) MPR News Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. The wildfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are officially fully contained…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (224+ words) As the tragic events of 9/11 began to unfold 25 years ago, millions of teachers and students were just starting their school day. Among them was Waseca High School social studies teacher John Hanson and his students. They were in the midst…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (94+ words) MPR News Starting Thursday, thousands of Minnesota nursing home workers are getting a raise. New hourly pay will range from $19 for many nursing home workers to $27 for licensed practical nurses. The new minimum wages come after years of work by…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (113+ words) MPR News Minneapolis residents got a chance Wednesday night to weigh in on a proposed double-digit increase in the city's property tax levy. Mayor Jacob Frey's 2027 budget calls for an 11.3 percent levy increase as the city faces a budget gap…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (164+ words) Rangers at Isle Royale National Park are searching for an overdue hiker. Family members told the Detroit Free Press that the missing man is 70-year-old Craig Berg of Royal Oak, Mich., who was on a more-than-weeklong solo hike on the…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (373+ words) Vendors and staff are packing up the Minnesota State Fair for the season, after another year of welcoming nearly 2 million guests. About 1.92 million people came through the gates this year. That’s slightly fewer than the crowds in the last two…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (606+ words) The St. Paul City Council withdrew a resolution for the police department seeking a $200,000 federal grant to expand its drone program on Wednesday. The council delayed the decision last week and said it would not support expanding the drone program…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (285+ words) More than two months after hot, dry winds whipped up flames sparked by lightning strikes, the wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota are now fully…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (339+ words) The chief of the Brooklyn Center Police Department says nearly two dozen people have been arrested in a human trafficking investigation that targeted four area hotels Wednesday morning. Chief Garett Flesland said the people were arrested on suspicion of a…...