Police: Teen either on foot or skateboarding killed in hit-and-run in north Minneapolis
The vehicle kept going and hit several parked cars, according to police.
Local
Ramsey County officials tell sheriff he needs their signature for State Fair duties
It's 71 days to the Minnesota State Fair, but who will provide security?
Local
Motorcyclist hits deer, then dies when struck by passing driver near Princeton
The crash happened about 2:42 a.m. Monday on Hwy. 95 near 107th Avenue.
Latinas left workforce at highest rate, see slow recovery
Teresa Marez spent 14 years building a strong clientele base as a hair stylist in San Antonio. When her son, who is autistic, had to switch to virtual learning because of the pandemic, she quit her job to help him.
Black scholar Earl Lewis on the Floyd murder and reparations
Reparations, Earl Lewis says, are not about the past.
Local
North St. Paul city manager resigns amid questions about city's finances
Scott Duddeck resigned Tuesday after a council member requested an outside investigation into the city's finances.
Local
Woman charged with killing grandmother, starting house fire
A woman is accused of killing her grandmother by suffocation and setting her house in Fort Atkinson on fire days later.
A remembrance: 101 years since Duluth's darkest hour
Tuesday marked the 101st anniversary of the Duluth lynchings, when Black men Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie were killed by a white mob…
Local
Teen killed by hit-and-run driver in Minneapolis
Police say a teenager was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Minneapolis.
![FILE ART For Northern Lights Project - ] BRIAN PETERSON • brianp@startribune.com Minneapolis, MN - 12/10/2012 (NOT FOR RESALE, Send requests to](https://chorus.stimg.co/21593682/1curioussmall021518.jpg?h=150&w=200&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Readers are invited to take part in Curious Minnesota, a community-driven reporting project that invites you ask questions that our reporters then research and answer. Click to ask a question!
Local
Wisconsin Assembly to vote on chokehold ban, policing bills
The Wisconsin Assembly was scheduled Wednesday to send a package of police reform bills to Gov. Tony Evers, including a measure banning police use of chokeholds except in life-threatening situations or in self defense.
Local
Penterman has slight lead in state Assembly primary
Republican William Penterman holds a slight lead in a special election primary for the right to run for an open state Assembly seat, according to preliminary results.
Local
Wisconsin Assembly to vote on transgender sports bans
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly planned to vote Wednesday on bills banning transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports, measures that are being debated in the middle of gay pride month and are all-but certain to be headed for a veto by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Local
Baby, adult killed in three-vehicle crash in Wisconsin's Dodge County
A baby and an adult have died in a crash involving three vehicles in Dodge County. Four others have been injured, according to sheriff's officials.
Making hot sauce and working to save wetlands
As storms grow more violent and Louisiana loses more of its coast, the family that makes Tabasco Sauce is fighting erosion in the marshland that buffers its factory from hurricanes and floods.
Local
Police seek person who spray painted over city camera they say would have captured fatal crash at Winston Smith protest
A police spokesman said the camera would have provided "crucial evidence" in the death of Deona Knajdek.
Local
Control of Uptown streets contested as protesters demand answers in Winston Smith shooting
Mpls. police move in, arrest more than a dozen protesters Tuesday night.
Local
Wisconsin Assembly voting on local redistricting delay
Redistricting of local political boundary lines would be delayed a year or more under a bill up for an Assembly vote Wednesday backed by Republicans and local governments.
Local
Republicans propose $125 million more for broadband
The effort to expand broadband internet to underserved rural areas in Wisconsin would get a $125 million boost under a provision approved Tuesday by the Republican-controlled budget committee, about $75 million less in state funding than Democratic Gov. Tony Evers proposed.
Researchers asking for public's help measuring Duluth streams
Crowdsourced data will help inform decisions that affect waterways.
Local
St. Paul's newest park was a community effort
St. Paul's Midway Peace Park officially unveiled Tuesday.
No masks required for vaccinated people in Hennepin County government buildings
Policy change lets the vaccinated enter goverment buildings.
Local
'Communion wars' take center stage at Catholic bishops meeting
Bishops will consider whether to ban pro-abortion rights Catholic politicians from receiving communion.
Local
Heads of Wisconsin's largest school districts 'dismayed'
The superintendents of Wisconsin's five largest school districts told members of the Legislature on Tuesday that they're "dismayed" that $2.3 billion in federal aid is at risk because of low funding for K-12 schools.
Browse Local Sections
Latest Columns
Most Read
- Man held in fatal Uptown crash didn't have a driver's license
- 'Communion wars' take center stage at Catholic bishops meeting
- Police: Teen either on foot or skateboarding killed in hit-and-run in north Minneapolis
- Pockets of unvaccinated Americans threaten to prolong pandemic • Coronavirus
- Ramsey County officials tell sheriff he needs their signature for State Fair duties • East Metro