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Agriculture

Crowned 2016 Princess Kay of the Milky Way is from Goodhue County

Haley Hinrichs, a 19-year-old college student from Goodhue, Minnesota, was crowned the 63rd Princess Kay of the Milky Way at the Minnesota State Fair on ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, August 25, 2016 9:35 am

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

Man charged with sexually assaulting, murdering 5-year-old

WALKER — A friend of Alayna Ertl’s family was charged Tuesday with abducting the 5-year-old from her home in Watkins, Minn., sexually assaulting the girl ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, August 24, 2016 10:21 am

Guest Columns

Other’s Opinion: Trump event protest was out of bounds

Minneapolis Star Tribune Distributed by Tribune Content Agency Whatever one thinks of Donald Trump and his supporters, nothing justifies the shameful display of intimidating behavior ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, August 24, 2016 10:16 am

News

Mark Dayton says special session disputes went beyond light rail

ST. PAUL — Last week, Gov. Mark Dayton said he was quitting what he called “futile” efforts to reach an agreement with Republicans on a ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, August 24, 2016 8:58 am

RSS General

St. Paul authorities investigate after 3 injured dogs found

ST. PAUL — When a dog was found severely injured in St. Paul last week, a rescue group immediately knew what to name him — ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, August 24, 2016 8:56 am

Editorials

State must help make new buffer law work

After debate and tweaking, the state’s new buffer law is in place and planting the vegetation along farm drainage ditches, rivers and streams is beginning. Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, August 23, 2016 8:45 am

RSS General

Woman who stole $1.7M, lost most at casino, is sentenced

Three-plus years in prison is the sentence for a woman who over many years stole $1.7 million from her employer in southern Minnesota and blew ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, August 22, 2016 10:14 am

Opinion

Others’ opinion: On terror, Donald Trump is not reassuring

Donald Trump’s speech on terrorism Monday was another jumble from a candidate who can’t seem to stop contradicting himself and issuing proposals that are barely ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, August 19, 2016 8:03 am

Editorials

Others’ Opinion: Legislators’ transit impasse puts more than just trains at risk

Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Daudt may have conveyed a greater truth than he intended last Friday, at the conclusion of yet another fruitless meeting with ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:52 am

Health

Klobuchar presses for mandatory reporting of opioid prescriptions

Doctors should be required to check a national registry before prescribing opioid medications if the United States is going to stop rising rates of painkiller ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 10:18 am

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

State Patrol, MnDOT to crack down on carpool lane cheats

Perhaps nothing steams rush-hour motorists more than seeing cheating drivers zip along in the MnPass lane. You know, the solo drivers who look to see ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 10:18 am

News

Services held for Gov. Anderson

The first shout-out Monday at former Gov. Wendell Anderson’s memorial service went to two of his favorites: “East-Siders and the University of Minnesota old-timers.” Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:51 am

News

Rush is on to finish $310M state Capitol renovation as reopening nears

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s newly renovated Capitol will reopen to the public in January, and state leaders are hurrying to make sure it’s ready for ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:46 am

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

Police identify victim fatally shot by elderly housemate in Northfield

NORTHFIELD — Police have identified a woman shot and killed in her Northfield home Sunday as Lilly Marie Kirckof. Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:38 am

Law Enforcement

13 struck by gunfire over violent weekend in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS — The gun violence that has plagued parts of Minneapolis this year struck again over the weekend as at least 13 people were shot, ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:37 am

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