Minnesota

A Minnesota father was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday for the brutal murder of his daughter's allegedly abusive boyfriend after telling a witness he had "already dug a hole" for the man's grave. 

Three people are dead, including the suspected gunman, after a shooting at the Super 8 hotel in Cloquet, Minnesota, on Monday evening.

In a daring rescue operation, firefighters in Minnesota saved a dog from the treacherous 8-foot waves of Lake Superior.

Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips has announced that he won’t be running for reelection to Congress in 2024. 

The Minnesota Supreme Court issued its order to dismiss the case on the bipartisan constitutional challenge of former President Donald Trump’s status on the 2024 ballot. 

Five officers were shot in Glendorado Township, near Princeton, while executing a search warrant Thursday morning. A 64-year-old suspect has been arrested.

During the Minneapolis stop of her Eras Tour, Taylor Swift addressed the crowd before a rare "Dear John" performance, which is widely accepted to be about her ex-boyfriend, John Mayer.

A man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” federal prosecutors in North Dakota say. The shoes were stolen in 2005 and recovered by a 2018 FBI sting operation, but no arrests were made at the time.

An FBI agent shot and killed a man in Minneapolis after law enforcement attempted to serve an arrest warrant. A woman at the scene was taken to the hospital for an apparent fentanyl overdose.

Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter is set to be released from prison this week, after serving 16 months behind bars for the killing of Daunte Wright.

Minnesota has settled its lawsuit with JUUL and Altria a day before closing arguments were scheduled to begin, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a news release on Monday. 

More than a dozen rail cars on a BNSF train derailed near Raymond, Minnesota, early Thursday, with several derailed tankers carrying ethanol starting on fire. 

Xcel Energy is working to power down the Monticello nuclear power plant on Friday to make repairs after a new leak of radioactive water was reported this week.

The aurora put on quite the show overnight in Minnesota, as viewer photos and videos show the mystic green glow.

A deadly 2018 domestic dispute shooting in northern Minnesota that was originally ruled self-defense is under reexamination by prosecutors after the woman involved in that shooting was recently indicted for the murder of her current husband in Texas.

NEW: Police say a suspect has been arrested after U.S. Rep. Angie Craig was assaulted in an elevator at her Washington, D.C. apartment building.

A phenomenon known as "light pillars" illuminated the night sky above Graceville, Minnesota, and put on a spectacular show early Thursday morning.

A former Princeton, Minnesota, teacher has pleaded guilty after hitting a second-grader with a hockey stick earlier this year.