By ANGIE RIEBE Mesabi Tribune VIRGINIA, Minn. (AP) — You could say Diana Brennan is a Monopoly fanatic. Childhood board games lasted neither hours nor days but a month at time, she said on a recent afternoon at her Virginia home. Today Brennan has a collection of Monopoly boards, including ...

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Target is joining Walmart in closing its stores on Thanksgiving Day, ending a decadelong tradition of jump-starting Black Friday door buster sales. The move, announced Monday, comes as stores are rethinking this year's Black Friday ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the cases against four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd said Monday that they do not want audio or visual coverage of the trials, but they did not provide a reason. Derek Chauvin and three other former officers are ...

BIG LAKE, Minn. (AP) — The 20-year-old son of a Big Lake city councilwoman is charged with killing her. Eric Jordahl of Big Lake was charged Monday with two counts of second-degree murder in the death of 62-year-old Rose Johnson. A judge set Jordahl's bail at $1 million, with ...

ASHBY, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in western Minnesota say a 3-year-old child has died after being pulled from a lake last week. The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office got a report Friday that the child had been pulled from the water unconscious at the Eagle Lake public swimming area. People ...

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ivanka Trump and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt visited a Minneapolis suburb on Monday to open an office dedicated to investigating cold cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous peoples. The new office in ...

HENDERSON, Minn. (AP) — A storm has dumped up to 8 inches of rain in southern Minnesota and flooded some roads. The Minnesota Department of Transportation reports Highway 93 near the Minnesota River was closed Sunday morning between Henderson and Highway 169. The Star Tribune reports flash ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota health officials reported 871 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday, the fourth straight day the state has reported more than 700 new cases. The spike in new daily cases was one of the largest in Minnesota since May, the Star Tribune reported. But the ...

MARSHALL, Minn. (AP) — A couple in Minnesota wore red face masks emblazoned with swastikas to a Walmart in a video posted on social media. Police were called Saturday to the Walmart in Marshall, in the southwest part of the state, on a report that two shoppers were wearing the mask with the ...

ELK RIVER, Minn. (AP) — The adult son of a woman found dead in Sherburne County has been arrested in her death. The 20-year-old man has been booked into the county jail on suspicion of first-degree premeditated murder, according to officials. The Big Lake man is accused of killing his ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Ramsey County sheriff's deputies have recovered the body of a missing child from the Mississippi River. Searchers have been looking for the 11-year-old boy since Tuesday when he went under water in the river and failed to surface at Hidden Falls Regional Park in St. ...

WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — A man who was questioned in 1974 about the killing of a woman who was stabbed 38 times in her western Minnesota home has now been charged with murder. Algene Vossen was questioned shortly after the body of 74-year-old Mae Herman was discovered by her sister in Willmar ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota health officials warned Friday of a possible resurgence of lung injuries related to vaping, saying they've had 11 reported cases in the past two months. The state Health Department asked medical providers to watch for additional cases. Officials also said the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota health officials are concerned about renewed pressure on the testing supply chain, which could affect the state's response to a recent growth in cases and plans to continue to ramp up testing. Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said during a press call Friday that ...

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council voted Friday to shift police media duties from the Police Department to city staff in what one council member called a move to improve trust, amid calls for changes in policing after George Floyd's death. The ...

CRYSTAL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has identified a Crystal police officer who fired her weapon while she was being injured during a vehicle chase last week. The BCA said Wednesday that Jessica Donahue is a 19-year veteran of Crystal Police Department. ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a man fatally shot at a Minneapolis pawn shop during protests over the death of George Floyd demanded charges in his death Tuesday. Saying they want justice, family members of Calvin Horton Jr. held a news conference the same day that Hennepin County Attorney ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he is close to announcing a decision on whether to require people across the state to wear face masks as a way to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Walz said Tuesday that Minnesotans can expect a decision "in the next day or two." Last ...

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge on Tuesday lifted a gag order in the criminal case against four former officers charged in death of George Floyd, but said he would take under advisement a news media coalition's request to make body ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday the state is making progress in stemming coronavirus infections in the state's long-term care facilities. Walz and state health officials cite a dramatic drop in deaths and new cases of COVID-19 at nursing homes and other facilities ...