At the beginning of 2025, a children’s picture book about a pride parade in San Francisco became the focal point of a controversy about LGBT-representation and whether the book’s particular expression ...

Lifting Minnesota’s moratorium would not mean committing to build a nuclear plant tomorrow. It would simply allow research, discussion and long-term planning to begin.

Looking back at 2025 is like remembering a wild ride on a tariff-powered roller coaster for Beth Benike, the founder and CEO of Busy Baby.

This being the holiday season, it would be nice to look back and report that composer Leroy Anderson featured his popular Christmas song “Sleigh Ride” when he conducted the Rochester Symphony ...

United Nations front-line troops looking up from their foxholes saw an American B-29 with yawning bomb bay doors. The load that came tumbling down wasn’t lethal. It was books, magazines, candy cigars, ...

For this Christmas Day conditions are mild in the mid 30s with mostly cloudy skies. These clouds will be around the rest of the week and the weekend ahead. Temperatures get even warming reaching the ...

ST. PAUL — A Minnesota state representative said his St. Paul home was the target of an attempted break-in over the weekend. In a Tuesday, Dec. 23, statement, Rep. Samakab Hussein, DFL-St. Paul, said ...

In an alternate universe, quarterback J.J. McCarthy didn’t suffer a small hairline fracture in his right hand, which meant he was able to continue his upward trajectory for the Vikings last weekend in ...

On Tuesday, the Loons came away with a pending trade to acquire Drake Callender from Charlotte FC, a source told the Pioneer Press. The Athletic, which first reported the news, also said Tuesday ...

If the Vikings beat the Lions on Christmas, they would leapfrog them in the NFC North and, as a result of no longer being at the bottom of the standings, they would likely sacrifice a more favorable ...

A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of the Giiwedinong Museum in Park Rapids, Minnesota.

The Rochester Fire Department held its annual Christmas Eve ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, at the Silver Lake Firefighters Memorial in Rochester.