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Just in time for the latest round of inclement winter weather, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has rolled out enhancements to its popular traveler information service.

Several Gophers players, including 2017 co-captain Jonathan Celestin (above), tweeted the hashtag #WeHadEnough on Thursday in support of their suspended teammates.

BWCA is a “national treasure’’ Secretary Tom Vilsack says.

The state’s unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent.

If you watched the Twins Town Hall feature on FSN Wednesday night — a one-hour forum featuring questions from fans and FSN folks for Derek Falvey, Thad LeVine and Paul Molitor of the Twins — you probably didn’t learn a ton of specifics about the 2017 team. (If you missed it, I imagine it will be replayed a bunch of times). This is probably by design but also by necessity, since Falvey and Levine are really still getting up to speed on the whole organization and the pieces with which they have to work. Читать дальше...

REVIEW: The star-heavy cast is wasted in an empty drama about life after a tragedy.

Employees who become new parents will get 10 weeks paid and 10 weeks unpaid leave

It’s fun, it’s dangerous. Welcome to winter in Minnesota.

Test your knowledge of the Minnesota accent, and hopefully you won't come out sounding like you're from Wisconsin.

Adrian Peterson said Monday that he is targeting a Week 16 return. But Mike Zimmer said the decision is not completely up to Peterson. “It’s a combination when we sit down and talk with the medical people,” the coach said this morning. “It’s a lot to do with the medical.” Zimmer said Peterson was able to participate in team drills in his first practice since surgery to repair a torn meniscus in late September. He was not willing to say whether Peterson is “less than 100 percent” right now. And he... Читать дальше...

Hall of Famer had near-fatal heart attack 15 months ago.

The mixing of family business and governance looks like something out of Imperial China, leaving ethicists agog.

Hodges will make a formal announcement at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.

Afternoon Star Tribune Local Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) Weather Video Forecast

There are places on the web where you can dive into a rabbit hole by creating playoff outcomes based on choosing winners over the final three weeks of the NFL season. Can you make a path to get the Vikings into the postseason?