Mae Batherson enjoys rookie season of pro hockey in Minnesota

The 24-year-old New Minas resident recently completed her rookie season with the Minnesota Frost, of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL). As part of the league’s Takeover Tour, the six teams played nine games in neutral sites from January to …

UnitedHealth mandates 4-day office return for hybrid workers in Minnesota and D.C.

MDH reports slight increase in adverse health events at Minnesota's hospitals, surgical centers

ROCHESTER — The number of adverse health events reported in Minnesota's hospitals has increased slightly, the smallest increase since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Minnesota Department of Health's 2025 report. From Oct. 7, …

Alex Rodriguez and girlfriend Jaclyn Cordeiro spend cozy “Minnesota nights” playing chess

New York Yankee great Alex Rodriguez hasn't been shy in flexing his girlfriend, fitness guru Jaclyn Cordeiro on social media platforms. The duo has been documented spending trips as a couple and sometimes, even with Rodriguez's children, Natasha …

Slain Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman, husband, pet dog to lie in state

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman, her husband, and their dog were killed in their home on June 14 in a targeted attack. Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting, which also wounded State Sen. John Hoffman and his …

Melissa Hortman to be first woman to lie in state in Minnesota. Who else has received the honor?

Maria, Katie and Bridget, who all worked with Minnesota House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and asked only to use their first names, embrace at a memorial outside the House Chambers for Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, who were fatally shot in …

A Summer Favorite in SE Minnesota is Hosting Their First-Ever Saturday Event

When we think about summertime staples, you know, events that make summer 'summer' in Southeast Minnesota, there are a few things that come to mind. Thursdays Downtown is a big one for me, but there's another event that's a summer favorite, …

Trump travel ban disrupting business trips for immigrants in Minnesota

But the biggest group to be hurt by the new lists are probably immigrant business owners, some of whom are scrambling to figure out how to run companies that depend on overseas visits, suppliers and contacts. False internet posts about what the ban means …

Bill Salisbury, a dean of Minnesota political reporting, dies at 80

Bill Salisbury, who in almost 50 years as a political reporter with the Pioneer Press covered 40 sessions of the Minnesota Legislature, eight governors as well as presidential visits and state and national political conventions and campaigns, died Monday …

University of Minnesota Morris Provides $163.5 Million Dollars to State Economy

Tripp Umbach, a Pittsburgh-based national research firm, has released the results of a study that finds the University of Minnesota contributes $11.5 billion a year in economic activity to the state of Minnesota; $163.5 million of that comes from the …