1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (268+ words) A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (169+ words) The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs executed a search warrant on Thursday at the Red Lake reservation. In a statement to MPR News, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Matthew Vogel confirmed the warrant involved the tribal…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (224+ words) As the tragic events of 9/11 began to unfold 25 years ago, millions of teachers and students were just starting their school day. Among them was Waseca High School social studies teacher John Hanson and his students. They were in the midst…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (275+ words) For those who lived through it, the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 remains a defining moment. But an entire generation has now grown up since the attacks. That morning, terrorists hijacked four passenger planes. Two crashed into the World Trade Center in…...

3+ day, 48+ min ago   (425+ words) The newly expanded PWHL enters its fourth season by securing its first season-long U.S. national broadcast deal with Scripps Sports, the women’s hockey league announced on Wednesday. The agreement builds on Scripps’ decision to close last season broadcasting a select number…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (379+ words) Napheesa Collier scored 19 points and the U.S. routed Hungary 108-56 to advance to the semifinals of the women’s FIBA World Cup on Thursday. The U.S. will play the winner of the Spain-Australia game on Saturday in the medal round. France played China…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (523+ words) A main witness to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents was interviewed Wednesday as part of what her attorneys say is a federal investigation into the agents involved. The U.S. Department of Justice in January announced it…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (702+ words) A new audit suggests the state needs to better regulate how assisted living facilities are licensed. “[The report card] is kind of the one way in which the state says anything about the quality of assisted living facilities compared to…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (204+ words) The University of Minnesota says a recent graduate of one of its medical fellowship programs is among the thousands of people missing after last month’s flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet. The university’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery said Tuesday that…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (434+ words) The start of a new school year means the big yellow buses are back on the road. But school districts are facing an increasing strain on their budgets in order to keep the wheels on the bus going ‘round and…...