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The SUV driver was a 61-year-old man from Monticello.

After a break in 2023 because of funding issues, downtown Minneapolis boosters reinvented their signature holiday event in the hopes of activating the central business district.

Blake Buschman keeps getting ticketed for harvesting the holiday greenery without permission, but he says a Minnesota conservation officer is just out to get him.

The Vikings are in a tie for the NFC North lead, and if they win their last three games, against potential playoff opponents, they have a good chance to claim the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage in the postseason.

After leasing trees on state land for 25 years, Mark and Melinda Spinler fear they'll be shut down.

The victim was found soon afterward in Minneapolis with a gunshot wound to the back of the head, according to the criminal complaint.

Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down Friday on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal -- and if not, let the closures ''start now.''

The singer's Dollywood theme park and the eastern Tennessee mountains are a great place to spend the holidays.

The family-owned companies told employees this week how much extra would be in their year-end checks.

Rocky and Bullwinkle creator Jay Ward leased a tiny isle on Lake of the Woods as a publicity stunt and took a silly bid for statehood all the way to the White House.