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  • How expensive is your part of Minnesota? Compare your basic cost of living.
  • Tolkkinen: Rural Minnesota was reeling. These local foundations threw them a lifeline
  • Spring storm dumps snow across northern Minnesota

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startribune.com /12 hours ago

How expensive is your part of Minnesota? Compare your basic cost of living.

It’s cheaper to live in greater Minnesota, according to data from the state Department of Employment and Economic Development, but some areas of the state are cheaper than others.

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startribune.com /3 weeks ago

Tolkkinen: Rural Minnesota was reeling. These local foundations threw them a lifeline

If only other Twin Cities givers would follow in the Minnesota Initiative Foundation’s footsteps.

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Spring storm dumps snow across northern Minnesota

The Twin Cities area was spared, but shovels and plows were back in action from Moorhead to Grand Marais.

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startribune.com /1 week ago

Fire crews battle multiple wildfires across northern Minnesota

Gov. Walz declares emergency and mobilizes National Guard as dangerous conditions continue from North Shore to Brainerd Lakes area.

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startribune.com /4 weeks ago

‘Don’t Minnesota’ my state: Land of 10,000 Lakes becomes a political punching bag

After a tumultuous political year, a higher profile for Gov. Tim Walz and problems with fraud in state programs, Minnesota is popping up as a talking point elections far beyond its...

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Ramstad: Lakeville, fast-growing city in slow-growing Minnesota, just made housing more difficult

Why do so many Minnesota communities keep signaling an aversion to growth?

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Tornadoes, hail reported Monday night in southern Minnesota

Tornadoes were spotted south of the metro area, with hail 3 inches in diameter landing in Faribault.

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Will Minnesota ever get a new state park?

Two closed in recent years. One involved giving land back to the Dakota people. The other was reclaimed for mining.

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Second of back-to-back storms poised to blanket northern Minn. with hefty snowfall; warnings issued

A third system could bring even more snow Sunday night into Monday before a midweek warmup.

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Tolkkinen: Why are Minnesota’s rural congressional reps ducking the press?

Rural Minnesota is hurting from rising costs, climate change and tariffs, and this is no time for political games.

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Minnesotans band together after tornadoes wreck parts of Rochester area

One resident said she was watching the tornado rumble through her neighborhood when half her roof tore off.

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startribune.com /1 week ago

Two wildfires are burning in northern Minnesota. Here’s the latest.

A fire near Two Harbors is 62% contained, while another in Crow Wing County is 20% contained, officials said Monday.

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startribune.com /1 week ago

Growing wildfire in Crow Wing County forces evacuations in lake country

The Flanders fire has reached at least 1,500 acres, according to county officials.

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Tolkkinen: I know the lure of a good-paying job in rural Minnesota. But money isn’t everything.

Preserving pristine wilderness from copper mining is important for our children.

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Mixed spring weather keeps skiers up north happy while gravel bikers farther south get moving

Downhill trails that saw snowfall last week are still open. Elsewhere in Minnesota, organized rides are cranking up.

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startribune.com /2 weeks ago

Blowing dust prompts air quality warning in northwestern Minnesota

A red flag warning is also in effect for much of the state as high winds and dry conditions make for extreme fire danger.

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Air quality worsened by fires in parts of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities

Prescribed fires are making the air hazy from St. Cloud to the Twin Cities metro area.

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Paul Douglas launches new Minnesota weather channel

Minnesota Loon is tailor-made for those who want more than just the forecast.

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mymillennialguide.com /1 month ago

13 Best Banks in Minnesota for Your Banking Needs

Many famous Minnesotans have made their mark in history. A case in point is Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., who was the first person to fly over the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.  Even if you...

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Northeast Minnesota both celebrates and reels over vote to end mining ban near Boundary Waters

The fate of a copper-nickel mine proposed by Twin Metals Minnesota has divided residents of the state’s resource-rich corner for years.

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Minnesota’s Northstar commuter trains roll again — in Texas

Two excess trains were leased to a transit agency in Dallas-Fort Worth last year and just went into service there.

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startribune.com /1 week ago

HCMC wins while other hospitals lose in legislative battle

Lawmakers boosted Medicaid payment rates and offered stabilization funding to Minnesota’s smallest rural hospitals, but they didn’t vote to protect a drug discount program that mak...

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Tolkkinen: What a snub to Minnesota miners! White House ballroom to use foreign steel.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Iron Range miners have been laid off in the past year.

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startribune.com /1 month ago

Rural Minnesota economies under threat as feds cut safety net programs

Small, outstate communities tend to rely more on funding from programs like Medicaid that face deep cuts under the 2025 federal budget.

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