RAMSEY MAN NOW CHARGED IN ATTACKS ON TWO TEEN GIRLS
The arrest MinneapoliMedia reported Sunday has become a felony prosecution. Oliver Joseph Butcher, 20, is accused of attacking girls, 15 and 17, hours apart.

RAMSEY MAN NOW CHARGED IN ATTACKS ON TWO TEEN GIRLS
The arrest MinneapoliMedia reported Sunday has become a felony prosecution. Oliver Joseph Butcher, 20, is accused of attacking girls, 15 and 17, hours apart.
SUPREME COURT REJECTS MINNESOTA ICWA CHALLENGE
The justices declined to hear a case challenging federal and Minnesota protections for Native children, leaving the state-court decisions intact.
BUILDERS OF MINNESOTA | MIKEYA GRIFFIN
Rondo lost homes, businesses and community to I-94. Mikeya Griffin is working to build its future without allowing Minnesota to forget what was taken.
VIKINGS LOSE DONOVAN JACKSON FOR THE SEASON
Starting guard Donovan Jackson suffered a torn ACL, ending his promising rookie season and forcing another adjustment for Minnesota’s offensive line.
MINNESOTA ACTIVATES WORK-ZONE SPEED CAMERAS ON I-35W
Automated speed enforcement has arrived in an I-35W work zone, marking a major change in how Minnesota can enforce speed limits around road construction.
MORRIS BUILT A CLEAN-ENERGY MODEL WITHOUT A CULTURE WAR
Forget the viral myths about total energy independence. Morris built something more credible: practical cooperation around conservation, local energy and research.
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81ST DEFENDANT CHARGED IN FEEDING OUR FUTURE CASE
Federal prosecutors accuse the latest defendant of helping fraudulently obtain about $3.5 million from child nutrition programs.
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MINNESOTA AG WARNS GOOGLE DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS
Attorney General Keith Ellison is warning developers behind a proposed Google data center against misleading the public as scrutiny of major data center projects grows.
TEEN GIRLS REPORT BEING FOLLOWED THROUGH MULTIPLE CITIES
Two teenage girls reported that a man followed them through several communities. Police later located and arrested a suspect in Ramsey.
PASSENGER FATALLY SHOT ABOARD GREEN LINE TRAIN
A passenger was shot aboard an eastbound Green Line train Saturday night. The suspected gunman left the train before police arrived and remained at large.
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FOUR ROCHESTER BUSINESSES CLOSE
Rochester is weighing $500,000 in support as four business closures raise questions about the future of local commerce.
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NEW INDIGENOUS CULTURAL AND WELLNESS CENTER OPENS IN MINNEAPOLIS
Indigenous Peoples Task Force has opened the $12 million Mikwanedun Auditorium and Wellness Center on East Franklin Avenue.
THE POWER OF HER | EVON INYANG
“We celebrate the baby while the relationship is quietly drowning.”
Evon Inyang wants Minnesota to include relationships, mental load and supporting partners in postpartum care.
25 YEARS. ONE RECORD-BREAKING RUN.
Lilian Chebii won the Twin Cities Marathon in 2:25:26, breaking a women’s course record set in 2001. More than 30,000 runners registered for the weekend.
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MUST LEAD TO ACTION
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Awareness matters, but survivors also need safety, accountability, housing, legal protection and systems that respond.
MAN KILLED BY TRAIN IN NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS
A man in his 50s died after being struck by a train early Saturday near 14th Avenue NE and Quincy Street. Police are investigating how he came to be on the tracks.
U OF M WORKERS BRACE FOR FEDERAL RESEARCH CUTS
Federal research funding cuts are reaching Minnesota laboratories and workplaces, leaving U of M workers facing growing uncertainty over jobs and research programs.
COURT BLOCKS MINNESOTA’S AI DEEPFAKE ELECTION LAW
A federal appeals court has blocked Minnesota’s restrictions on certain AI-generated election deepfakes, putting First Amendment questions at the center of the case.
BROOKLYN PARK DEFENDS LICENSE-PLATE READERS
As Minneapolis withdraws from Flock Safety, Brooklyn Park is defending its use of the technology, highlighting a growing Minnesota debate over public safety and surveillance.
FREY VETOES FACIAL-RECOGNITION MONITOR REQUIREMENT
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed a measure requiring independent human monitoring of every police facial-recognition search.
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