6+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1560+ words) If there had been two pieces, nobody would have behaved strangely. Two pieces are food and can be distributed without discussion. One piece is different; one piece requires governance. We had reached this crisis at 8:16 on an otherwise pleasant Saturday…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (619+ words) SAINT PAUL, MN (September 10, 2026). Minnesota health officials are taking the unusual step of trying to locate customers of a Twin Cities-area wildlife company after receiving information indicating that animals customers believed had been submitted for rabies testing may not have…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (376+ words) SAINT PAUL, MN (September 10, 2026). Minnesota's system for overseeing assisted-living facilities needs improvements in inspections, public transparency and coordination among government agencies, according to a new evaluation by the state's Office of the Legislative Auditor. The review did not conclude that…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (800+ words) Twin Cities In Motion (TCM), the nonprofit organization that produces the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend, announced that beginning in 2027, the marathon and its accompanying race weekend will move permanently to mid-October, ending a tradition that has remained unchanged since…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (502+ words) SAINT PAUL, MN (September 6, 2026). Minnesota is working to clear a significant backlog in authorizations for autism-treatment services after providers were told that approximately 1,000 children and their families were waiting for treatment-plan approvals, raising concerns about interruptions in care and delayed…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (584+ words) COON RAPIDS, MN (September 6, 2026). More than 150 physicians working at Allina Health's Mercy Hospital campuses in Coon Rapids and Fridley have filed notice of an unfair-labor-practice strike, setting up a four-day walkout beginning September 14 if the health system and its unionized…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (535+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, MN (September 5, 2026). Minnesota has lost nearly three dozen hospital obstetrics units since 2010, placing the state among the nation's fastest-moving declines in hospital-based maternity care and raising increasingly serious questions about how far pregnant residents must travel to give birth....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (258+ words) ROBBINSDALE, MN (September 2, 2026) Sanford Health and North Memorial Health have officially completed their merger, turning an agreement approved last week into an operating healthcare system extending from the Twin Cities across much of the Upper Midwest. The organizations announced Tuesday…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1480+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, MN (September 2, 2026). Minnesota has secured the kind of legal settlement that invites a victory lap. The settlement is consequential. It represents a rare instance in which states confronted one of the world’s most powerful technology companies and forced it…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (724+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, MN (August 31, 2026) In small-town clinics across Greater Minnesota, operating margins are measured in days of cash on hand rather than millions of dollars. A delayed reimbursement check or a single uncompensated intensive-care stay can determine whether a rural hospital…...