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Minnesota Today

Minnesota Public Radio

Minnesota Today from MPR News brings you the most important stories from around the state. All on your schedule. Get updated on the latest news in about five minutes, every weekday morning and evening.

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00:03:50

Flooding in Austin; Binary trigger ban struck down

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/18

The city of Austin, Minnesota experienced flooded streets last night and this morning from heavy rainfall accumulating faster than it could be diverted away from road surfaces. Some streets and parks are closed.A Ramsey County District Court judge has struck down Minnesota's binary trigger ban. And Minnesota stands to lose $62 million of federal funding for new solar energy programs designed to serve low-income households.Those stories and more in today’s evening update. Hosted by Emily

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00:04:39

Minnesota utility regulators approve Minnesota’s 1st...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/18

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00:03:54

New state charges for Vance Boelter

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/15

The man accused of killing former DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark is facing new state charges of first-degree premeditated murder. And the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board announced today it will reduce the historic Hiawatha Golf Course from 18 to nine holes. The course, which has ties to the Twin Cities Black Community, has experienced major flooding over its century long history.Those stories and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily

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00:05:12

Vance Boelter faces first-degree premeditated murder...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/15

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00:04:00

Minnesota's unemployment rate up; Vehicle and human...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/14

Minnesota's unemployment rate has ticked up to 3.5 percent. July's figure is the highest since summer of 2021 — and the fifth straight month of rising unemployment.The Stearns County Sheriff's Office reported this morning that a vehicle they pulled from the Mississippi River last night may be connected to a missing person case from 1967.Those stories and more in today’s evening update. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.

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00:05:31

Hennepin County Board agrees to pay $1.6M to settle...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/14

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00:04:15

Pohlad family will not sell Minnesota Twins after all

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/13

Minneapolis' mayor is proposing a budget that attempts to keep new programs in check to help deal with less tax revenue coming in. Mayor Jacob Frey gave details today on a $2 billion budget framework that he says found around $23 million in savingsThe longtime family owners of the Minnesota Twins say they will not sell the team after all.The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension continues to investigate after two men were killed in an exchange of gunfire with police in Moorhead on

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00:05:40

Lee, Bittner advance to special election for 34B...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/13

A new report on no-knock warrants in Minnesota shows 79 percent decrease in their use in the first full year since state legislators passed restrictions on the controversial law enforcement practice. There were 18 no-knock warrants issued last year. In 2023, that number was 84. And the year before that it was 179. The change to state law followed the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Amir Locke during a no-knock raid in 2022, in which he was not a suspect.Navy veteran Tom Weiler is running for

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00:04:33

4 new University of Minnesota regents selected

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/12

Four new members gained spots Tuesday on the University of Minnesota's Board of Regents, a full third of the board at a time of immense challenge for the land-grant college. They include a former U.S. ambassador to Norway, a past United Nations food aid counselor who also worked abroad, a doctoral student with a focus on economic planning, and a prominent search firm executive who graduated from the university before pursuing a career in nonprofit leadership.St. Paul city officials say

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00:05:44

No-knock warrants in Minnesota decrease in first year...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/12

A new report on no-knock warrants in Minnesota shows 79 percent decrease in their use in the first full year since state legislators passed restrictions on the controversial law enforcement practice. There were 18 no-knock warrants issued last year. In 2023, that number was 84. And the year before that it was 179. The change to state law followed the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Amir Locke during a no-knock raid in 2022, in which he was not a suspect.Navy veteran Tom Weiler is running for

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00:06:27

St. Paul to begin restoring online systems this week...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/11

The city of St. Paul expects to begin putting its systems back online this week, after a cyberattack forced it to shut down its network for more than two weeks. St. Paul officials said Saturday night that the attack was a ransomware attack, adding that they’ve refused to pay the ransom and haven’t found evidence of data theft. Minnesota state government took in less revenue than it was expecting in July — the first time that's happened since January.This is an MPR News Evening update,

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00:05:37

Corrections officer attacked at Rush City state...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/11

A prisoner attacked a corrections officer at a state prison in Rush City over the weekend. Corrections officials say an inmate stabbed an officer with a homemade knife. The guard suffered a puncture wound and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was treated and released. The inmate is serving a life sentence for murder and has been transferred to a maximum security prison.The City of St. Paul has released details about a cyberattack that began more than two weeks

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00:04:10

Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she hopes to steer federal...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/08

Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she will work to steer federal money to Beltrami County following severe storms. She says even though the Federal Emergency Management Agency determined the damage was not extensive enough to warrant federal disaster aid, there are other things that can be done in Washington to help the area.Forecasters continue to monitor the potential for another round of Canadian wildfire smoke to affect Minnesota this weekend.Prosecutors are seeking an aggravated sentence for a

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00:05:13

Minnesota mother remains in ICE custody despite...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/08

Vance Boelter, the man accused of killing former DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and shooting and wounding State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Wearing a jail uniform, Boelter stood beside his attorney in court yesterday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Harry Jacobs said the government is sifting through hundreds of gigabytes and tens of thousands of pages of evidence.A Minnesota mother remains in ICE custody despite a

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00:04:22

Man charged with shooting Minnesota lawmakers pleads...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/07

The man charged with killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota House and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in federal court Thursday. The plea during the brief hearing in federal court in Minneapolis was expected; an attorney for Vance Boelter had said last month that he planned to plead not guilty.An MPR News investigation has found that several Minneapolis police trainers were accused of using excessive force in civil

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00:05:15

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty not running...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/07

Metro Transit officials are recommending the closure of the Northstar Commuter Rail in early January. A key player in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme was sentenced yesterday to 28 years in prison.New security measures are in place at the state Capitol. The number of doors through which the public can enter the capitol is now limited to just two entrances, including just one of the three doors at the top of the capitol stairs. Visitors will encounter more security guards at each of those

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00:04:17

Minn. Supreme Court throws state's gun serial number...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/06

The Minnesota Supreme Court created doubt Wednesday over the viability of a decades-old state law that makes it a crime to possess certain firearms that lack serial numbers. In overturning a lower court ruling, a majority of justices on the state’s highest court stopped short of invalidating a 1994 law entirely on constitutional grounds. But the split ruling could make it harder for prosecutors to bring the gun charges as they have in hundreds of cases per year.New security measures went

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00:05:12

Special election filing ends Wednesday. Missing...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/06

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00:04:28

North St. Paul investigates cybersecurity breach

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/05

The city of North St. Paul is trying to determine whether any private data was compromised after someone in its police department clicked on a nefarious email about a week ago. The city decided to bring in outside cybersecurity experts to look into the incident, as the city of St. Paul investigates its own cybersecurity breach detected last month. Authorities in Minneapolis are asking for the public’s help in locating a 12-year-old girl who’s been missing since Saturday.The children of the

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00:05:10

Minnesota legislative leaders call for ratcheting...

Minnesota Today ·

2025/08/05

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