St Paul Police Logged 472 DFR Flights in Four Weeks
The St Paul Police Department’s new dock-based Drone as First Responder program flew 472 missions in its first four weeks, already passing the 436 patrol-drone flights the department logged in all of 2025. The three rooftop Skydio X10 drones went live on May 30 and now reach calls in...
Taste of Minnesota Returns With Food, Fireworks, and an All-Minnesota Lineup
There’s no shortage of ways to celebrate the Fourth of July in Minnesota, but few events capture the spirit of the state quite like Taste of Minnesota. Returning to downtown Minneapolis July 3-4, the free festival will once again transform Nicollet Mall and Washington Avenue into a lively celebration of Minnesota food,
The Twin Cities Pride Festival kicks off Friday and culminates with the parade on...
A big weekend in the Twin Cities with the Pride Festival getting underway Friday evening at Loring Park, and culminating with the parade in downtown Minneapolis Sunday. "It's so important for us to gather together as a community," says Kelsey Alto, director of programming for Twin Cities Pride.
1 killed in early morning shooting in south Minneapolis
According to Minneapolis police, officers arrived at the 2500 block of Clinton Avenue South around 12:45 a.m. to find a man suffering from gunshot wounds.
Minnesota’s first Black-owned bank opens St. Paul location
First Independence Bank, the Twin Cities’ first Black-owned bank, is now officially open for business in St. Paul.
Community reacts to growing Blue Line extension budget and timeline
(FOX 9) - Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County officials held the first community meeting since the higher budget for the Blue Line Light Rail Extension project was announced. There are mixed reactions to the project and the ballooning price tag. Ongoing debate. The backstory:. A proposed 13-mile Blue Line extensio
NAACP calls for resignation of Mpls Housing Director
The Minneapolis NAACP is calling for the resignation of the Minneapolis Public Housing Director Abdi Wasame over poor conditions at Heritage Park apartments. FOX 9's Mike Manzoni has more.
The Twin Cities’ hottest club is a craft group
Want to bedazzle a romance novel, "junk journal," try fiber arts or crochet side-by-side in silence? In the Twin Cities, there's a space for that. The big picture: Craft nights are growing in popularity across the metro, particularly among Gen Z and millennials, as Minnesotans seek out new ways to meet people and eveni
Born in Minnesota 53 Years Ago, the Songwriter Who Helped Garth Brooks Make Country...
On this day (June 26) in 1973, Kyle Jacobs was born in Bloomington, Minnesota. He was a songwriter and producer who worked with a long list of country artists. Jacobs penned hit songs for Lee Brice, Tim McGraw, the Eli Young Band, Kimberly Locke, and Garth Brooks. He co-penned Brooks’ “More Than a Memory,” which made c
Advocacy group calls for investigation after viral Shakopee confrontation video
A viral TikTok video captured a racially charged confrontation in Shakopee on Monday. Now, a local advocacy group has called for an investigation into the incident. The video appears to show a man and a woman confronting two women, described in the post as members of a Somali family born in the U.S., looking at a house
