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MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. After eight years as the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey has a well-tested recipe for his State of...

RICHFIELD, Minn. — Hot chicken has become a hot commodity in the Twin Cities in recent years, and nowhere is that more obvious than on a busy corner at the intersection of 44th Street and Penn Avenue in Richfield. A few weeks ago, Nashville Coop, the local chain that...

Lydia Kauppi was shopping at Goodwill when she came across an abstract green piece of artwork. She took it home for $8. Years later, she discovered its actual worth.

Get ready for summer fun as Como Park Zoo hosts the beloved 'Groovin in the Gardens' music series, kicking off June 10 with live tunes and tasty food trucks.

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. The Minnesota Reformer's Melissa Whitler has been doing some excellent work lately regarding the ongoing financial meltdown at Minneapolis Public Schools. Her latest takes you behind the scenes of "a year of chaos and dysfunction" in the district's finance department, where a senior officer continued working for...

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — For Feroza Mehta, the reigning Mrs. Minnesota International, the path to self-discovery didn't involve a stage or a sash. Instead, it came at age 37 through a diagnosis that finally explained decades of feeling like an outsider: autism. Mehta is now using her platform...

St. Paul Automotive says it is working on four vehicles, all with the same problem: someone drilled a hole in the gas tank and took the gas.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - State lawmakers are taking action after a FOX 9 investigation revealed disturbing medical waste showing up at regular trash facilities. The bill, now headed for a House vote, targets the problem of infectious waste — including body parts, blood, syringes and even a bag labeled ‘monkeypox’ — being delivered to places like the Ramsey-Washington recycling and energy center. The materials...

After linking team symptoms to chloramines, Aditi Gandhi built a prototype to track air quality and improve swimmer safety. Stock photo via Keith Dunlap. Blake School student-athlete Aditi Gandhi took it upon herself to address an issue that many swimmers worldwide experience: the sickly feeling after long practices, which sometimes stems from harmful chemicals in the pools where swimmers train.

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (FOX 9) - A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries after colliding with a car in Brooklyn Park Tuesday evening. According to Brooklyn Park police, around 4:30 p.m. officers responded to a car between a car and a motorcycle on West Broadway and 64th Avenue North. At the scene,...