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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Decades after his efforts changed the Minneapolis Fire Department, city leaders want to keep Ron Edwards' legacy alive. For Charles Rucker, Ron Edwards was a mentor, a friend and like a second father. So it's fitting Rucker was on hand for an honor for Edwards decades...

The minimum wage for all employers in Minneapolis will increase to $16.37 at the start of 2026. That's a 40 cent increase from $15.97, the current hourly rate, which went into effect for both small and large businesses in 2025. In St. Paul, the minimum wage also increases on New...

A man prohibited from possessing firearms was arrested after returning to a Minneapolis apartment building with a gun, as reported by the city's police department. The Minneapolis Police Department disclosed the incident on their Facebook page, detailing how the situation unfolded. Initially, officers responded to a...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Minneapolis, MN — As Minnesota approaches the final days of 2025, weather forecasters are increasingly confident that an unusually warm pattern could dominate the Upper Midwest as the calendar flips to...

A suspected drunk-driver smashed into a fortunately-empty Minnesota State Patrol squad car in Minneapolis Friday evening. The collision was reported just before 10 p.m., when a state trooper was responding to a two-vehicle crash on eastbound I-94 and Franklin Avenue. While the trooper was attending to the crash, a...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Twin Cities Toys for Tots warehouse on December 19th resembled Santa's Workshop on Christmas Eve. Hundreds of Marines and volunteers spent the day sorting through tens of thousands of toys that poured in during the final day of the Twin Cities toy drive. "We're looking...

An 18-year-old man is recovering after a shooting overnight Saturday in north Minneapolis.

A Highway 52 traffic stop north of Rochester on Wednesday turned into a major meth bust, authorities say. Deputies arrested 57-year-old Twin Cities resident Mark Darrel Steffes after finding roughly 3.3 pounds of methamphetamine in his vehicle. He is being held at the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center on...

MINNEAPOLIS — If you spent any time on Minneapolis Facebook groups this week, you likely recognize the kid riding a tote box lid from this article's picture. A post trying to track him down this week blew up, trying to tell him that he'd done something professional athletes dream of.

The St. Paul school board voted Thursday night against a plan that would split the district’s Hmong language and culture program to ease overcrowding. Jim Vue, the district’s only Hmong school board member, was the only vote in favor of the proposal. Instead, the board voted to add...