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Photos: The Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade takes over St. Paul with recent and familiar faces

The King Boreas Grande Day Parade kicked off Saturday with the newly crowned royalty of the 2024 St. Paul Winter Carnival. The parade, which traditionally takes place on the carnival’s first Saturday, was warm enough for bubbles this 12 months...

In seek for homelessness solutions, Camp Nenookaasi in Minneapolis faces uncertain future

Marissa Gunderson walks through the camp on Dec. 26 towards the brand new community yurt that she’s working on constructing. MinnPost photo by Ava Kian The longstanding Minneapolis encampment generally known as Camp Nenookaasi faces an uncertain future.  Organizers of the...

NewRange copper mine faces one other set back following judge’s advice

Leftover structures from an old LTV Steel taconite facility that NewRange hopes to refurbish and reuse for the copper-nickel mine it plans to construct. MinnPost file photo by Walker Orenstein Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. MPR’s Dan...

Arizona man who crashed into St. Paul police squad automobile arrested, faces federal drug charge

An Arizona man who authorities say fled law enforcement and crashed right into a St. Paul police squad automobile at about 80 mph — injuring his passenger and an officer — has been arrested and charged in federal court...

A utility, a tribe, a professor, and Miss America? 4 voices in today’s nuclear power debate as Minnesota faces 2040 carbon-free deadline

Prairie Island nuclear generating plant, units 1 and a couple of, near Welch. Nuclear Regulatory Commission This story is Part III in a series from Project Optimist, a company that serves Greater Minnesota through journalism and community engagement. You'll be able to...

Conservative political motion committee Right Now Minnesota faces questions on the way it’s spending donors’ money

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Ryan Faircloth and Briana Bierschbach on the Star Tribune report a conservative political motion committee (PAC) in Minnesota, Right Now Minnesota, spent zero dollars to assist elect Republican candidates last...

St. Paul City Council member Nelsie Yang, 28, faces challenger Gary Unger, 82, in Nov. 7 election

Nelsie Yang was elected to the St. Paul City Council in 2019, winning a six-way race with nearly 60% of the vote. Yang, a former union steward with the progressive motion group TakeAction Minnesota, became the primary Hmong woman...

Progressive St. Paul City Council Member Jalali faces conservative challenger in Bushard in Ward 4

Mitra Jalali has garnered a popularity as arguably essentially the most outspoken progressive voice on the St. Paul City Council. An advocate for rent control and tenant protections, limiting or reducing police budgets in favor of shifting funding into...

Battle Creek father faces long recovery after he was hit by automotive while mowing

On Sunday, while friends and neighbors were having fun with their Labor Day weekend, Toby Mengistu readied himself, physically and emotionally, to go to his father at Regions Hospital’s intensive care unit. That’s where Gerawork Mengistu, 60, has lived...

In budget address next week St. Paul mayor to concentrate on spending priorities as city faces post-pandemic challenges

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter will unveil key spending priorities, in addition to a proposed property tax levy, during his 2024 budget address next Thursday at an actual estate development site that’s develop into symbol of each the capital...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...