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Is trump crippling climate research? – This Week in Cleantech

Is trump crippling climate research? – This Week in Cleantech

This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey. This week’s episode features special guest Scott...

State of Minnesota District Court Fillmore County Third District Court File Number: 23-PR-25-160 Case Type: Formal Unsupervised

Notice of Remote Zoom Hearing In re the Estate of Helen J. Raaen, Deceased You are notified this matter is set for a remote hearing. This hearing will not be in person at the courthouse. Hearing Information August 19, 2025 Probate Hearing 9:30 AM...

Opinion: Minnesota has lost a stalwart of public interest journalism

Opinion: Minnesota has lost a stalwart of public interest journalism

Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of guest commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here.Last Tuesday, longtime Minnesota journalist (and former Star Tribune reporter) Mike Kaszuba died after a sudden...

Storm chances Monday morning in Minnesota

Storm chances Monday morning in Minnesota

By Joseph Dames Joseph Dames Meteorologist Joseph Dames joined the WCCO team during the winter of 2022. He is currently the weekday morning meteorologist. You can also catch him putting together weather, science, and other environmental stories...

Washington hosts Minnesota following McBride’s 29-point game

Washington hosts Minnesota following McBride’s 29-point game

By Canadian Press on June 23, 2025. Minnesota Lynx (12-1, 11-1 Western Conference) at Washington Mystics (6-8, 5-5 Eastern Conference) Washington; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota Lynx takes on the Washington Mystics after Kayla McBride...

‘A proud Tar Heel’: UNC alumnus Mark Hortman killed in Minnesota assassinations

‘A proud Tar Heel’: UNC alumnus Mark Hortman killed in Minnesota assassinations

UNC alumnus Mark Hortman, 58, was shot and killed in his Minnesota home on Saturday, June 14, along with his wife Melissa, who was serving her 11th term as speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A man dressed as a police officer and...

Popular Grocery Retailer Closing All Minnesota Stores On The Same Day

Popular Grocery Retailer Closing All Minnesota Stores On The Same Day

Everyone has their favorite places to shop, and for good reasons. For me, it's because I know where to find everything, and I know exactly when they will be open and, most importantly, when they will be closed since I often find myself grabbing...

With their Morse Code-like mating dance, fireflies are now lighting up Minnesota nights

With their Morse Code-like mating dance, fireflies are now lighting up Minnesota nights

As summer heats up and humidity thickens the air, Minnesota’s annual spectacle of fireflies arrives. The flashes of greenish to yellowish light flicker at the edge of meadows and moist woods. Or you may catch a solo blinker so brief and...

Letters to the Editor: Guest commentary shows effects of Trump Administration’s cost-cutting efforts

Letters to the Editor: Guest commentary shows effects of Trump Administration’s cost-cutting efforts

Thank you for publishing the commentary from Dr. Claire Lamman. It honestly and completely shows the effects of the administration’s so-called cost-cutting efforts. As a graduate from the University of Minnesota in a scientific field, I agree...

Minnesota's connection to the "fathers of Juneteenth"

Minnesota's connection to the "fathers of Juneteenth"

Long celebrated by African Americans, Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, and a Minnesota state holiday two years later. Parades, concerts, informal and formal gatherings are just some of the ways families and communities honor what's...

WATCH: Minnesota cowboys try to make their mark on the professional rodeo scene

WATCH: Minnesota cowboys try to make their mark on the professional rodeo scene

It is one of the most dangerous sports ever created. When steel meets dirt there is nowhere to hide in the chase for cowboy supremacy during a good old fashion rodeo. For many, it is more than a competition. It is a display of Americana. "It’s a...

How Minnesota police arrested shooter after two days of terror

How Minnesota police arrested shooter after two days of terror

There were flaws in Vance Boelter's disguise. His SUV's licence plate just read "POLICE" in black letters, and the silicone mask was a little loose. However, it was adequate on a dimly lighted suburban street in the middle of the night. At 2:36am...

EV owners don’t pay gas taxes. In Minnesota next year, they’ll pay double or more to register their cars

EV owners don’t pay gas taxes. In Minnesota next year, they’ll pay double or more to register their cars

Starting next year, Minnesota electric vehicle owners will have to pay at least double to register their EVs. Blame the change on their freedom from gas taxes. A provision in the transportation bill that passed earlier this month raises the EV...

Minnesota ag commissioner upbeat over legislative support for agriculture

Minnesota ag commissioner upbeat over legislative support for agriculture

WILLMAR — Agriculture continued to receive bipartisan support in the state legislature, leading Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen to offer an upbeat assessment of the recent legislative session. With a split...

Tax abatement OK'd for $28 million Beck's expansion near Olivia, Minnesota

Tax abatement OK'd for $28 million Beck's expansion near Olivia, Minnesota

OLIVIA — The Renville County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a tax abatement to total no more than $149,999 to support the Beck’s Hybrid project now under construction just west of Olivia along U.S. Highway 71. The vote at the...

LA Sparks vs Minnesota Lynx game player stats and box score for June 21 | 2025 WNBA season

LA Sparks vs Minnesota Lynx game player stats and box score for June 21 | 2025 WNBA season

The Minnesota Lynx defeated the LA Sparks 82-66 on Saturday at Target Center in Minneapolis. Kayla McBride led Minnesota with 29 points on 9-for-13 (5-for-7 from 3-point range). Courtney Williams finished with 18 points, six assists and four...

Massive NOAA cuts could put forecasts in peril, lives in danger

Massive NOAA cuts could put forecasts in peril, lives in danger

The Trump administration's plan to dismantle the nation's atmospheric research programs could set U.S. forecasting back a generation or more, a cadre of retired federal hurricane, weather and ocean scientists warns. The budget proposed by the...

Researchers find unique genetic profile in childhood cancer survivors with cardiomyopathy

Researchers find unique genetic profile in childhood cancer survivors with cardiomyopathy

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital studied how common and rare genetic variants influence late-onset cardiomyopathy risk, highlighting the unique genetic complexity of childhood cancer survivors. The relationship between genetic...

Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Found Targets' Addresses Online. Here's How To Hide Yours.

Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Found Targets' Addresses Online. Here's How To Hide Yours.

Steven Garcia via Getty Images Last weekend, State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman were killed by an assassin in their homes. A criminal complaint outlines how the Minnesota shooter suspect may have used this common online tool...

Minnesota electric vehicle owners to pay double to register their vehicles next year

Minnesota electric vehicle owners to pay double to register their vehicles next year

Published 3:54 pm Friday, June 20, 2025 By Kristoffer Tigue, The Minnesota Star Tribune (TNS) Starting next year, Minnesota electric vehicle owners will have to pay at least double to register their EVs. Blame the change on their freedom from gas...

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