Minnesota anglers will see a significant change to bass fishing regulations in 2026, as the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has implemented a new catch-and-release season that allows anglers to fish for largemouth and smallmouth bass earlier in the year on inland waters.

Xcel Energy says an equipment issue at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant led to an oil leak while workers were testing systems during a maintenance outage.

Nine years ago today, unusual and out-of-season weather grabbed headlines across Minnesota when not one, not two, but three tornadoes touched down on March 6, 2017 — setting a new record for the earliest tornadoes ever recorded in the state.

Police say a man was taken into custody Thursday morning after allegedly pointing what appeared to be a rifle at a school bus carrying students in Faribault.

Deputies with the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office responded to a person in crisis outside Hennepin Healthcare on Thursday morning after a vehicle blocking traffic drew concern near the hospital.

The Cottage Grove Police Department is alerting residents after seeing a recent increase in e-bike thefts in the area.

The North Branch Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash that struck a child last month.

What was supposed to be a relaxed, two-day volunteer flyaway turned into an eight-hour, high-pressure race against incoming weather, but in the end, 101 dogs are alive today because of it.

A 69-year-old Madison, Minnesota man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a Lakeville woman whose body was discovered inside a camper near Mazeppa.

Governor Tim Walz on Thursday announced a wide-ranging legislative package designed to crack down on fraud across Minnesota’s state programs, strengthening oversight, expanding investigative authority, and increasing criminal penalties for those who misuse public funds.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering maple syruping programs at several state parks across Minnesota in March and April.

What began as a routine traffic stop on Interstate 90 near Albert Lea escalated into a significant drug seizure Friday after a Minnesota State Patrol trooper discovered approximately 50,000 fentanyl pills inside a vehicle.

Three indictments and two criminal complaints were unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Minnesota charging members and associates of the so-called “Family Mob” street gang with federal drug trafficking offenses, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota.

The FBI, alongside federal and local law enforcement partners, executed multiple search and arrest warrants across the Twin Cities metro early Wednesday morning in connection with a violent drug trafficking organization.

A brief but impactful band of light freezing rain and snow created hazardous travel conditions across much of central and eastern Minnesota on Tuesday morning.

Five individuals were arrested following a two-day human trafficking enforcement operation conducted by the Central MN Human Trafficking Task Force.

An officer-involved shooting in Brooklyn Center Sunday afternoon is preliminarily believed to be connected to a deadly double homicide that occurred hours earlier in Minneapolis, according to law enforcement officials.

A 58-year-old mother is fighting for her life after a hit-and-run crash Monday evening in St. Paul, and investigators are asking for the public’s help to identify the driver responsible.

A 22-year-old Duluth man is in custody after allegedly stabbing a police officer early Saturday morning during a disturbance involving ambulance crews in downtown Duluth.

Two people were rescued early Wednesday morning after a crash left them trapped inside a vehicle in New Brighton.