Learfield News Service

They were targeting mosquitoes but also ended up killing a large number of Monarch butterflies.

The Minnesota Wild open the qualifying round series of the NHL restart Sunday night in Edmonton.

The Minnesota Twins revised 2020 regular season schedule was released Monday with no major surprises.

Key lawmakers are working on a state assistance package for Mayo Clinic and hope initial measures can be passed when the Minnesota Legislature reconvenes in Saint Paul Tuesday.

Governor Tim Walz in his State of the State address Sunday night laid out a grim view of what's ahead for Minnesota in the COVID-19 pandemic, but said Minnesotans are up to the challenge and the state will come out better on the other side:

State health officials want every Minnesotan to understand that people who are sick need to stay home, regardless of what they think they have.

The DFL-controlled Minnesota House Thursday night passed a bill to expand background checks on gun sales, over objections of Republicans and a handful of Democrats.

Hundreds turned out for a prayer service Thursday night in Albert Lea to show their support for Waseca Police Officer Arik Matson.

The state Human Services Department says reports soon going out to medical providers show doctors are generally writing fewer prescriptions for addictive opioids.

A University of Minnesota professor has resigned after a domestic assault conviction and an investigation of questionable spending.

A former police officer is going to prison for three years after entering a guilty plea to charges of kidnapping, criminal sexual conduct and stalking.

A woman from Glencoe faces multiple charges after a police chase Saturday afternoon that ended when she hit a gas pump in Becker.

Nearly a half-million hunters are expected to take part in Minnesota's opening weekend of the state's firearms deer season.

A homeless man who started a fire that destroyed a Duluth synagogue has been sent to jail.