Sid Hartman, whose last Star Tribune sports column was published on the day he died at 100, was born in Minneapolis, and he remained steadfastly loyal to the city. The
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Amid snow and ice, two large cranes are visible in St. Paul’s Midway as Dr. Bill McGuire’s long-planned development takes shape. McGuire, lead investor in the Minnesota United FC professional
By the time citizen Renee Good was shot and killed Jan. 6 by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, many Minnesotans already felt unsafe in their neighborhoods. Operation Metro Surge, which
In our 2026 election year, Operation Metro Surge won’t last much longer. The decision to swarm Minnesota with 3,000 federal agents was a political one. The decision to end the
Kaohly Her didn’t mince words when she entered the St. Paul mayor’s race just three months before the Nov. 4 election. In capital letters, she crystallized her campaign message on
WCCO Radio’s Jason DeRusha was on TV in January, talking about our latest local, er, national controversy. Minnesotans, he told CNN, wanted off the national news and back to being
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents is set to vote Friday on a 10-year operating agreement with Fairview Health Services and M Physicians, which is a giant leap from
CEOs of big Minnesota companies, who’ve been relatively quiet about the federal government’s aggressive immigration enforcement actions in the state, released an open letter Sunday. One day after federal agents
Mortenson, which built Grand Casino Arena, will join with Greiner Construction to build the Minnesota Hockey Hall of Fame (HOF) in Inver Grove Heights. The planned complex has a $70
Since earning his Harvard MBA in 1976, James Lawrence built a 50-year career in business as a management consultant, corporate executive, and board director. On Wednesday, he becomes chair of
Dr. Jakub Tolar, the University of Minnesota’s Medical School dean since 2017, will leave that important post for a position at Baylor College of Medicine. In a Thursday morning memo
Sun Country Airlines, which survived two bankruptcies in the past 25 years, will be acquired by Allegiant in a $1.5 billion deal. For Minnesotans, the transaction means the loss of
Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold, who’s owned two NHL franchises over nearly three decades, said recently that “right now we’re almost euphoric.” On Monday night, the Minnesota Wild will face
Editor's Note: This analysis was published before Gov. Tim Walz announced Jan. 5 that he was dropping his bid for a third term. With a Republican-controlled Congress casting itself as
Shortly after the Pohlad family announced in October 2024 that it was exploring a sale of the Minnesota Twins, a Pohlad representative contacted Craig Leipold about investing in the Major
Marvin, a large window-and-door manufacturer, continued its 68-year profit sharing tradition in 2025, but making a substantial profit was challenging. Marvin, based for more than a century in Warroad, announced
Following the 2020 killing of George Floyd, the Minnesota Business Coalition for Racial Equity (MBCRE) was born. The collaborative effort, led full-time for three years by Tiffani Daniels of General
Dr. Jakub Tolar, dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School, will interview Dec. 17 and 18 for a new position in Arkansas. Tolar, who has worked at the university