Some council members pushed to deny the license renewals. They pointed to public comments from staff at the hotels, who said they felt unsafe amid the federal immigration operation.

Defender Megan Keller backhanded in a shot 4:07 into overtime and the United States won its third women’s hockey gold medal with a 2-1 victory over Canada at the Milan Cortina Games to close another thrilling chapter of one of sports most heated rivalries.

The United States has earned a spot in the women’s curling semifinals at the Milan Cortina Olympics. The U.S. beat Switzerland 7-6 on Thursday in a match that went to an extra end. The Americans will face the Swiss again in Friday’s semifinals.

For more than two months, Minnesotans in immigrant communities have been in hiding – fearing arrest, detention or deportation. MPR News connected with five immigrants who have been scared to leave their homes.

The top snowfall total award goes to Hovland on the North Shore, which recorded 38.6 inches of snow around 7 a.m. Thursday. Here’s how much snowfall has been recorded and submitted to the National Weather Service from weather watchers across the state.

50 years ago, MPR News Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard’s dad, Kip Sundgaard, was a ski jumper in the 1976 Winter Olympic. But Sven and his family had never seen Kip’s Olympic jump or him in the opening ceremonies until just recently when someone in Austria reached out with long-lost video footage.

After a somber and reflective first day of the session, the Minnesota Legislature saw a jolt of action Wednesday as lawmakers used 19 committee hearings to start tackling the workload, and hundreds of Minnesotans filled the Capitol to raise top concerns.

Parts of the North Shore will be digging out from close to 3 feet of wind-whipped snow on Thursday, in the wake of a blizzard that pummeled northeast Minnesota on Wednesday. Some districts are delaying the start of school and road conditions are hazardous.

LIVE AT 8: MPR News host Catharine Richert talks with child psychiatrist Dr. Prachi Agarwala Striker and author and co-founder of the Spark & Stitch Institute Erin Walsh about how parents can best help their children during times of immense upheaval.

Eagan may be the first city in Minnesota to vote for such a moratorium. During the year-long pause, the city plans to conduct a study on the impacts of data centers and cryptocurrency operations.

Willmar Public Schools Superintendent Bill Adams said the week of Jan. 12, after one of their students was detained by ICE, the district saw an average of 936 daily absences out of 4,000 students.

While DHS hasn't released any updates on agent numbers or arrests, anecdotal reports show ICE shifting its activities from the Twin Cities to the state's suburbs and small towns.

Local advocacy groups called Wednesday for state lawmakers to approve an eviction moratorium and relief payments for people unable to work during the federal immigration operation in Minnesota.

The Minnesota Timberwolves finalized their cost-cutting move with Mike Conley by signing the veteran guard two weeks after trading him away. Conley was first sent in a three-team deal to the Chicago Bulls.

Minneapolis police are investigating after a fire damaged the memorial to Renee Macklin Good in south Minneapolis on Tuesday night. The police department said the fire was reported at about 8:45 p.m. and was extinguished before officers arrived.

When heavy snowfall hits the state, one person you might see on the roads is Maggie Faris. She’s been plowing snow for nine years with the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

Businesses that sell hemp-derived beverages and other products face uncertainty with Congress' new cannabis rules. Minnesota already regulates hemp edibles, so rules remain unclear for things like THC beverages.

Blizzard conditions continue to pummel Duluth and the North Shore, closing schools and knocking out power to thousands. The winter storm also prompted state transportation officials to close Highway 61 between Duluth and the Canadian border.

Georgia Fort, the independent journalist who documented a protest that disrupted services at Cities Church in Minneapolis, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony civil rights charges.

LISTEN LIVE AND CALL IN: Coming up at 8, MPR News host Catharine Richert talks with a Minneapolis pastor who supported Donald Trump in the last election but whose congregation has been hit hard by ICE enforcement.

A man described by the Trump administration as the "worst of the worst" faces deportation to Laos over a crime he committed more than 30 years ago. But his family describes him as a source of calm and a helper. He's been an engineering technician for the city of Minneapolis for 27 years.

Buckle up, northern Minnesota. A major winter storm is about to deliver high winds and heavy snow to the north country. Let’s break down the system as it moves through the north into Wednesday and Thursday.

A federal judge is set to hear testimony Tuesday from U.S. citizens and immigrants in Minnesota who say federal agents stopped and arrested them without warrants or probable cause. Some are asylum seekers or are lawful permanent residents.

Over his long career, civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson made many visits to Minnesota to champion causes and work to empower people who were underrepresented. Jackson died early Tuesday at the age of 84.

The Minnesota Legislature started its 2026 session by reflecting on the tragedy that rocked lawmakers in 2025: The assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman.

A kidney transplant recipient from Minnesota now in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Texas may be released on bond Tuesday.

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Thousands flocked to the Apostle Islands ice caves Monday — the first time in 11 years they were accessible on foot. The window lasted just one day before an approaching storm led officials to close access Tuesday.

Colin Hortman’s eight-month journey through grief brought cherished memories flooding back since his parents Melissa and Mark Hortman were killed in their home in June. He says he hopes their deaths remain a clarion call for toned-down political rhetoric.

Upper Midwest farm incomes fell in late 2025, even as national crop production was strong.

The favored United States advanced to the gold-medal game by defeating Sweden 5-0 at the Milan Cortina Games on Monday. The Americans continued their roll through the tournament by improving to 6-0, and outscoring their opponents by a combined 31-1.

The Olympic Gold and silver medals some Minnesota athletes are pursuing are worth more than ever this winter, thanks to skyrocketing gold and silver prices. Prices are much higher than a year ago, as uncertainty about the economy drives investors towards more stable options.

Minneapolis schools are closed for the President’s Day holiday, but when classes resume, many teachers and students will not be going to class in person. Although ICE is expected to remove another 100 or so agents from the Twin Cities by Monday, many families are not letting their guard down.

Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.

The session starts Tuesday and recent events in Minnesota have reset top issues set to face state lawmakers as they return to St. Paul.

It took the city of Minneapolis more than five years to figure out how to officially memorialize the site of George Floyd Square, and construction is set to begin this year. Now, the city has two more high-profile memorials to manage.

White House border czar Tom Homan told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that the Trump administration will remove “several hundred more” federal agents from Minnesota in the next couple days, as it winds down its immigration enforcement surge.

Two people drowned after falling through ice this weekend in the Twin Cities: a man who fell into the Mississippi River on Friday, and a boy who fell into a pond in Bloomington on Saturday.

Going into the 2026 legislative session on Tuesday, weapons scanners have been installed at all public entrances to the Capitol. Visitors should not need to empty pockets, take off their jackets or remove their shoes.

“We know that there are many more names that maybe we’re holding really close to our hearts, and maybe it was too hard to say their names, but we know that they’re with us,” said Nicole Matthews, longtime leader of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition.

Temperatures hit record highs this weekend, reaching the low 50s in the Twin Cities area Friday and Saturday. The previous record for the Twin Cities was 50 degrees, set in 1882.

Officials at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in northern Wisconsin say they’re planning to open foot access to the famed ice caves near Cornucopia starting Monday if ice conditions on the lake remain stable.

Protesters in Minnesota have used “tactical frivolity,” a method of using humor as a form of peaceful protest.

Medical providers are increasingly concerned that some rural patients who must drive long distances to see specialists are missing appointments out of fear of being picked up by federal immigration agents.

A shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has gone into effect. That includes the Transportation Security Administration, whose officers are responsible for screening passengers and bags at airports.

Kendall Coyne Schofield scored twice and top-seeded United States routed Olympic host Italy 6-0 in a lopsided, festive and sometimes chippy women’s hockey quarterfinal at the Milan Cortina Games.

A group of Twin Cities restaurant workers are asking the state's hospitality business association to step up protections for workers amid the federal immigration operation. They say some employers aren't doing enough to support their immigrant staff.

A Minnesota band brings together West African drumming and Celtic melody on its debut album “Badenya,” finding a shared rhythmic language that bridges musical traditions from Guinea to Ireland.

Lindsey Vonn will have another surgery on her broken left leg Saturday at the Italian hospital treating her “and then I can potentially leave and go back home.”

When U.S. Immigration and Customs agents first descended on families in Columbia Heights schools, superintendent Zena Stenvik smoldered but stayed quiet. Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and silence was no longer an option.