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October 8, 2025
Going shoeless in the office? That’s a hard pass.
Shoe-free workplace policies are the latest Silicon Valley startup trend. But here are some better ideas to make office culture more appeali...
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October 8, 2025
Don’t let despair discourage you from voting, Minnesota
President Donald Trump's America is creating despair among voters, Lori Sturdevant writes. But we cannot let that lead to low turnout in Nov...
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October 8, 2025
One No. 1 is not like the others in state football polls
Class 6A’s Maple Grove stands alone as a unanimous top pick in the seven football classes.
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October 8, 2025
Timberwolves' Bones Hyland hopes to find his niche
Guard Bones Hyland, getting a look this preseason with the Wolves, was drafted by Tim Connelly in Denver and signed to join Minnesota's main...
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October 8, 2025
Boys basketball coach Bill King, who won more than 400 games at Orr, has died
Bill King’s Orr teams won 19 St. Louis Conference championships and appeared in the state tournament three times.
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October 8, 2025
Readers Write: Light rail, vacant St. Paul CVS, progressives and MAGA, fraud, Venezuelan boats
Without enforced order, I’m staying away.
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October 7, 2025
Senate confirms Daniel Rosen as Minnesota’s next U.S. Attorney
The U.S. Senate voted 51-47 to formalize Daniel Rosen for U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota
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October 7, 2025
Reusse: Gophers volleyball winning despite injuries
Patrick Reusse: Despite multiple season-ending injuries, the Minnesota Gophers volleyball team is 13-2 and No. 14 in the nation.
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October 7, 2025
Casualty total from Annunciation mass shooting jumps; police explain why
The total now stands at 30, which includes the two children who were killed, according to police.
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October 7, 2025
Douglas: Some will wake up to frost tomorrow
But don’t expect winter temperatures to come too quickly.
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October 7, 2025
Strib Varsity Athletes of the Week: Seven with high-level accomplishments
Kaaleem Reiland, David Carter, Kenna Hennessey, Ava Johnson, Greta Marcott, Saskia Piltingsrud and William Souba catch the honors this time.
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October 7, 2025
Tolkkinen: Couple’s walk across Minnesota showcases our littlest towns
Tom and Cheryl Hoff are walking some 275 miles from Breckenridge to Duluth mostly along Minnesota's trails.
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October 7, 2025
Leaked Trump officials' texts risk integrity of US military
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth considered sending the 82nd Airborne Division to Portland to quell protests, according to a leaked chat fr...
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October 7, 2025
AcQumen Medical wins Minnesota Cup
Founder Dori Jones, inspired by her experience as a NICU mom, took home the top award for developing a noninvasive device that monitors infa...
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October 7, 2025
Streaming Friday: Marshall visits Fergus Falls in matchup of standout Class 4A teams
Fergus Falls has an opportunity to recover from last week’s loss to Rocori and hand Marshall its first defeat of the year Friday. Watch the...
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October 7, 2025
Minneapolis crime trends down in 2025, but many still feel unsafe
Despite Minneapolis suffering seven mass shootings this year – four since August, including at Annunciation Church, Cristo Rey High School a...
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October 7, 2025
MN teacher admits sending nude photos of herself to numerous boys at high school
The school resource officer at the time covered up for her, and they became romantic, the charges say.
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October 7, 2025
What to expect when you go to Chi-Chi's in St. Louis Park
Nostalgia, long waits and free chips and salsa are all part of the experience as the Minnesota-born Mexican restaurant Chi-Chi's opens for a...
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October 7, 2025
What Rick Kupchella gets wrong in 'A Precarious State'
Many of the issues outlined in the documentary aren't unique to the Twin Cities, Aaron Brown writes. Rural MN also struggles with outmigrati...
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October 7, 2025
Streaming Friday: Waconia hosts rival Chaska with postseason in mind
Chaska and Waconia are neck and neck in Class 5A, Section 2. Friday’s football game, streaming live on Strib Varsity, will give one team an...
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October 7, 2025
Streaming Thursday: Mountain Iron-Buhl vs. Braham in even football matchup
Class 1A newcomer MIB has lost just one game this season. Braham will look to change that when it hosts the Rangers on Thursday in a game st...
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October 7, 2025
Gold futures rise above $4,000 per ounce for the first time
Gold futures have soared above $4,000 per troy ounce for the first time, as many investors seek a safe place to park their money as the U.S....
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October 7, 2025
Truck driver sues Mark Sanchez and Fox after violent fight over parking space
A 69-year-old truck driver who was seriously injured in a fight that prosecutors say was started by former NFL quarterback and sports analys...
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October 7, 2025
Bondi dodges questions as she clashes with Democrats over claims she’s weaponized Justice Department
Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly deflected questions as she sought during a combative congressional hearing on Tuesday to defend hersel...
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October 7, 2025
Don't blame Mayor Jacob Frey for Minneapolis polarization
Too often, some on the City Council are more focused on seeing the mayor fail than on helping Minneapolis succeed, Downtown Council CEO Adam...
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October 7, 2025
Megha Majumdar follows 'A Burning' with 'A Guardian and a Thief'
The National Book Award nominee's latest novel is about a family struggling to survive in India.
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October 7, 2025
Emily Pohl, hockey state champion at Hill-Murray, commits to Wisconsin
Both of her parents, John Pohl and Krissy Wendell-Pohl, represented the Gophers, but junior forward Emily Pohl committed to the reigning nat...
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October 7, 2025
Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general won’t run for governor and will seek reelection instead
Wisconsin's Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Tuesday that he will not run for governor, opting instead to seek a third term a...
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October 7, 2025
'Purple Rain' has added dates at Minneapolis' State Theatre
Producer Orin Wolf announced the extension of "Purple Rain" at the end of a surprise performance at the Minnesota Star Tribune's North Star...
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October 7, 2025
Trump talks 'love' and 'conflict' with Carney during Canadian prime minister's visit
President Donald Trump said there's ''mutual love'' but ''natural conflict'' between the United States and Canada as he sat down with Prime...
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October 7, 2025
Vikings, Packers, Lions, Bears, NFC North best in NFL
With the Lions and Packers winning and the Vikings staying afloat despite injuries, the NFC North might be the best division in the NFL.
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October 7, 2025
Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell talks QBs, Reichard kick
If you read between the lines, you can tell what Kevin O'Connell thinks about Will Reichard's kick Sunday.
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October 7, 2025
Colin Bracewell doesn't advance on 'The Voice'
The Minneapolis singer's cover of Bee Gees' "More Than a Woman" failed to wow the judges.
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October 7, 2025
‘Story’s not over.' This senior standout made his declaration come true after gruesome injury
Football Across Minnesota: “Story’s not over,” said Annandale’s Isaiah Turner, after a series of surgeries to repair his badly injured leg....
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October 7, 2025
Medtronic's FDA approved fix for bladder incontinence is in the ankle
The Minnesota medtech company’s Altaviva implant, which just secured FDA approval, treats this common and stigmatized condition by gently st...
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October 7, 2025
MN man gets 24-year sentence for sexual assaults in 2010s
Prosecutors said the man attacked the women as they were walking in their Chisago County communities late at night.
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October 7, 2025
Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown
President Donald Trump's administration is warning Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, rever...
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October 7, 2025
Toro to buy Tornado, maker of trucks for underground jobs
Tornado's hydro-vac trucks use water or compressed air in underground construction projects to loosen debris and a powerful vacuum to excav...
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October 7, 2025
Illinois braces for possible National Guard arrival while lawsuit challenging deployment simmers
Officials in Illinois braced Tuesday for the possible arrival of the National Guard while a legal challenge to President Donald Trump's plan...
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October 7, 2025
The best way to cook pork chops in a cast iron skillet
The key to this stovetop pork chop recipe from Beth Dooley is choosing local meat and getting a good sear. Add a handful of vegetables and i...
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October 7, 2025
How artificial intelligence will reshape work, economic growth in the Midwest
Influential economists Ronnie Chatterji, Neel Kashkari join the North Star Summit for a talk on the promise and peril of AI.
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October 7, 2025
Kirill Kaprizov, after record-setting extension, leads Wild into season
The Wild's regular season starts on Thursday, and Kirill Kaprizov is focused on team success despite record contract extension.
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October 7, 2025
Twin Cities bar patron unlikely to survive bouncer's knockout punch, charge says
The charge says the man was taken to a St. Paul hospital with a “devastating brain bleed."
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October 7, 2025
Laufey, Lorde and other fun things to do Oct. 8-14
Laufey, Lorde, Mickey Guyton and Ziggy Marley & Burning Spear are in the Twin Cities this week. There's also Alex Borstein and the Cine Lati...
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October 7, 2025
Freeze warning for central and northern MN
Freeze warning for central and northern Minnesota, with a weekend warmup on the way. Highs expected to be in the 70s.
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October 7, 2025
A divided Israel marks 2 years since Oct. 7 attack as war in Gaza grinds on and hostages languish
Thousands of people converged on southern Israel on Tuesday to mourn the dead as the nation marked two years since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack plun...
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October 7, 2025
Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon next month on first foreign trip
Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey and Lebanon next month on the first foreign trip of his papacy, the Vatican announced on Tuesday.
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October 7, 2025
Streaming Thursday: Russell-Tyler-Ruthton vs. Springfield football with section seeding on the line
Springfield is eyeing a third straight trip to the Prep Bowl, and in its path is an R-T-R team whose stock has soared. The teams meet Thursd...
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October 7, 2025
Nobel Prize in Physics goes to 3 scientists whose work advanced quantum technology
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for research on seemingly obscure quantum tunn...
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October 7, 2025