Minnesota plant sales offer bargains and gardening tips — here are 38 to check out

Nurseries and garden clubs across Minnesota are offering a variety of flower, vegetable, herb and specialty plants.
May 1, 2025
People looking at rows of plants.

Trump administration reverses course, will reinstate international student visas

The change, reported by Politico, comes amid mounting legal pressure by international students.
April 25, 2025

Gustavus Adolphus names new college president

John C. Volin will serve as the university’s 18th president.
April 24, 2025

Rural Lions Club’s eyes opened to poverty while providing beds to Minnesota children in need

The Tracy Lions Club has donated more than 200 handmade bedframes along with mattresses and pillows.
April 24, 2025
A man assembles a bed frame in front of a moving van.

Charges: Man stole body armor, other items from Minnesota store for potential ‘mass casualty event’

Law enforcement seized a high-powered rifle from his home, according to the charges.
April 24, 2025

International students fight visa revocations and detentions in new federal lawsuits

New lawsuits, including one by Concordia University students, filed in federal court in Minnesota mirror other international students’ cases around the country.
April 23, 2025

Longtime Minnesota high school basketball coach steps away

Joe Madson guided Mankato East to back-to-back Class 3A state tournament runner-up finishes the past two years.
April 21, 2025
In the boys' 3A quarterfinal between New Prague and Mankato East, ME coach Joe Madson got fired up .]Richard Tsong-Taatarii/rtsong-taatarii@startribune.com

Mankato international student arrested by ICE without charges after protesting Israel-Hamas war

Mohammed Hoque, jailed in Albert Lea since March, is suing the federal government over his detainment.
April 20, 2025

Indonesian man details surprise ICE arrest in Minnesota hospital

Critics condemn “silent” nature of his arrest as part of aggressive new trend in immigration enforcement.
April 18, 2025

Minnesota man charged with forcing teenage relative to have sex with adult women

William Roy Witt, 39, of Montevideo, has been charged with multiple felonies for criminal sexual conduct spanning several years.
April 17, 2025

With new state funding unlikely, Minnesota State predicts largest tuition hike in more than a dozen years

Officials at Minnesota’s largest system of colleges and universities discussed Tuesday possible tuition increases ranging from 3.5% to 9%.
April 16, 2025
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