Alex Kormann

Many of the delegates at the DFL convention this spring were first-timers and got involved because of the immigration crackdown. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS)

Peggy Flanagan's primary win mirrored other Democratic contests across the country where progressive candidates prevailed over better-financed moderates. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS)

Brittany Howard led Alabama Shakes through a riveting set at St. Paul's Minnesota Yacht Club festival in 2025, one of the band's first gigs in nearly a decade. (Alex Kormann

Willie Nelson takes a bow near the end of Farm Aid 40 at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sept. 20, 2025. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS)

Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Tristan Leigh, right, is trying to make the team in training camp as an undrafted rookie out of Clemson. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS)

U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, left, and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, candidate for U.S. Senate, ride down the giant slide at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Aug. 27, 2026, in Falcon

April Ross, left, takes a selfie with Republican gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Aug. 27, 2026, in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS)

El quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) de los Ravens de Baltimore durante un entrenamiento, el miércoles 19 de agosto de 2026, en Eagan, Minnesota. (Alex Kormann/Minnesota Star Tribune vía AP)

Law enforcement officers converge on a building where multiple people, including two police officers, were shot at Wednesday on the south side of downtown Minneapolis.

Minnesota Gophers wide receiver Javon Tracy (11) makes a leaping catch in the open field against the Eastern Illinois Panthers in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game,