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Monday is day 95 on the picket line for a group of public employees in the north metro. Workers with the Teamsters Local 320 union in Chisago County went on strike back in the spring, on May 1.

Traci Travis cried when she heard the news that her former employer, Pearson's Candy Company, is shutting down.

Author Hilal Isler talked to MPR News host Kelly Gordon about “Har Mar,” her debut story collection that uses a Roseville shopping center as the backdrop.

Jeanne Gibson died in California at age 100 on July 29 after a life of advocating for women in the workforce. She left Minneapolis at age 18 to become a welder at a Seattle shipyard, after men in those roles had left to fight in World War II. She is believed to have been one of the last surviving Rosie the Riveters.

Minnesota's primary elections are on Aug. 11. The winning candidates will compete in the November general election for various local positions as well as seats in the governor's office and Congress.

People living at the encampment at Pig's Eye Park in St. Paul have until Wednesday to leave. That's when the city says it will clear the site. We'll hear f

Minnesota's health department is investigating a salmonella outbreak linked to Chipotle and other quick-service Mexican restaurants.

Country music is in the air in Detroit Lakes this week. One of the nation's largest country music festivals starts Wednesday at Soo Pass Ranch just outside town.

Every fall, thousands of bird lovers stand far above Lake Superior, on Duluth's Hawk Ridge, and watch as thousands of raptors soar overhead on their way south.

Minnesotans have long debated the meaning of “Up North.” Is it everything north of Duluth, or north of Mille Lacs? Are pine trees and lakes a prerequisite?