Minnesota News

WATCH: MN Department of Health update on COVID-19

  (FOX 9) - The Minnesota Department of Health reported 629 new cases of COVID-19 and nine more deaths Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases the state has seen to 57,779 and the death toll from the disease to 1,629. Approximately 89 percent of the state's…

Fire destroys building under construction in St. Paul

ST. PAUL, Minn.- Firefighters fought a massive blaze in downtown St. Paul that engulfed a building that was under construction. The building is the Seven Corners Gateway site, a $69-million apartment building and hotel complex located across from the Xcel…

Driver identified after his semi crashed and burned

MENTOR, MN – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says a body was found inside the cab of a semi that crashed and burned in a ditch on a road south of Mentor, Minnesota. The body was identified as Thomas John…

Two killed in Becker County crash

SHELL LAKE TOWNSHIP, MN -- Two people were killed after a Sunday evening crash involving a van and a motorcycle. According to the Becker County Sheriff's office, at approximately 7:28 p.m. on August 2, 2020 a crash occurred at the…

LIVE: Lunch Aid

The pandemic is raising hunger levels here at home to worrying new heights. And it's not as if hunger was an unknown problem before Covid-19 came to be our community. After some families in…

"Love Symbol": New Statue Added To Prince's Paisley Park

CHANHASSEN, Minn. -- An 11-foot statue of Prince's famed love symbol is unveiled at Paisley Park. The statue will greet visitors to Paisley Park as they enter the Chanhassen museum. According to Paisley Park, Prince assumed the symbol as his…

LIVE: The Midwest and the Election

With only three months away from what could be the most significant presidential election in modern history, a new story from one of the world's foremost economic news sources says we voters here in the…

Mural Painted on Breckenridge Flood Wall

BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. -- A splash of color is getting added to Breckenridge's flood wall. A mural is being painted by Shawn McCann and Kimberly Wood, who is from Michigan. The two started the work yesterday and should finish next week.…

Dorothy Day Mosaic one step closer to installation

FARGO, N.D. - Volunteers from St. Mark's Lutheran Church and the Arts Partnership come together to finish the grouting work on the Dorothy Day Mosaic. Volunteers wore masks and practiced strict social distancing. Most…