Preliminary damage survey results confirm an EF-1 tornado that impacted Melrose, MN on Saturday, August 3, 2024. Please refer to weather.gov/mpx/2024-08-03… as more information is confirmed. #mnwx

The Minneapolis Police Department has reformed its process for hiring new officers. It follows the hiring -- and then firing -- of an officer with a controversial past last year. I've been asking MPD about these reforms since December. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

JUST IN - What a day it’s going to be be in Minnesota.

Here’s what’s happening at #TimWalz home right now where Bailey Hurley is stationed.

Ahead of anticipated final vote on proposed 49% pay raise for Hennepin County commissioners, the board voted to table the topic moments ago as they effort a revised resolution and possible "compromise"... kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld a newer state law today that gave people with felony convictions who have served their prison sentence the right to vote. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

.KSTP is tracking a couple of tight races ahead of Tuesday's primaries: - Statewide: Will Royce White or Joe Fraser face Sen. Amy Klobuchar as she seeks an unprecedented 4th term? - Metro: Rematch between incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar and Don Samuels kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

The University of Minnesota plans to open an off-campus safety center in the former Kitty Cat Klub in the heart of Dinkytown just after Labor Day. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

Minneapolis is starting to paint a picture of the services beyond policing that will fill the new 3rd Police Precinct (or South Minneapolis Community Safety Center). I visited two well-established organizations that fit what neighbors have been asking for. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

Minneapolis police officers responded to find 4 kids with gunshot wounds in a stolen Kia overnight -- one was critically injured. There were 5 people in the car in total, all between 11 and 14 years old. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

Hennepin County Commissioners unanimously approved a more modest 5% pay raise for themselves next year and another 5% in 2026 -- a compromise after pushback over an initial 49% pay raise proposal a few weeks ago. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

A woman who was held hostage during an hours-long police standoff in Corcoran earlier this summer spoke out for the first time with KSTP today, sharing the traumatic experience and the financial devastation left behind. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

Gov. Tim Walz made his first, only, and much more abridged Minnesota State Fair stop this year compared to years past. He was in and out in under 40 minutes and was confined to the Dairy Building nearly the entire time. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

A 35-year-old man died in a crash while fleeing officers in West St. Paul this morning. Police say they attempted to stop and arrest him for alleged domestic assault "and other charges" after a caller reported a domestic disturbance overnight. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

An independent task force in Brooklyn Center says they're concerned that a high-dollar MnDOT Hwy 252 freeway conversion project will not meet its stated goal of improving safety. MnDOT disagrees. But for these neighbors, it's personal & the stakes are high.kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

Brooklyn Center Mayor April Graves and some city council members say they don’t presently support MnDOT's $200M+ plans to convert a crash-ridden portion of Highway 252 into a freeway. This comes with multiple major decisions on the horizon for MnDOT.kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

The Farmington Planning Commission voted in favor of rezoning 340+ acres, including residential land to build 12 "Costco-sized" buildings full of perpetually running computer equipment. Neighbors fear their property values and rural serenity will plummet. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…

Three men and a 16-year-old boy were stabbed during a fight in south Minneapolis overnight. One of them, an 18-year-old, is in critical condition. This marks at least the third violent incident this month on the same block of E Lake St. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…