Minnesota ballot measures to know before hitting the polls
While most of the Election Day attention this year will be on the presidential election, there are plenty of downballot items deserving of attention.
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While most of the Election Day attention this year will be on the presidential election, there are plenty of downballot items deserving of attention.
Za'Nari Collins, 6, lived out a special wish at Mall of America Monday thanks to the Bloomington Police Department and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Fire crews in Bloomington were busy Sunday morning putting out a garage fire.
A 42-year-old St. Paul woman is accused of stealing a sheep and taking it on a walk alongside a dog over the weekend.
Bullvino’s Churrascaria Brazilian Steakhouse, with locations in lowertown St. Paul and in Bloomington, offers a wide variety of Brazilian cuisine.
A crash has forced traffic off of Interstate 494 westbound in Bloomington during the morning commute Thursday.
St. Paul and Bloomington questions before voters this fall that would change when and how residents vote in their respective local elections.
Candidates for president and Congress are on the ballot across Minnesota this November. But two metro cities also have questions about changing how and when they vote in local elections. Caroline Cummings reports from Bloomington and St. Paul on those local ballot measures pushed by residents who live there.
A family is heartbroken and a driver is on the run after crashing into an Uber carrying Kelvin Conteh back in December.
Traffic cameras show squad cars following an SUV on I-494 into Bloomington which ended in a dramatic crash.
A rare open Minnesota Congressional seat is up for grabs this November. The Democratic candidate, Dr. Kelly Morrison, is running against Republican candidate Tad Jude for Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District.
It used to be that moving to the suburbs meant renting a place for less than what you'd find in the city. But as more renters leave the city, that price gap is shrinking.
The Mall of America is taking a big step to increase security, and the city of Bloomington is helping pay for it.
A security upgrade that may raise some eyebrows at the Mall of America. More than two years have passed since gunfire erupted the night before Christmas Eve. The mall has made some changes since then, but our David Schuman learned there's a new layer of security in the works.
A man has been sentenced to six years in prison nearly two years after Bloomington police found tens of thousands of fentanyl pills in his possession.
The Bloomington Police Department says the man, identified only as Grant, was last seen at 9 p.m. Tuesday leaving his home on the 4800 block of Terracewood Drive.
You can be a contestant at a new game show at Mall of America in the Twin Cities.
Artistry Theater in Bloomington is putting on the show, Newsies! Will Dusek on Saturday performed the song “Santa Fe.”
After a slew of gun-related incidents in the past few years, Mall of America is stepping up their security measures by adding facial recognition technology to their arsenal.
Why would Hulk Hogan stop in Minnesota? That’s what some customers were asking at a liquor store in the Twin Cities.
A Nebraska man is accused of stabbing someone during a carjacking spree in the south metro over the weekend.
Authorities say bystanders observed an occupied vehicle enter the water on the Lyndale Avenue Boat Launch before becoming fully submerged.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office says they found the vehicle using sonar but the current is just too dangerous for divers to go in.
All week, WCCO's John Lauritsen and photojournalist Tom Aviles are in Normandy, France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. They’ve been talking with World War II veterans from Minnesota who made the trip overseas. Among them is 100-year-old Les Schrenk from Bloomington. We caught up with him at Omaha Beach where the former POW honored the sacrifice of so many American soldiers who never made it home.
A group of World War II veterans flew out of Wisconsin this week on their way Normandy, France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.