MnDOT announces 200+ road construction projects for 2026
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will tackle over 200 road construction projects this year, with some already underway.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation will tackle over 200 road construction projects this year, with some already underway.
MnDOT announced construction is about to close Highway 280 for several months. It's one of the main routes to a major Minnesota attraction. Ashley Grams is here to explain the impact
Motorists near Bloomington and Richfield, Minnesota, will need to beware of a road closure this weekend as crews work near the area of the 12th Avenue bridge.
Members of the CTUL workers' nonprofit walked through the doors of the D.R. Horton office in Lakeville, Minnesota, on Wednesday morning, demanding the company keep federal agents off construction sites without proper warrants.
Three-year-old JH Ebel spent weeks watching construction crews in his neighborhood. On their last day on the job, the construction workers made Ebel's day when they filled his little dump truck with dirt, using their excavator.
Owámniyomni Okhódayapi says the restoration of 8-acre area will improve wildlife habitats while honoring Dakota voices at sacred site that was, over the years, decimated by settlers who built mills along the falls.
Minnesota Rusco was in business for seventy years before abruptly closing last week. Now, the massive private equity firm that owns Minnesota Rusco filed for bankruptcy.
Minneapolis city officials, residents and businesses are celebrating the reopening of Hennepin Avenue. The busy road has been clogged up with closures for the past two years. As Frankie McLister reports, city officials hope you'll show up to support the local businesses.
Drivers in Minneapolis will once again be able to fully access a popular street in the city starting late next week.
Drug take back day events are happening across the metro, and I-94 is fully closed in St. Paul.
Minneapolis officials said Hennepin Avenue will fully be reopened by Oct. 31 following a project that has closed parts for over a year.
Anyone needing to travel through the downtown area of St. Paul, Minnesota, on Interstate 94 this weekend will need to find an alternate route as work on the John Ireland Bridge project continues.
A new report says the city of Minneapolis needs to act to end wage theft and sexual harassment in the non-union construction industry.
A new report says the city of Minneapolis needs to act to end wage theft and sexual harassment in the construction industry.
Another weekend means more road construction and a major highway closure in St. Paul, Minnesota.
An Uptown construction project in Minneapolis is nearing its end, but business owners on Hennepin Avenue worry it doesn't mean there is light is at the end of the tunnel.
All Minnesota Department of Transportation staff are taking a moment to pause Monday following the deaths of two contractors last week.
As bridge repair work continues in St. Paul, the Minnesota Department of Transportation says sections of two interstates will be closed again this weekend.
Friends and family of two construction workers are grieving after two different construction sites in the Twin Cities saw fatalities within 48 hours.
Loved ones of two men are grieving after both were killed on the job at two different Twin Cities construction sites within 48 hours. The first happened Wednesday in Burnsville, while the other took place in Burnsville on Thursday. Frankie McLister reports.
A man died Thursday afternoon after he was struck by a dump truck in a construction zone in Maple Grove, Minnesota.
Twenty-nine-year-old Pierre Mack died after a construction truck hit him in Burnsville. He was a cement mixer working on improvements to I-35W. As Jonah Kaplan reports, Mack's father says he can't fully grieve the loss without more answers about what happened.
A worker was hit and killed by a construction vehicle on Interstate 35W in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Wednesday morning, according to the state patrol.
The closures come as MnDOT crews work to repair nine bridges over I-94 and I-35E in Minnesota's capital city.
The roadway will be closed to traffic from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in both directions between Interstate 494 in Bloomington and the I-35/35W/35E split in Burnsville.
