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Minnesota Vikings longtime safety Harrison Smith says "it felt right to stay" with the team - and the new defensive coordinator was a big factor. Check out highlights from the press conference.
Minnesota Vikings safety Lewis Cine, who suffered a serious leg injury early last season, is revealing insights on how he's tackling the rehab process. Part of it: watching a lot of anime.
Glen Lake Elementary got a big surprise recently when the Vikings threw them a pep rally.
The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to terms with two free agents: wide receiver Brandon Powell and linebacker Troy Reeder.
He left his mark on football and on Minnesota. Bud Grant, longtime Vikings head coach, died on the morning of March 4 at the age of 95.
The Minnesota Vikings agreed to terms on a contract with former Green Bay defensive end Dean Lowry on Friday.
Check out a rundown of free agency updates for the Minnesota Vikings, as of Thursday morning.
There are football fans on both sides of the Minnesota-Wisconsin border ready for longtime Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers to turn the page.
The Minnesota Vikings have already made plenty of moves during free agency week. Here's a roundup of all the reported moves as of Wednesday morning.
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Former Minnesota Vikings head coach Bud Grant has died at the age of 95.
The Minnesota Vikings have released veteran wide receiver Adam Thielen, as reported by both the team as well as the National Football League.
Mike Max talks with Minnesota Viking KJ Osborn after he helped save a motorist's life following a fiery crash Sunday in Austin, Texas.
A Minnesota Viking says he was in the "right place at the exact right time" Sunday night in Texas, helping to save a motorist's life after a fiery crash.
The NFL Combine started Tuesday. Minnesota Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah spoke earlier as he watched this year’s draft class in action.
Former owner of the Minnesota Vikings and business magnate, Red McCombs, has reportedly died in Texas at 95 years old.
Gene Washington is one of 22 players who helped shape the first fully-integrated college football team in the U.S. in the early 1960s. His daughter Maya tells the story in "Through the Banks of the Red Cedar" -- a powerful documentary and book.
Centenarian Vikings fan Isabelle Montgomery had a box to check -- meeting former Vikings head coach Bud Grant.
When we first met Montgomery. she had just turned 103. The Vikings fan had a visit from Tommy Kramer to her party. Later she got face time call from Fran Tarkenton. But who she really wanted to meet was Grant.
The Minnesota Vikings hired Brian Flores as their defensive coordinator on Monday, their first step toward trying to revive a once-dominant unit that ranked among the NFL's worst last season.
A military veteran got the surprise of a lifetime Wednesday thanks to Minnesota Vikings' wide receiver Justin Jefferson.
After a standout year with the Vikings, Justin Jefferson is up for two big awards including MVP.
The Minnesota Vikings are officially in the offseason after a stunning loss to the New York Giants in the Wild Card Round of the NFL playoffs.
After 33 years, Tony Troung has closed his Eden Prairie business, Great Mandarin Chinese Restaurant. That is where he became a Viking fan, and a team caterer. Mike Max talks to the Twin Cities legend.
Vikings' fans were left stewing in “woulda coulda shoulda's” about the disappointing end to the once-promising season Sunday night at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Adam Duxter toured Minneapolis Sunday to figure out how Minnesotans are enjoying the unseasonable warmth.
The nearly 100-year-old cinema will close briefly after New Year's Day and reopen on Jan. 9 with a showing of Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother."
Warner Bros. Discovery's board told its shareholders that Paramount Skydance's offer "provides inadequate value" for the business.
Educators in Minnesota's largest school district have begun casting their votes on Wednesday to potentially hit the picket line.
The Twin Cities will have another mild day Wednesday before things turn colder.
The story of "The Wizard of Oz " is 125 years old, yet still reinventing itself in all kinds of forms.
The nearly 100-year-old cinema will close briefly after New Year's Day and reopen on Jan. 9 with a showing of Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother."
Educators in Minnesota's largest school district have begun casting their votes on Wednesday to potentially hit the picket line.
Within four days of the family moving in, an eviction complaint was filed by a company different from the one they believed they were renting with.
The Minnesota-based health insurance provider says it reached a multi-year agreement "in principle" with Fairview and the two are working to finalize the terms of their new contract.
The suspect allegedly explained he had been driving home from church when his wife texted him about dinner and he looked at his phone. He thought he clipped a crosswalk sign.
A boy on the Stewartville High School wrestling team is still in critical but stable condition after he was shot in the school parking lot Friday morning by a former member of the team, authorities say.
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is calling for clarity about the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities.
A 13-year-old student in Moorhead, Minnesota, was arrested on Thursday after he was found at a middle school with around 1,500 pills that police suspect are laced with fentanyl.
A special city council meeting held Wednesday in the central Minnesota cabin-country town of Nisswa had one item on the agenda: discussing the conduct of Mayor Jennifer Carnahan.
Authorities say a man shot a student outside a southern Minnesota high school Friday morning before dying by suicide.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors are starting to select the jurors who will decide whether a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers broke the law.
Joel Brennan, a former top official in Gov. Tony Evers' administration, announced Thursday that he is running to succeed the two-term Democrat, joining a crowded primary field for the 2026 election.
A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday refused to step aside as requested by President Donald Trump's former attorney, who faces a felony forgery case related to the 2020 election in the battleground state.
An FBI agent was the subject of a dramatic rescue from a car dangling over a Milwaukee interstate, all captured on bodycam video.
The crash happened at approximately 5:50 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 94 near Black River Falls, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.
Food Bank Eatery in North Minneapolis provides free meals for children, who may have little to eat after the pause of SNAP benefits for many in the community.
Firefighters are continuing a 44-year tradition that happens every year north of the Twin Cities.
It was a scary moment in the Twin Cities over the weekend, as a trailer hauling sled dogs turned over on Interstate 494 in Minnetonka.
On Sunday, members of Minnesota's Somali community spoke out against President Trump's social media post calling for an end to temporary protected status.
Two hundred Thanksgiving meals were distributed to this community by Second Harvest Heartland and the Thielen Foundation.
President Trump on Tuesday called for a "total and complete blockade" on all sanctioned oil tankers that enter or depart Venezuela, as the administration heaps pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Gov. Tim Walz announced a series of gun safety executive actions today, but he also expressed frustration, saying that Republicans are blocking his efforts for an automatic weapons ban. As Esme Murphy reports, Republicans and gun rights advocates were quick to pounce with their own criticisms.
Saturday's ICE activity in Chanhassen, Minnesota, was caught on live stream, with thousands watching as a citizen journalist was one of the first on the scene. Adam Duxter introduces us to the man behind the camera, Andrew Mercado of Mercado Media, and how he's using Operation Metro Surge to grow a journalism operation of his own.
Business owners say the Trump administration's increased immigration enforcement has made people afraid to leave their homes, which is deeply hurting businesses. Jason Rantala has more on how religious and city leaders are calling on everyone to lend their support.
New video appears to show who agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were targeting during a chaotic traffic stop Monday in south Minneapolis.
The holidays are upon us, and in the town of Kellogg, Minnesota, you'll find a toy store unlike any other.
When we do winter weather stories, there's always that one line people use: cold, snow, ice — it's just what happens here. And this week, Ticket King president Michael Nowakowski said that same idea kind of applies to Minnesota Vikings ticket prices.
Thanksgiving is a big day for the farmers who raise the centerpiece of Americans' dinner tables on the last Thursday of November. But in Minnesota, the nation's top turkey producer, the work doesn't stop once the national holiday ends.
A family-owned Linden Hills bar and restaurant is closing its doors for Thanksgiving, but opening the kitchen for those who need it most.
On the eve of Thanksgiving, Sentyrz Liquor & Supermarket turned into holiday headquarters for last-minute shoppers.
The suspect allegedly explained he had been driving home from church when his wife texted him about dinner and he looked at his phone. He thought he clipped a crosswalk sign.
New video appears to show who agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were targeting during a chaotic traffic stop Monday in south Minneapolis.
A 25-year-old Edina man faces charges after neighbors reported seeing him "dragging a dead body" out of an apartment on Saturday morning.
Officials in Los Angeles held a news conference about the killings of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, who were found dead in their home Sunday.
A 16-year-old boy is in custody in connection to multiple threats that led to the closure of high schools Tuesday in two of Minnesota's largest school districts.
The Minnesota-based health insurance provider says it reached a multi-year agreement "in principle" with Fairview and the two are working to finalize the terms of their new contract.
Korey Stringer's death at training camp for the Vikings in 2001 rocked our Minnesota, the NFL and the nation. His shocking death eventually changed the NFL. But his family has never stopped working to protect others.
Lou Ann Restad, Nancy Knoell, Karen Droegemueller and Elizabeth or "Betsy" Murnan are all retired teachers, ranging in age from 76 to 95. They may not be teaching, but they are still working, writing letters for Make it Better.
Unprecedented minimum wages for thousands of workers in Minnesota nursing homes had been set to go into effect Jan. 1, but that has been indefinitely delayed.
An investigation into the case of a Michigan man who contracted rabies after an organ transplant provided more details on the infection's origin.
The nearly 100-year-old cinema will close briefly after New Year's Day and reopen on Jan. 9 with a showing of Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother."
The story of "The Wizard of Oz " is 125 years old, yet still reinventing itself in all kinds of forms.
When the Minnesota Vikings host the Detroit Lions on Christmas Day, fans may want to have their gin and juice handy come halftime.
Anthony Geary, who played Luke Spencer on the long-running soap opera "General Hospital," has died.
Known as a popular Hollywood director, Rob Reiner also had a lengthy record of political and civic activism, especially in California.
Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals and an assist, Filip Gustavsson made 25 saves, and Kirill Kaprizov became Minnesota's career leader in power-play goals in the Wild's 5-0 win over the Washington Capitals.
When the Minnesota Vikings host the Detroit Lions on Christmas Day, fans may want to have their gin and juice handy come halftime.
The Minnesota Vikings have enjoyed consecutive promising performances by quarterback J.
Minnesota Vikings edge rusher Jonathan Greenard will have season-ending surgery on a left shoulder injury he aggravated in the game at Dallas on Sunday night.
The Minnesota Twins and durable slugger Josh Bell have agreed on a one-year, $7 million contract, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiation.
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is calling for answers about the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities. She is also denouncing the president's attacks on the Somali community and herself. In Talking Points, Esme Murphy shows us how, for Omar, this is a familiar position to be in.
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is calling for clarity about the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities.
Fear and uncertainty continue in Minnesota's Somali communities as ICE continues its intensified focus on the Twin Cities.
Opposition to ICE actions is widespread among Democratic elected officials throughout the state, though nowhere more than in Minneapolis, home to the state's largest Somali population.
Minnesotans who welcomed a child this year were able to start applying this week to the state's new paid family and medical leave program to take time off in 2026.
The story begins years ago when the city acquired one of the T-38 Talon Thunderbird jets from the Air Force.
The holidays are upon us, and in the town of Kellogg, Minnesota, you'll find a toy store unlike any other.
With the holidays fast approaching, and lutefisk on the menu for many families, one Minnesota town has the distinction of being called the "Lutefisk Capital of the Country."
How would you like to own a former Cold War missile site? In Dakota County, Minnesota, there's a one-of-a-kind property that could be yours for the right price.
It's a photograph found in homes across the country, and even overseas. The picture "Grace" shows a man bowing his head in prayer with food and what appears to be a Bible in front of him.
The story of "The Wizard of Oz " is 125 years old, yet still reinventing itself in all kinds of forms.
It's the time of year when we accumulate the most stuff. When we do, people often throw around the word "hoarding." But it turns out it's a frequently misunderstood term.
Why do we have oily or dry skin? A dermatologist explains the root cause and how it can change over time.
It is the food that is top of mind right now, but did you know more turkeys come from Minnesota than anywhere else in the country?
Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnehaha, Minnetonka, Minnewaska, Minneota. Those are just some of the place names in "the Land of 10,000 Lakes" featuring "minne" as the first five letters.
Minnesotans got a great view of the northern lights Tuesday night.
A look at the newest addition to the polar bear population at St. Paul, Minnesota's Como Zoo.
From food shelves to school programs, our team is proud to serve where it matters most.
The Minnesota State Fair has unveiled its new food, drinks and vendors for 2025.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
Clouds and winds will increase through the afternoon Wednesday, and temperatures will start to fall Thursday.
In Minnesota, weather can be all over the place. Here at WCCO, we want to give you what you need to prepare for what's happening next.
The Twin Cities will have another mild day Wednesday before things turn colder.
The Twin Cities will have another mild day Wednesday before things turn colder.
WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer says it'll be warm enough to rain tomorrow evening, but it'll transition into snow as temperatures drop Thursday.
This month, a federal vaccine advisory committee voted to end a long-standing recommendation that all babies receive the Hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of being born. They now recommend a discussion between parents and their provider. Dr. Gigi Chawla, chief of general pediatrics at Children's Minnesota, lays out the facts.
The federal shutdown this fall paused economic reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau, CBS News Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger
Jon Wolhaupter spoke with WCCO's Beret Leone as educators began casting their votes on a potential strike.
Clouds and winds will increase through the afternoon Wednesday, and temperatures will start to fall Thursday.
Anoka-Hennepin educators will start voting on whether or not they're ready to walk off the job, plus more of the day’s top stories.