Minnesota fire investigators are sharpening their skills with hands-on training, solving fire mysteries in staged scenarios.

From murky origins, the sideshow attraction was heralded as a potential scientific breakthrough, some sort of missing link.

FILE - Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, D-Woodbury, is seen during the fifth day of her felony burglary trial, Friday, July 18, 2025, at Becker County District Court in Detroit Lakes, Minn. (Anna ...

Anthony Bettin is a web producer at CBS Minnesota. He primarily covers breaking news and sports, with a focus on the Minnesota Vikings. A former Minnesota state senator convicted of burglary received ...

Former Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat, apologized before she was sentenced on Tuesday to six months in jail on a felony burglary conviction for breaking into her stepmother’s home in ...

HERMANTOWN, MINN. – A massive development proposal that the city is describing only as a “communication services facility” was identified as a data center in a January letter sent to city officials. A ...

The keen eye of a mail courier in Minnesota led to the discovery of more than $25,000 in cash en route to out-of-state ...

The Minnesota state capitol in St. Paul. The state plans a $1.26 billion GO deal that received triple-A ratings across the board. Minnesota plans a $1.27 billion general obligation bond sale in the ...

A former Minnesota state senator who was convicted of burglary for breaking into her estranged stepmother’s house was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail but will be allowed to serve her time on ...