The Mississippi River from its humble beginning at Lake Itasca to St. Louis and beyond, is a treasured resource that we cherish, use and are entrusted to protect and preserve.

While it is helpful that the invasive carp school when the water gets cold in the winter, the elements make it more challenging to successfully net them.

Treasure Island is upping the ante for its second annual Music by the Mississippi festival. In its second go-round, the outdoor fest will be expanded to two days, on July 25-26, with the bigger names,

University of Minnesota police recovered a body from the Mississippi River after authorities received a report of a man jumping off the Washington Avenue Bridge around 7 a.m. Wednesday, according to a press release from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office.

The Bemidji State men's hockey team recently won the North Star College Cup tournament with a 3-1 victory over Minnesota State in the championship game at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Goaltender Michael Bitzer stopped 26 of 27 shots during the game,

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“If the Giants select (the wrong QB), it could set the franchise back years,” one of those executives said.

No. 15 North Carolina (18-4) at No. 19 California. Next: at Stanford, Sunday. No. 16 Michigan St. (17-3) vs. Oregon. Next: at Northwestern, Sunday. No. 17 NC State (16-4) beat Wake Forest 90-83. Next: vs. No. 10 Duke, Monday. No. 18 Tennessee (15-5) did not play. Next: at Missouri, Sunday.

Sports ranks Wisconsin's 2025 football schedule as one of the toughest in the nation, trailing only a few SEC teams.

The Hudson mayor suggested penalties like revoking hunting and fishing licenses, boat licenses and even driver's licenses.

The Minnesota Timberwolves rode a pivotal fourth-quarter run to a 121-113 road win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday in a chippy contest featuring a bevy of technical fouls.

Minnesota’s 31-year-old ban on new nuclear power plants is facing another challenge from utility companies and supporters of nuclear power, who say the technology is necessary to meet the state’s ambitious goal of using only carbon-free sources of energy by 2040.