• Minnesota-made film celebrating Minnesota cultures and cuisines to play in Brainerd

    Moorhead filmmaker Janet Brandau wrote, produced, and directed “The Greater Cumberland County Cooking Show,” which will be screened April 17 at the Brainerd Public Library.

  • Minnesota Wild Signs Marc-Andre Fleury to One-Year Contract Extension | Minnesota Wild

    SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League club has signed goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to a one-year, $2.5 million contract extension that goes through the 2024-25 season.Fleury, 39 (11/28/84), has played in 1,024 career games (994 starts) across 20 NHL seasons (2003-04, 2005-24), posting a 561-329-96 record with a 2.60 goals-against average (GAA), a .912 save percentage (SV%) and 75...

  • EDITORIAL — Secret deal

    Finally breaking his silence on a raging controversy, Rodrigo Duterte discussed reports that during his presidency, he had entered into a gentleman’s agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping that compromised Philippine sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea.

  • EDITORIAL — Rice sufficiency

    Once again, rice prices accounted for a substantial percentage of the food-fueled increase in the inflation rate last month.

  • Has the Gus Bus Crashed? - Minnesota Wild

    Nathan MacKinnon skated through the Wild defense like a hot knife through butter, pumping in three goals en route to a dominant Colorado Avalanche victory on Tuesday. He also ended Minnesota’s postseason hopes and may have jeopardized Filip Gustavsson’s future with the Wild. Gustavsson was 2-2-1

  • EDITORIAL: Biden's internet power grab

    The Federal Communications Commission will vote next week on “net neutrality” rules designed to give the feds even more leverage than they already do over online platforms.

  • Editorial: USC was wrong to silence its valedictorian

    Asna Tabassum has a GPA of at least 3.98, with a major in the challenging field of biomedical engineering, and a record sterling enough to be picked as USC’s valedictorian from about 100 qualified candidates. For that accomplishment, this is her “reward”: having the traditional valedictory speech canceled at the May 10 commencement over concerns about maintaining "security and safety." Tabassum, who is Muslim, has voiced pro-Palestinian sentiments and has liked and linked to sites on social...

  • Editorial cartoon: April 16, 2024

    "If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart

  • EDITORIAL: The District's education success story

    Every now and then, the District gets something right.

  • Minnesota House OKs education bill

    (The Center Square) – The Minnesota House passed Senate File 3567, the Education Policy Bill. The measure addressing a range of school issues passed on a vote of 69-61. “Last year’s historic education budget bill set the groundwork for generational investments in our children’s education,” Chair Rep. Laurie Pryor, DFL-Minnetonka, said in a statement. “This wide-ranging policy bill picks up where last year’s bill left off. We focus on important measures to give...

  • Minnesota's Largest Candy store to move

    For nearly 50 years, Minnesota's Largest Candy Store has been at the same location off Highway 169 near Jordan. But soon the iconic landmark will have a new home."It's uncharted territory for me with the store. There's just so many moving parts. There's a few sleepless nights based on it," said owner Robert Wagner.Wagner says a new interchange at Highway 169 and Delaware Avenue would have closed access to the store from the highway.He says the county offered to build a new frontage road to his...

  • Minnesota's largest candy store is moving

    A new road construction project was going to push the candy store out of the area, but owners and Scott County officials reached a compromise.