1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (516+ words) Minnesota firefighters say lessons from 9/11 are still shaping how they confront long-term health risks on the job. There are about 20,000 firefighters across Minnesota, and the Minnesota Firefighter Initiative, or MnFIRE, estimates 68% of fire personnel develop cancer in their lifetimes. The…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (609+ words) A Minnesota man who served on the front lines in Afghanistan tracking Al-Qaeda and later co-authored the 9/11 Commission Report says there are threats to America that still keep him on edge. “Our enemies haven’t gone away,” says Mike Hurley, an…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (373+ words) A Hugo woman will serve probation and community service for sending a number of threatening voicemails to House Speaker Lisa Demuth earlier this year. Rachel Welsch, 43, pleaded guilty in July to one felony count of threats of violence and was…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (137+ words) The general election will take place on Nov. 3, 2026. This year, the election outcome will not only determine the balance of power in the Minnesota Legislature and Congress, but also the statewide constitutional offices. Below is a quick look at what’s…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (844+ words) Trust in government information has also become more partisan since Trump’s first term, the survey found. “It’s pretty hard to trust anything that’s being communicated,” said Shannon Ingram, 46, a Democrat who lives in Maryland, pointing to shifting health recommendations as…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (912+ words) The ban will take effect in three weeks and comes after Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in U.S. imports earlier Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump also moved Tuesday to shut Canadian products out of large, long-term U.S. government contracts as Canada’s retaliatory…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (960+ words) The ambush, assassination-style murder of St. Paul police officer Jim Sackett, Sr., in 1970 was an unsolved cold case for more than three decades. A series of stories by 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS resulted in the case being reopened in 1994, with two men…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (50+ words) 9/7 Best Seat in the House 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS 9/7 Best Seat in the House 9/7 Best Seat game Brenda Junker from Delano is in the “Best Seat in the House” presented by Visit Florida – and she gets a chance at winning a free…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (256+ words) This week on “At Issue,” unanswered questions remain on why Minnesota’s red flag law wasn’t used to take guns away from a man who shot and killed two people and injured several others last week in Minneapolis. Court filings show…...