Some firefighters will stay at the site of the "Jeep Fire" to monitor hot spots. Authorities chose a nickname for the blaze to reflect their belief that it was started by a vehicle. The fire burned mostly grassland and forest but a few buildings were lost, including one home.
Vikings-Seahawks: 5 things you can count on happening
Can the Vikings finally beat Russell Wilson?
Residents asked to be on the lookout for at-large suspect in Sauk Rapids
The suspect was last seen near the intersection of Garden Brook Drive Northeast and Strawberry Court Northeast.
Ben Simmons rumor mill running hot and Wolves still connected
Can the Timberwolves still land the 76ers star?
Aquifer energy storage project wins financial backing of Mpls city council
It'll be used to power the Towerside Innovation District near the U of M.
Bomb threat prompts school evacuation in central Minnesota
A search of the building did not find any suspicious items.
Double shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 'critically wounded' in St. Paul
It's the city's 29th homicide this year.
Brewery, taproom moving into former Twin Cities newspaper space
Loons Landing officially signed the lease this week.
Police: Car with dog inside stolen from outside Twin Cities liquor store
They're asking people to be on the lookout for the vehicle.
Murder charge filed over inmate's death at Chisago Co. Jail
The man suddenly became unresponsive and died while in a holding cell.
Minnesota DFL lawmakers form Reproductive Freedom Caucus
The move comes as some Republicans explore proposals to limit abortion access.
Counties without K-12 mask mandate see sharper rise in child COVID cases
That's according to a new study released Friday by the CDC.
Bloomington woman dies in crash on southwest Twin Cities highway
The collision happened just south of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival grounds.
Even after the snow, wildfires burn in northwestern MN
Last week's snowfall helped firefighters, but was not enough to extinguish several blazes burning in northwestern Minnesota. The largest is a fire near Red Lake that has burned more than 38 square miles and is about 30 percent contained.
Juneberry, 2 other smaller fires now fully contained in northwestern Minnesota
The largest, near Greenbush, burned about 45 square miles since it started last week. Nearly 200 firefighters were assigned to the fires, which burned mostly brush. All three fires remain under investigation.
Le Sueur County blaze underscores fire danger in southern Minnesota
A grass fire burned more than a thousand acres near Cleveland, Minnesota. Seven departments battled the blaze, which spread through the dry grass so fast one firefighter said it "was like burning gasoline." The DNR warns that the lack of snow cover, low humidity, and high winds make the fire danger high in southern and central counties.
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