Movies and TV shows casting this week in Minneapolis
Stacker compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting in Minneapolis using listings from Casting Networks.
Aug 12, 2026

Power Pair: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis celebrate a Minnesota homecoming
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Minnesota music legends Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis about their longtime friendship that has kept them working together for more than 50 years.
Aug 10, 2026

Lime scooter 'takeover' draws hundreds in Minneapolis
A viral TikTok helped draw hundreds of riders over the weekend. According to local police, no arrests, crashes or citations were reported.
Aug 10, 2026

St. Paul officer shot, wounded a man pointing gun
The name of the person who was wounded has not been released.
Aug 10, 2026

Data center outage behind telecomms disruptions
If the internet were a physical highway, "the 511 Building in downtown is the largest, most critical highway intersection in the upper Midwest." A client there has confirmed the Aug. 6 telecommunications outage originated in the building, but its cause isn't publicly known.
Aug 10, 2026

Judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit over teacher protections
The decision is the latest twist in a case that began as part of a deal to end a 2022 teachers' strike and was taken up in court by conservative activists, leading to a four-year legal fight.
Aug 10, 2026

Minnesota magnet maker gets $150 million federal loan
Niron Magnetics, a Minnesota-based magnet maker, will receive a $150 million federal loan through the Department of Defense to streamline the construction of a facility in Sartell.
Aug 10, 2026
U of M pays $250,000 settlement to Holocaust scholar
The Center for Constitutional Rights argues the university withdrew Segal's offer because of his protected speech and violated his First Amendment rights and principles of academic freedom. The University of Minnesota did not admit wrongdoing.
Aug 10, 2026

NE Minnesota businesses sign letter for relief funds
The letter comes after Gov. Walz said there would not be a special session held to address the economic impacts of the fire.
Aug 10, 2026

Trump to sign executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots
Trump has long suspected that the number or timing of vaccines could play a role in autism spectrum disorder, even as scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link.
Aug 10, 2026

Coldest Augusts in North Dakota since 1895
Stacker compiled a ranking of the coldest Augusts in North Dakota since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information
Aug 10, 2026








