While a bill to make Minnesota a Sanctuary State failed in 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) considers Anoka, Hennepin, Dakota and Ramsey County as "sanctuary counties."

Twin babies in a northeast Minneapolis home survived after being exposed to fentanyl and having difficulty breathing, according to Minneapolis Police. Paramedics used Naloxone and CPR to stabilize the 2-month-old twin infants and transported them to the Hennepin County Medical Center.

Hennepin County District Court took the lead in offering weddings for free beginning in 2013, and last year Ramsey and St. Louis County district courts joined the effort. This year Carlton, Chisago, Cook, Lake, Pine and Washington counties are joining the family.

Ten district courts in Minnesota will offer free Valentine’s Day weddings this year.

The prosecutor-led program continues her look into juvenile justice. It also continues a state-wide examination of the impact someone’s criminal past can have on housing and employment.

Plus: Minnesota sued over gun permit law; Canton gets a new mayor; no more Uptown Art Fair and more.

Ryan Colligan, 45, of Stewartsville, died on Aug. 10, 2024, after he crashed a new stunt cart that was to be used for the 190th Shriners fundraising parade in La Crescent, Minnesota, on behalf of Shriners Hospitals for Children.

The uncertainty comes after House DFL members were sworn in during an unprecedented mass swearing-in ceremony at the Minnesota History Center Sunday night.