Baetzold remembers breaking the butterfly record at his alma mater, North High, years ago. When later swimming for Iowa State's club team, he met Adam, a friend who swam the English Channel in 2015. Adam's story pushed him to set his own goal, first attempting the swim in 2022, which was canceled due to weather, giving him more practice time.

Here's a look back at the five worst losses of the season for the Twins (so far). Just to be clear, there have been enough of these this year that a bunch of rough ones won't even make the list. This one hurt more because of the context of the games that had come before.

Over Memorial Day weekend, 30 Canadians participated in Le Grand Du Nord, a popular gravel bike race in Grand Marais that usually draws about 50 across the border. And that was before Minnesota’s entire Republican congressional delegation responded to devastating wildfires in Manitoba by complaining about the smoke.

House Republicans in Minnesota are asking for a federal audit of the state's Department of Human Services. The push is spearheaded by state Rep. Kristin Robbins, R-Maple Grove, who serves as chair of the Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee.

An air quality alert due to wildfire smoke from Canada has been expanded to include the Twin Cities metro and much of northern, central and southwestern Minnesota until Friday night.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man was sentenced to nearly 59 years Thursday for causing a crash that killed five young women who were out making preparations for a friend’s wedding.

The 2024 Arkansas Gatorade Player of the Year saw playing time in three games last season and completed 4-of-5 attempts for 50 yards and a touchdown while being mentored by Max Brosmer, who signed with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent in April.

The Minneapolis DFL’s endorsement of state Sen. Omar Fateh for mayor — the first mayoral endorsement by the local party in 16 years — is teeing up a competitive race between Democrats’ moderate and progressive wings.

The illness, called tularemia, is caused by the bacteria Francisella tularensis. People typically develop the illness from tick and fly bites, scratches from infected cats or by touching animals that have tularemia.

Its rooftop camera now broken, the Minnesota aquarium said the bolt is something that “doesn’t happen every day.”

The most famous wrestler in the world at one time started Hulkamania while in the Twin Cities-based American Wrestling Association.

As the Minnesota Wild continue the offseason, rumors around contract negotiations with young center Marco Rossi have gotten louder. Rossi is looking to receive a large contract from the Wild following a strong season that he just put together.