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The Minnesota Senate Education Finance Committee heard from school leaders, parents, and educators about the impact of “Operation Metro Surge” on schools statewide. Testimony focused on attendance disruptions, student mental health, and day-to-day operations. Here is part two of the Minnesota Senate committee hearing.

Evangelist and author Jeff Cavins joined FOX 9's All Day to talk about Ash Wednesday marking the opening of the Lenten season.

The Minnesota Senate Education Finance Committee heard from school leaders, parents, and educators about the impact of “Operation Metro Surge” on schools statewide. Testimony focused on attendance disruptions, student mental health, and day-to-day operations. Here is part three of the Minnesota Senate committee hearing.

President Trump says he is exploring legal options on an executive order surrounding voter ID prior to midterm elections in November, calling the Save America Act a “common sense piece of legislation” that he wants Congress to act on before voters head to polls.

The Minnesota Senate Education Finance Committee heard from school leaders, parents, and educators about the impact of “Operation Metro Surge” on schools statewide. Testimony focused on attendance disruptions, student mental health, and day-to-day operations. Here is part one of the Minnesota Senate committee hearing.

With the federal government now in a partial shutdown centered in part around funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday that President Trump so far has had “no contact” with Democratic lawmakers in an effort to make a deal. Meanwhile, federal workers in agencies such as FEMA and the TSA are currently working unpaid.

A winter storm is hitting northern Minnesota with heavy snow and high winds. Dan Hanger from FOX 21 in Duluth was in Canal Park Wednesday afternoon and gave All Day the latest weather conditions.

A sewage leak that has dumped hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River has White House officials that the river could still “smell like poop” this summer as officials look to host an America 250 party commemorating the nation’s founding. On Wednesday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt explains the current federal efforts to clean up the mess.

Ahead of a vote to potentially erase a 20-year ban on mining operations in northern Minnesota, Save the Boundary Waters held a press conference outside the Minnesota capitol on Wednesday featuring Senator Tina Smith and other stakeholders to discuss the resolution that “will allow the Trump Administration to fast-track a foreign-owned sulfide-ore copper mining project that has been proven to be a raw deal for Minnesotans and Americans.”

On Wednesday, White House officials said the January jobs report “shattered expectations” while predicting that the U.S. economy would see a “record successful” year in 2026, in turning promoting Trump’s use of tariffs and “pro-growth” agenda as the cause.

One Twin Cities woman has opened a hair saloon not only to pursue her own dream, but to inspire others by teaching them what she knows. FOX 9’s Chenue Her has the ‘Signature’ story.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office on Wednesday said it has filed two Touhy demands for evidence held by the federal government in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, and the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celiz in north Minneapolis. So far, Mary Moriarty says her office has gotten no cooperation from federal authorities.

Five people were killed, including three children, in a crash on a Colorado highway on Monday, authorities said. The crash happened just after 4:30 p.m. when the driver of a Toyota Matrix, which had been reported stolen about an hour earlier, lost control in the Franktown area south of Denver, the Colorado State Patrol said in a news release.

Feb. 18 marks two years since three first responders were fatally shot and kiled in the line of duty in Burnsville. Police officers Paul Elmstrand, Matthew Urge and firefighter-paramedic Adam Finseth were killed while responding to a 911 call reporting child sex abuse at a home. They will be honored across Burnsville on Wednesday.

More than a foot of snow has fallen across portions of northern Minnesota by Wednesday morning. A blizzard warning is in effect along Lake Superior, with snow expected to continue into Thursday morning across the northern part of the state. 

FOX 9 Morning News on Feb. 18, 2026.

These videos captured by FOX Weather show blizzard-like conditions in Two Harbors, Minnesota, on Feb. 18, 2026.