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Authorities say two children are dead and a woman is in an intensive care unit after a house fire in Mankato early Monday morning.

A 101-year-old WWII veteran from Minnesota got to take his dream flight. FOX 9's Rob Olson has the latest.

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During the Democratic National Committee summer convention in Minneapolis, Sen. John Hoffman gave an energetic speech as part of his first public appearance since he and his family were the targets of an assassination attempt ? urging Americans in ways that don't incite political violence.

St. Paul Public Schools start the 2025-26 academic year after Labor Day. Superintendent Dr. Stacie Stanley joined FOX 9 News at 5 from the State Fair to talk about the academic year ahead.

FOX 9 Junior Reporters Alice and Sherman Tulman join the crew to discuss this fair?s ?Un-Fair questions? assignment ? one that was much "cooler" than last year.

Abdul Wright is a former Minnesota Teacher of the Year. He's accused of sexually abusing a former middle school student in 2017 when he was a teacher at Best Academy in Minneapolis.

At 101 years old, World War II Air Force veteran Lester Schrenk got a dream flight along with other veterans on Monday in a vintage Stearman Bi-Plane. FOX 9's Rob Olson was there.

What started as a Saturday morning on a Twin Cities lake for a man and his kids turned into a rescue operation to save a bird?s life.

Two children died after a fire in Mankato, Minnesota, early Monday. Authorities responded to a house fire on Bradley Street at 2 a.m. on Monday. Two adults and three children were inside the top floor apartment at the time of the fire. Sky FOX 9 captured aerials of the scene Monday afternoon.

The Minnetonka Police Department is one of the first agencies to implement the use of drones for 911 calls. Police Chief Scott Boerboom joined Amy Hockert on FOX 9'S All Day Monday to detail why, and how they assist with calls.

Lester Schrenk, a 101-year-old World War II veteran, is taking a dream flight on Aug. 25 from Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He'll be flying in the front seat of a vintage Stearman Bi-Plane.

Pres. Trump met Monday with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office after posting on Truth Social about claims of a purge ongoing in South Korea.

President Trump lauded the success of the National Guard in Washington, DC, saying there has been no homicides in the city in eleven days.

President Trump says he's considering changing the Department of Defense back to the Department of War.

President Trump and South Korean leader Lee Jae-Myung discussed Trump's claim that there was a "purge" going on in South Korea.

At the DNC summer meeting, Sen. John Hoffman spoke about the targeted shooting on June 14 that left him and his wife wounded and Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband dead. Sen. Hoffman called the shooting ?pure evil? and a political attack on public servants and public service, saying it was aimed squarely at their party.

Sen. John Hoffman addressed the DNC summer meeting in Minneapolis on Monday, where he talked about the current political climate and the targeted shooting on June 14.