New DHS commissioner pledges to rebuild trust amid overwhelming problems

Minnesota’s new human services commissioner held aloft a granite plaque with the word “trustworthy” on it Wednesday, telling lawmakers that it would sit on her desk at the agency and govern the way she operates the beleaguered department.

MNsure to open 2020 enrollment period in November

Minnesota's health insurance marketplace MNsure announced Wednesday it will begin its 2020 enrollment period at the start of November.

'They break this window, I will shoot someone': 911 transcript released in crash outside Minnesota State Fair

Shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, police received reports that a pedestrian was struck by a car on Snelling Avenue and Fair Place West near the fairgrounds. Officials arrived to a chaotic scene and found a 19-year-old woman lying on the ground, gravely injured.

Minnesota soccer fans in awe of visiting USWNT during Allianz Field game

The fans at Allianz Field Tuesday night for the U.S. Women’s National Team Game all agreed that they find the American team inspiring on and off the field.

After 2 weekend fatalities, Metro Transit urging caution around light rail trains

A deadly accident involving a bicyclist and a Blue Line light rail train Monday night was the third incident involving a light rail train this year and the second of the long weekend.

Man shot outside MN State Fair in custody, 3 arrested for riot outside hospital

Police are investigating after three people were shot and a woman was struck by a car outside the Minnesota State Fairgrounds Monday night. The woman remains in the hospital in critical but stable condition.

Minnesota DHS gets new leader who faces senators’ questions Tuesday

Minnesota’s biggest state agency got its new leader Tuesday when new human services commissioner Jodi Harpstead took charge, but Harpstead is not in for a warm welcome from everyone.

St. Paul family seeks help as granddaughter faces another heart surgery

A St. Paul family is asking for the community's help as they fundraise for their granddaughter’s surgery. She was born with several heart defects and has undergone a number of surgeries.

Minnesota Supreme Court to rule on controversial St. Paul trash collection program
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The Minnesota Supreme Court is taking up St. Paul's controversial trash collection program and will rule on whether or not the city needs to put the plan to vote on the November ballot.

$800 million Riversedge project moving forward in downtown St. Paul
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There are changes coming along the Mississippi River in St. Paul as Ramsey County announced it is moving forward with a nearly $800 million project to transform the downtown area by 2022.�

84-year-old man sketches St. Paul police officers

Ken Fox has been an artist since he was a kid but at age 84 his drawings are still bringing smiles.

St. Paul family without an accessible home after nonprofit's failed promise
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For the second time, a north St. Paul family is left looking for a handicap-accessible home that will fit their unique situation as their children, battling a rare disease, struggle to get around.