Photographer stumbles on rare lynx sighting; Political parties hold precinct caucuses

Thomas Spence was looking for moose to photograph near Tofte on Saturday morning when he came upon a Canada lynx standing in the road. Then a second lynx came from the woods. Then another and another and another.

St. Paul City Council member Dai Thao is facing three criminal charges in connection with an incident at the polls in the November election.

North Mankato has banned tobacco sales to people under age 21, becoming the first community outside the Twin Cities to do so.

A Ramsey County Judge heard arguments Tuesday in the legal challenge of Republican Michelle Fischbach's attempt to serve as both lieutenant governor and state senator.

The president commented during a White House round-table on the MS-13 gang, where he also blasted the "stupidity" of U.S. immigration law.

Michael Foster in October 2016 cut through a chain link fence and turned a shut-off valve on the Keystone Pipeline as part of a four-state protest.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will step down in March as CEO of a Washington-based financial services association. He's actively considering a political comeback in Minnesota.