A DFL state representative-elect said Friday he will not appeal a judge's ruling that he is ineligible to hold the office because he did not meet residency requirements​ for the district.

The Republican Party will hold a majority in the Minnesota House come session start in January, with a special election pending.

Republicans gain one-seat majority heading into 2025 session as a DFL-won seat becomes vacant. A special election will come early next year.

One of the two owls rescued by a Minnesota woman in a story that went viral this week has died, but the other is still getting medical care.

A northern Minnesota woman is being praised for rescuing not one, but two owls on the same day and in two different locations.

A snowy owl rescued from the grill of a car Monday at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth has been euthanized. But a great gray owl rescued by the same woman earlier in the day is still alive and being treated by veterinarians in the Twin Cities.