A House committee's new overview says state programs show widespread waste and that the Walz administration tolerated failures of oversight. Lawmakers and federal prosecutors are responding.

Longtime Twin Cities racehorse owner Barry Butzow pleaded guilty to fifth‑degree criminal sexual conduct in an Eden Prairie case; sentencing is scheduled for June 30. The plea includes probation and predatory‑offender registration.

Court filings allege a Minneapolis grocer trafficked more than $1.1 million in SNAP benefits by using other people’s EBT cards to buy wholesale goods that were resold at his store.

Chase opened its first Minnesota Community Center in Longfellow, bringing free financial workshops, small-business pop-ups and local hiring to 2903 26th Ave. S.

Multiple residents were rescued from third‑floor balconies after a two‑alarm apartment fire on Bloomington's Grand Avenue. Officials have not yet released details about injuries or a cause.

Victor Wembanyama was ejected in Game 4 after swinging an elbow that struck Naz Reid, a flagrant 2 that changed the night in Minneapolis and could shift the series.

Macalester is using aquifer‑based geothermal wells in a new residence hall to test a tiny‑footprint way to heat and cool campus buildings in St. Paul. The pilot could become a model for campus and neighborhood thermal networks.

A woman died after a shooting at an apartment on the 2400 block of Pillsbury Avenue South Saturday; police say the suspected shooter fled before officers arrived.

A late‑night crash at Crystal Airport prompted a multi‑agency search after occupants ran into the airfield; one man was arrested on suspicion of DWI.

A former Eagle Ridge Academy hall monitor pleaded guilty to an electronic-communication charge after investigators found hundreds of messages and alleged child-sex images. Prosecutors will drop two other counts under a plea deal.

A northern Minnesota woman pleaded guilty to two criminal counts after a September crash that rolled a school bus and injured students. Court filings and reporting detail phone use and multiple injuries.

The University of Minnesota has parted ways with softball coach Piper Ritter after a 16-36 season; AD Mark Coyle said a new voice is needed and a nationwide search will begin.

Nearly 600 North Memorial Maple Grove nurses will vote Monday on whether to authorize a strike after more than a year of stalled contract talks and allegations of unfair labor practices.