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Sticker Shock In Twin Cities: $33K A Year Just To Raise One Kid

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Sticker Shock In Twin Cities: $33K A Year Just To Raise One Kid

Jul 22, 2026

SmartAsset ranks Minneapolis–St. Paul 8th‑most expensive to raise a child in 2026: families face about $33,307 a year, with childcare costing nearly $19,509.

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Mission Curry House Ordered Closed After Inspector Finds Live Cockroaches Inside Both Ovens

Mission Curry House Ordered Closed After Inspector Finds Live Cockroaches Inside Both Ovens

San Francisco Appeals Court Says Hiring a Hit Man Is "Not Categorically a Crime of Violence"

San Francisco Appeals Court Says Hiring a Hit Man Is "Not Categorically a Crime of Violence"

Bay Area's Oliver Tree Killed When Two Helicopters Smashed Into Each Other Above Rio de Janeiro

Bay Area's Oliver Tree Killed When Two Helicopters Smashed Into Each Other Above Rio de Janeiro

Founder of Real SF Startup Is Cutting Up Banned Target Bags and Calling Them Dog Raincoats. They're $2.

Founder of Real SF Startup Is Cutting Up Banned Target Bags and Calling Them Dog Raincoats. They're $2.

Beach-Blocking Billionaire Ditches the Niners to Buy the Team That Ruined Their Season

Beach-Blocking Billionaire Ditches the Niners to Buy the Team That Ruined Their Season

Floyd Mayweather Charged With Felony Theft Over $200K Watch Bought With a Bounced Check

Floyd Mayweather Charged With Felony Theft Over $200K Watch Bought With a Bounced Check

FBI Crushes National Predator Ring; 205 Arrested, 115 Children Saved in LA, SF, DC, Chicago, & NY

FBI Crushes National Predator Ring; 205 Arrested, 115 Children Saved in LA, SF, DC, Chicago, & NY

Marina Residents Erupt Over Giant 25-Story Tower Plan for Beloved Safeway

Marina Residents Erupt Over Giant 25-Story Tower Plan for Beloved Safeway

Nationwide Staffing Scam Unravels, Ringleader Crispian Atkins and 12 Others Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Deception

Nationwide Staffing Scam Unravels, Ringleader Crispian Atkins and 12 Others Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Deception

Oakland Firefighters Gave a Smoke-Choked Pigeon Oxygen — and 11 Million People Lost It

Oakland Firefighters Gave a Smoke-Choked Pigeon Oxygen — and 11 Million People Lost It

Politics

Minnesota GOP Puts ‘Pillow King’ Mike Lindell’s Residency On Trial Before August 11 Primary

Minneapolis

Minnesota GOP Puts ‘Pillow King’ Mike Lindell’s Residency On Trial Before August 11 Primary

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Hastings, Minn., Slaps Yearlong Freeze on Data Centers Before They Even Arrive

Hastings, Minn., Slaps Yearlong Freeze on Data Centers Before They Even Arrive

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St. Paul I-94 Digital Billboard War Hits Another Red Light

St. Paul I-94 Digital Billboard War Hits Another Red Light

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Minneapolis Safety Chief Toddrick Barnette to Exit After City Hall Brawl

Minneapolis Safety Chief Toddrick Barnette to Exit After City Hall Brawl

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Real Estate

St. Paul OKs Giant Glowing Crunch Fitness Sign In Highland Village Neighbors Say Will Be Seen For Blocks

Minneapolis

St. Paul OKs Giant Glowing Crunch Fitness Sign In Highland Village Neighbors Say Will Be Seen For Blocks

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Plymouth’s $150M Boulevard Makeover Aims to Slow 2027 Property-Tax Pain

Plymouth’s $150M Boulevard Makeover Aims to Slow 2027 Property-Tax Pain

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Lake Minnetonka’s Smith’s Bay Marina Offloaded To Sink Wells Fargo Debt

Lake Minnetonka’s Smith’s Bay Marina Offloaded To Sink Wells Fargo Debt

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South Minneapolis Townhomes Target Astonishing $8 Monthly Energy Bills

South Minneapolis Townhomes Target Astonishing $8 Monthly Energy Bills

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Crime

Mystery ‘Boom’ Levels Whiteface Reservoir Home in Northern Minnesota Blaze

Minneapolis

Mystery ‘Boom’ Levels Whiteface Reservoir Home in Northern Minnesota Blaze

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Brooklyn Park Mom, 2 Kids Vanish After Leaving Home in Indiana-Plated Honda

Brooklyn Park Mom, 2 Kids Vanish After Leaving Home in Indiana-Plated Honda

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Minneapolis Teen Cheats Death in 20-Story Plunge Inside Abandoned Checkerboard Grain Elevator

Minneapolis Teen Cheats Death in 20-Story Plunge Inside Abandoned Checkerboard Grain Elevator

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Naked Taser-Wielding Intruder Fought Off by Women in South Minneapolis Home Invasion, Prosecutors Say

Naked Taser-Wielding Intruder Fought Off by Women in South Minneapolis Home Invasion, Prosecutors Say

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Arts & Events

Viral ‘Boston’ Singer Stella Lefty Crashes Detroit Lakes’ We Fest After Little Big Town Bails

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Viral ‘Boston’ Singer Stella Lefty Crashes Detroit Lakes’ We Fest After Little Big Town Bails

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Noah Kahan Mania Has Minneapolis Fans Paying $500 a Ticket at Target Field

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From Botched Audition to Broadway: Minneapolis Teen's Self-Doubt Song Scores National Win

From Botched Audition to Broadway: Minneapolis Teen's Self-Doubt Song Scores National Win

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School of Rock: 55 Young Musicians Take Over St. Cloud’s Paramount Stage Thursday

School of Rock: 55 Young Musicians Take Over St. Cloud’s Paramount Stage Thursday

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