Minnesota's wine grape harvest season comes to an end with the start of fall

Cooling weather means Minnesota's wine grape harvest season is coming to a close. FOX 9's Leah Beno spoke with Ben Banks, a winemaker with The Winery at Sovereign Estate, about the state's vintage year. WACONIA, Minn. (FOX 9) - As the weather...

Likes, dislikes from Purdue's loss at Minnesota: Interceptions prove costly

Purdue football has lost 12 straight Big Ten games, dating back to the 2023 season. A winnable game at Minnesota, leading by a touchdown in the fourth quarter, saw points left off the board and turnovers squandering other chances. Up next: Purdue...

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Target enters THC beverage market in Minnesota test run

jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty ImagesRetail giant Target (NYSE:TGT) is entering the market for hemp-derived THC beverages as part of a test run launched at several Minnesota stores as Congress debates how to regulate the federally legal...

Eric Decker returns for Minnesota homecoming with message amid NIL era

Eric Decker, who starred at Minnesota, discusses the school's homecoming weekend and how the university can compete in the NIL era of college athletics. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Eric Decker will be back in Minneapolis on...

Minnesotans’ Military Appreciation Fund annual dinner

Minnesotans’ Military Appreciation Fund is excited to announce that General (Retired) Michael E. Kurilla will keynote the 2025 Annual Dinner. General Kurilla became the 15th commander of U.S. CENTCOM in April 2022 and recently relinquished command...

Minnesota Power and Great River Energy Begin Construction on Northland Reliability Transmission Project

Minnesota Power and Great River Energy held a groundbreaking ceremony On October 8 for the Northland Reliability Project, a transmission line intended to enhance the reliability and resilience of the electric grid in central and northern...

Minnesota offers clarity on new THC beverage rules, minimizing industry disruption

“It’s clear that the office and the office staff have been listening to the industry and deeply want to protect, nurture and support Minnesota,” he said.At the center of the transition is the formal handoff from the state’s 2022 law that allowed...

Minneapolis fielding proposals for former Kmart site; Nicollet Avenue reconnection set for 2026

This week the City of Minneapolis made what they’re calling an “exciting milestone” in the project to transform the site of the former Kmart along Nicollet Avenue. Over the last decade, the city has spent more than $20 million in taxpayer dollars...

Conference brings together Native scientists, engineers and educators

Chandra Colvin MPR News Thousands of people gathered in early October at the Minneapolis Convention Center for the AISES 2025 National Conference. The American Indian Science and Engineering Society holds its national conference in different...

Minnesota wallops Wolverines 9-2 to spoil Anchorage’s home opener

Minnesota bodied up the Wolverines in more ways than one Thursday. Photo by Stephanie Burgoon/Alaska Sports Report While the North American Hockey League season marinates in its initial stages, the Anchorage Wolverines received a taste of what’s...

Pennsylvania should follow Minnesota lead

No matter when and/or how Pennsylvania’s budget impasse ends, members of the General Assembly need to exercise an examination of conscience into why they allowed the current fiscal embarrassment to persist for so long — now having passed the...

Minnesota mortician Victor Sweeney finds broad appeal for podcasts on death

WARREN, Minn. — Victor Sweeney steps briskly across the cemetery lawn like someone intimately familiar with every square foot of it. Because he is. “Come over here,” he motions to visitors, leading the way while navigating the rows of headstones....

Law enforcement urges drivers to zipper merge in Montrose HWY 50 construction zone

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -Following two crashes in the Highway 50 construction zone in Montrose, Colorado State Patrol urges drivers to zipper merge, also known as late merge. According to CSP, drivers should wait to merge until the designated...

Another milestone in decades long goal to reconnect Nicollet Ave in Minneapolis

After decades of discussion, Minneapolis leaders are now seeking bids to develop land that was once home to a Kmart on Nicollet Avenue. FOX 9’s Rob Olson has the latest. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - For nearly two years, the giant piece of real estate at...

Is construction worse this year in the Twin Cities?

Drivers say they have noticed more construction projects across the Twin Cities, and they may be onto something. MINNEAPOLIS — Drivers in the Twin Cities are facing another round of major road closures this weekend, with two key highways set to...

National Manufacturing Group acquires Fiber-Tech

Source | National Manufacturing Group National Manufacturing Group (NMG, Troy, Mich., U.S.), a multi-plant OEM supplier of custom molded fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP), thermoformed plastics and operator cab fabrication, announces the acquisition...

Minnesota farmer digitized his old planning system and then turned it into a startup

Farming may seem old-fashioned to many, but that hasn’t been true for years. Tractors steer themselves, software crunches crop data and agriculture now ranks among the most technologically advanced industries.Yet inside barns and homes, many...

Vikings Coach Kevin O’Connell Sounds Off on T.J. Hockenson’s Lack of Production

Getty Tight end T.J. Hockenson of the Minnesota Vikings. The Minnesota Vikings have one of the best tight ends in the NFL in T.J. Hockenson, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it by watching the team play this season. Hockenson has caught 19 passes...

Cat discovered in shipping container from China now on road to recovery

A mysterious feline hitched a ride from China all the way to Minnesota curled up in a shipping container earlier this year. Photojournalist Ray Campos and Erin Hassanzadeh show the next chapter in that unbelievable journey and what it finally...