Pioneer Press

13/02/2025

The White House said Wednesday that news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico were telling “lies” and insisted it would continue to bar Associated Press journalists from presidential events.

Trump has decreed the international body of water be called the Gulf of America.

13/02/2025

“I was so happy, I was crying,” said Edward Brandt. “It was a dream. I was definitely thinking we had a shot, I didn’t think it would actually happen. … This was unexpected.”

The Minutemen Nordic boys program won their first state title of any sort since 1993.

13/02/2025

Sen. Tina Smith says she plans to use the two years left in her term working to represent Minnesota’s interests in the Senate without having to worry about running for reelection.

“This decision is not political. It is entirely personal,” Smith said.

13/02/2025

Folk rock band the Lumineers will return to St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center on July 25.

The group’s fifth album “Automatic” comes out on Valentine’s Day.

13/02/2025

Higher education officials are aware that money is tight in St. Paul, too, and lawmakers are intent on heading off a future deficit

The timing isn’t ideal.

13/02/2025

A special election to fill outgoing Council Member Mitra Jalali’s seat has yet to be announced

A special election to fill outgoing Council Member Mitra Jalali’s Ward 4 seat has yet to be announced.

13/02/2025

The St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority will vote on awarding tentative developer status on Feb. 19

The St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority will vote on awarding tentative developer status on Feb. 19.

13/02/2025

A developer is considering turning a former Burnsville elementary school property into more than 100 housing units, a proposal that has left many community members with a sour taste in their mouths.

A developer wants to redevelop a former elementary school site to include more than 100 housing units, but the city council says to go back to the drawing board.

13/02/2025

MnDOT announces statewide Name a Snowplow winners: ‘Anthony Sledwards,’ ‘I Came. I Thaw. I Conquered,’ among them

The winner for the Twin Cities snowplow is Anthony Sledwards, presumably in honor of Timberwolves star guard Anthony Edwards.

13/02/2025

If you’re inclined toward rooting for the underdog — and there was a time when most Americans did — then you have to celebrate the success of “Hadestown.”

it’s a splendidly entertaining musical that demonstrates why ancient myths deserve to be so enduring.

13/02/2025

The St. Paul City Council will vote on two appeals filed by the Ryan Cos. on Feb. 19.

13/02/2025

Fairview Health Services told its employees in a Wednesday letter that it does not agree to a proposed merger with the University of Minnesota and Essentia Health as part of a new health care organization announced in January.

The University of Minnesota and Duluth-based Essentia Health in late January announced the partnership to develop a new nonprofit health care organization that would include a $1 billion investment…

13/02/2025

‘He has changed, and isn’t the same kid,’ the boy’s parents said in court

“He has changed, and isn’t the same kid,” the boy’s parents said in court.

12/02/2025

The Education Department said the Minnesota and California state high school leagues have indicated “they plan to violate Title IX federal law.”

On Feb. 5, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in female sports.

12/02/2025

Planning on any music festivals this summer? The Basilica Block Party is not an option.

The 30-year-old festival has struggled in the post-pandemic years

12/02/2025

He also was charged with stealing Christmas gifts from the mail room of the woman’s apartment building.

She said she is pregnant with his child and fearful of him, the complaint says.

12/02/2025

State law requires 911 dispatchers to send mental-health crisis workers to a critical law-enforcement situation whenever possible, officials said.

The county board approved a grant agreement Tuesday to fund the pilot position.

12/02/2025

In St. Paul, nonprofit directors say President Donald Trump’s executive orders and other administration efforts to freeze or curtail federal spending on social services, education and international aid have left many of their programs reeling at a time when they’re hard-pressed to increase direct care to the most vulnerable.

It’s unclear how temporary, or even lawful, some of those cuts may be.