With over 1,000 food options, livestock exhibits, music, shopping and more, Minnesotans have much to look forward to at this year's state fair.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed, while state Sen. John Hoffman and wife Yvette were wounded in separate overnight shootings in Minnesota. A manhunt is underway.

“We’ve entered into this especially scary time in the country where it feels the sort of norms and rhetoric and rules that would tamp down on violence have been lifted,” said Matt Dallek, a political scientist at Georgetown University who studies extremism. “A lot of people are receiving signals from the culture.”

Two Nevada residents have been federally charged with conspiring to engage in voter fraud in Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday.

Visitors to one Minnesota theme park are being warned about potential exposure to a highly contagious and deadly virus that remains one of the leading causes of death in young children globally.

Young — who split from ex-fiancé Nayte Olukoya in June 2022 — went public with her and Leius’ romance in October 2023, and the pair got engaged one year later. Young and Leius tied the knot in June 2025. Scroll down to relive Young and Leius’ relationship timeline:

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) will close I-94 in both directions between I-35W and Huron Boulevard from 10 p.m. on Friday, June 13, through 5 a.m. on Monday, June 16.

All lanes on I-94 between I-35W and Huron Boulevard are expected to reopen to traffic for the Minnesota State Fair starting in mid-August through Labor Day.