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Amid never-ending grief after their 8-year-old son’s murder, Fletcher Merkel’s family finds strength in community.
A Minneapolis neighborhood cradles this grieving Annunciation family
Amid never-ending grief after their 8-year-old son’s murder, Fletcher Merkel’s family finds strength in community.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Show us your backyard ice rink! Whether you're a backyard hockey veteran or a rookie rink builder, we want to see your setup. Share photos and the story of your rink and you might be featured in a future Star Tribune story.
How hockey families build backyard ice rinks at three different price points
These Minnesotans have spent anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars for a place to skate close to home.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Phil Esten, the athletic director at St. Thomas, is the @startribune.com’s Sportsperson of the Year after making a successful jump from Division III to D-I in four years.

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St. Thomas AD Phil Esten is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Sportsperson of the Year
St. Thomas athletic director Phil Esten was named the 2025 Minnesota Star Tribune Sportsperson of the Year for successfully steering the Tommies from Division III to Division I.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Illinois State stuns top-ranked North Dakota State in second round of FCS playoffs
Illinois State stuns top-ranked North Dakota State in second round of FCS playoffs
The defending national champion Bison gave up two touchdowns and a two-point conversion in the final three minutes and lost despite intercepting the Redbirds five times.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Welcome to Extra Innings, a weekly Twins newsletter from Phil Miller & Bobby Nightengale

With this newsletter you can expect:
⚾️️In-depth analysis & behind-the-scenes details
⚾️️A mailbag with reader questions
⚾️️Updates on the Twins’ farm system

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April 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Where’s the best place to see a concert in the Twin Cities? Here is our music critics’ report card on the area’s 53 busiest and most prominent music venues.
Grading the Twin Cities’ 53 essential music venues — big and small, best and worst
What we love and don’t love about the places Minnesota music lovers frequent, from the puny 7th St. Entry to (gulp!) gargantuan U.S. Bank Stadium.
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April 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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A University of Minnesota graduate student was detained Thursday by ICE on the Twin Cities campus, a situation the U described as “deeply concerning.”
International graduate student at U detained by ICE agents
In an email to students, university officials called it a “deeply concerning situation.”
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March 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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These Carnegie Hero Fund Medal winners show the unselfishness, courage and compassion inside seemingly ordinary Minnesotans.

Each week we’ll spotlight one of these heroes on here 🦋
Would you risk your life to save a stranger? These Minnesotans did.
These Carnegie Hero Fund Medal winners show the unselfishness, courage and compassion inside seemingly ordinary Minnesotans.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is Mauzer. Mr. Mauzer
November 15, 2024 at 5:10 AM