The winners of Washington County’s second Name a Snowplow contest were announced Tuesday by the Washington County Department of Public Works. More than 2,400 people voted in the contest and the top two vote-getters were Sir Plows a lot with 680 votes and Land of 10,000 Flakes coming in at a close second with 677 votes.

Minnesota agencies, lawmakers and groups seek out answers on how a freeze in federal funding will play out with billions of dollars potentially on the line.

Oregon dropped in the polls after splitting games with Washington and Minnesota.

The unilateral decision by President Donald Trump to temporarily freeze federal funding already approved by Congress threatens up to $1.9 billion in monthly funding in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said.

Isabella Curtis, 29, left her job in August 2023 and sued the county soon after, claiming in court documents that former Sgt. Keith Anderson’s harassment ruined her reputation and career with the county.

The governor's office said the freeze threatens $1.8 billion in federal funds usually allocated to the state each month.

Many in Minnesota’s federal workforce — from border patrol workers up north to agency managers awaiting directives from Washington — are on edge after a flurry of executive actions during President Donald Trump’s first week back in office.

The Minnesota House began its third deadlocked week due to a Democratic boycott over a power struggle with House Republicans.

The FBI says it arrested a 21-year-old Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

Democrats in the Minnesota House who have boycotted daily sessions are using tactics that lawmakers elsewhere have tried dozens of times in seeking to thwart their opponents

A woman charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. border patrol agent in Vermont had been in frequent contact with someone whom authorities have linked to homicides in Pennsylvania and California,

Washington’s recycling system may soon get a makeover. A proposal to require companies to reduce unnecessary packaging and fund statewide recycling services is making its way through the Legislature this year.