As restaurant-goers tried something new in the new year, the first weeks of 2025 also brought a wave of notable restaurant closures. Here's a list of the latest restaurant openings and closings in Minnesota:

A special election for a Minneapolis state Senate seat is set to break a tie in that chamber as the state House remains paralyzed due to a partisan impasse over power.

Residents in Minneapolis will have to enjoy the outdoors without ice rinks Thursday as record-high temperatures have made outdoor ice rinks unusable.

These 11 culinary masters are part of the state’s ProStart program, which teaches students about the restaurant business as part of their school day.

Friday will have lots of sunshine and will be slightly cooler than Thursday. There are some slight snow chances this weekend, with most of the precipitation concentrated in northern Minnesota. FOX 9 Meteorologist Cody Matz has the full forecast.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in, Abdulkadir Nur Salah and Abdi Nur Salah both pleaded guilty Tuesday.

A new report makes the case that a painting bought at a Minnetonka garage sale in 2016 is actually a previously unknown work by Van Gogh. But not everyone buys it.

Plus: Latest in the Minnesota House sage; call for Target boycott, Twin Cities housing heats back up and more.

After a judge dismissed a suit that had temporarily blocked projects allowable under the comprehensive plan, a key roadblock is gone.

Study of more than 14,000 people from Minneapolis and three other U.S. sites transcended five decades in its search for heart failure risk factors.

One daycare center, Quality Learning Center Daycare, had 95 violations between 2019 and 2023, according to DHS records. Those violations range from “failure to keep hazardous items away from children” to “no records for 16 children.

The Minneapolis City Council on Thursday voted to approve another hefty legal settlement related to ex-police officer Derek Chauvin.