The State Fair is largely about agriculture, and agriculture includes animals. We capture one of the junior livestock competitions--in this case, kids showing sheep. They have a chance to win prize ...

Enrollment at colleges and universities of Minnesota State has increased for the third year in a row, the school system said Monday. Officials said there's been a 4.1% rise in enrollment for the ...

Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel ...

WILLMAR — A blood test found that alcohol was not a factor in the Sept. 26 crash that killed one passenger and severely injured another when Wood Lake fire truck rolled over in a ditch near Cottonwood ...

ST. CLOUD — An enrollment decline hit St. Cloud State University this fall, with a roughly 5% drop compared to last year. About 9,600 students are officially enrolled at the public institution, of ...

DALLAS — A little over 2 million people attended the State Fair of Texas this year, marking the lowest number of visitors to the fair in a decade. Shortly after the fair opened, thin crowds prompted ...

Thinking about snagging a blue ribbon in 2026? You can start by bookmarking this Reddit post from the 2025 Best in Show pizza maker. (Disclosure: I was one of the pizza judges who awarded that ribbon.

We have an impressive update on a Minnesota dancer we first introduced you to a few years ago on WCCO Sunday Morning at 7 a.m. Indiana University fires student newspaper advisor who refused to block ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Giant pumpkins and watermelons were front and center when they hit the scales at the weigh-off for the N.C. State Fair Great Pumpkin/Watermelon competition. There were 21 ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — It's a felony for a noncitizen to vote in a Minnesota election, punishable by deportation, and only a few people have been convicted for such a crime over the last decade. But, a ...