North Star Stories

As local leaders rally for legislative support following the announcement that Cleveland-Cliffs would lay off 600 miners on the Iron Range, small businesses and neighbors are already stepping up to s…

A new report from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, reveals that Minnesota now leads the nation in Islamophobic incidents, including attacks on mosques. The executive director of CA…

Ambulance response times sometimes stretch up to 30 minutes in Greater Minnesota. Why is this, and what does it mean for rural Minnesotans who might need lifesaving EMS care one day? Plus, free lunch…

In Minnesota, a proposed bill would ban cellphone use in classrooms in grades K-8 while regulating it in 9-12. In this segment, Jamad Jama interviews Senator Alice Mann, alongside a middle school stu…

Minnesota is requiring its citizens to carry what is known as a REAL ID. This is a federal document that will allow you to travel by air domestically and visit federal facilities. However, this new r…

Glencoe is one step closer to getting an artificial intelligence data banking center, a bipartisan education bill wants to send legislators back to school for 12 hours each term, and the Mayo Clinic …

Four hundred homes in rural Minnesota will soon be getting high-speed internet for the first time. Eveleth is fighting to keep the US Hockey Hall of Fame against efforts by the Minnesota Wild and som…

Three community organizations are getting a boost to help farmers financially. The Twin Cities queer community is stepping up to show support for trans athletes targeted by legislative efforts to ban…

Generating $1.4 billion annually, Duluth International Airport has new construction in the works. Bike to Duluth is gearing up for the 170-mile trek from Minneapolis to Duluth on June 28th. And, Moor…

The Hibbing Community is coming together after learning that more than 600 Iron Rangers are being laid off. An epidemiologist with the Minnesota Cancer Reporting System has information on reducing yo…

William "Willow Bill" Goulardt invites the public on a voyage down the Mississippi River aboard two dugout canoes, beginning mid-May from Bemidji, Minnesota. As they journey to the state of Mississip…

An old Minnesota tradition practiced by the Ojibwe people is an example of how we can harvest a nutritional staple in our own backyards. Plus, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to address the…

Together, a Twin Cities-based non-profit and a national organization have purchased 345 single family homes in the Twin Cities metro area in hopes of reshaping the landscape of affordable housing. Al…

WTIP News Director Kalli Hawkins discusses their coverage of the Cook County township meetings, which focus on updating the county’s land use plan. These meetings explore opportunities for residentia…

On March 14, the Minnesota Council on Disabilities legislative forum met at the State Capitol to address transportation issues impacting Minnesotans with mobility issues. Also, The Shade Company, Bla…

The St. Paul community of Rondo was uprooted in the 1950s by the construction of the I-94 highway, which cut through the heart of Rondo. In this segment, North Star Stories’ Jamad Jama explores how a…

As immigration enforcement intensifies in Minnesota and new laws emerge at both state and federal levels, immigrant communities increasingly rely on local nonprofit organizations and community resour…

The 'Wild Rice Act' (SF 1247) aims to protect clean water by improving regulations surrounding pesticide use and local-level government collaboration between Tribal entities. Rise and Repair represen…

At the 2025 Legislative Forum hosted by the Minnesota Council on Disabilities on March 14, 2025, State Representatives addressed budget cuts affecting the disability community, including the $19 mill…

On March 8, 2025, Ag for All, Minnesota’s first agricultural conference for the LGBTQIA+ community, took place in St. Cloud.