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Nick Gordon was the Minnesota Twins' 5th overall pick in the draft 11 years ago and has recently been on quite the journey. Ren Clayton caught up with him when he made a surprise return to the Twin Cities.
Veteran umpire Hunter Wendelstedt went to a hospital after he was struck in the face behind first base by a line drive foul ball.
The Minnesota Twins will place right fielder Matt Wallner on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring.
Ty France singled in the 10th inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 4-3 victory after the New York Mets rallied with a three-run eighth.
Ryan Jeffers and Harrison Bader had three hits apiece and Brooks Lee homered as the Minnesota Twins defeated the New York Mets 6-3.
Spring has sprung and baseball is back — but do fans know that? Photojournalist Nick Lunemann takes us to Target Field in Minneapolis to check out the slump in the stands.
Juan Soto hit his first home run since the opening weekend of the season and the New York Mets beat the slumping Minnesota Twins 5-1.
The Minnesota Twins unveiled a bronze statue of Hall of Fame catcher Joe Mauer at Target Field before a game against the Detroit Tigers.
Edouard Julien homered off former Auburn teammate Casey Mize, Byron Buxton also went deep and the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 to stop a three-game losing streak.
Jackson Jobe pitched six shutout innings to earn his first major league win as the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 4-0.
Dillon Dingler had three hits, an RBI and scored a run as the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-6.
The Minnesota Twins have placed pitcher Pablo López on the 15-day injured list with a strained right hamstring.
Bobby Witt Jr. hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Thursday.
Joe Ryan continued his mastery over Kansas City, giving up just two hits over seven scoreless innings in the Minnesota Twins' 4-0 victory over the Royals.
Cole Ragans struck out 11 in six crisp innings, and the Kansas City Royals beat the sloppy Minnesota Twins 2-1.
Simeon Woods Richardson allowed four runs and eight hits with four walks in 5 2/3 innings for the Minnesota Twins in Monday's loss to the Kansas City Royals.
Jose Altuve drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the 10th inning after Yordan Alvarez tied it with a two-run homer in the ninth and the Houston Astros rallied from an early six-run deficit to beat the Minnesota Twins 9-7.
Jose Miranda's three-run homer highlighted a six-run fourth inning that ignited the Minnesota Twins in a 6-1 victory over the Houston Astros.
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's career NHL regular-season record of 894 goals, one that has stood for more than a quarter-century.
Christian Walker and Jeremy Peña homered and Brendan Rodgers had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Twins.
The Minnesota Twins return to Target Field for their 2025 home opener and the festivities are only just beginning! WCCO's Ren Clayton and Adam Del Rosso are at Target Field with today's forecast and their predictions for the game.
Lars Nootbaar homered and Sonny Gray pitched five solid innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins.
The Minnesota Twins are facing off against the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday for the MLB Opening Day 2025. Here's the full lineup for the game.
The Minnesota Twins are ready for a fresh start in the 2025 season, hoping to put behind the lingering memories of a lackluster 12-27 finish last season.
Minnesota Twins infielder Brooks Lee and right-handed pitcher Brock Stewart will begin the season on the injured list.
A tribute concert celebrating one of Minnesota's favorite sons is happening in Hopkins this weekend.
The 17 crop art portraits on display depict themes of civic engagement, justice and community.
There is a budget battle brewing when the Minnesota Legislature returns to the state capitol on Monday after a week-long break, as the sprint to the finish line in mid-May begins.
The pilot killed in a plane crash in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, last month stopped responding to an air traffic controller minutes before the wreck, according to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Officials did not say which congressperson was targeted, but said the man called her office on March 26 and left a voicemail saying he would kill her.
A tribute concert celebrating one of Minnesota's favorite sons is happening in Hopkins this weekend.
The 17 crop art portraits on display depict themes of civic engagement, justice and community.
There is a budget battle brewing when the Minnesota Legislature returns to the state capitol on Monday after a week-long break, as the sprint to the finish line in mid-May begins.
The pilot killed in a plane crash in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, last month stopped responding to an air traffic controller minutes before the wreck, according to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Officials did not say which congressperson was targeted, but said the man called her office on March 26 and left a voicemail saying he would kill her.
There is a budget battle brewing when the Minnesota Legislature returns to the state capitol on Monday after a week-long break, as the sprint to the finish line in mid-May begins.
An iconic site on the Lake Superior shoreline will be briefly closed to tourists this spring for repair and restoration.
A Minnesota police officer is on unpaid administrative leave after he was charged with sexually abusing a young girl when he was a teenager.
Easter is this weekend, and chances are a park in rural Redwood County will be a popular destination.
Veterans in the state prison at Moose Lake have helped open up an American Legion Post.
Wisconsin health officials are calling a significant spike in congenital syphilis over the last several years "especially concerning."
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the Democratic governor legally used the state's uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years.
Storms moving through Wisconsin brought large amounts hail Friday morning.
One person is dead and two more are seriously injured after a crash in western Wisconsin Tuesday morning.
As the days get longer, they are getting warmer. And while Minnesota doesn't get as hot as other parts of the country, heat still causes problems.
The 17 crop art portraits on display depict themes of civic engagement, justice and community.
The birth of a child is typically the happiest day in a parent's life. But for a Minneapolis family, it started a mother's fight for her life.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick and Ludacris are slated to headline Taste of Minnesota this year.
Low enrollment at Chelsea Heights Elementary School has impacted funding for music and arts programs, leaving staff to figure out how they will still deliver creative classes for students.
Avianah Drakeford was born with sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder that negatively affects how blood moves around the body. It's not life-threatening, but it is life-altering.
There is a budget battle brewing when the Minnesota Legislature returns to the state capitol on Monday after a week-long break, as the sprint to the finish line in mid-May begins.
To carry out President Trump's mass deportation effort, ICE has partnered with a record number of local agencies to assist in immigration enforcement.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the Democratic governor legally used the state's uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years.
Iowa looked a lot different in 2010, when Republican Kim Reynolds was first elected to statewide office.
At least two fires were possibly sparked by Thursday night's passing storms, plus more of the day’s top stories.
Target's chief executive officer has met with the Rev. Al Sharpton, whose civil rights organization has encouraged consumers to avoid U.S. retailers that scaled backed their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
A Minnesota company is offering the chance to own never-before-seen pieces of music history.
A company that makes baby food for Target is recalling more than 25,000 packages of a product because it may contain elevated levels of lead.
Technology stocks surged after the Trump administration announced exemptions on smartphones, computers and other electronics from tariffs. That has some wondering whether now is the time to go ahead and buy certain gadgets, or whether it's smarter to wait.
Tim Hughes, owner of Maverick's Roast Beef, has purchased an 80-year-old Dairy Queen in an attempt to breathe new life into an iconic piece of Roseville, Minnesota history.
Officials did not say which congressperson was targeted, but said the man called her office on March 26 and left a voicemail saying he would kill her.
A St. Paul boy has been sentenced for second-degree murder in the 2024 shooting outside a tobacco shop that killed 22-year-old Davion Lamonte-Paule Brown.
A Minnesota police officer is on unpaid administrative leave after he was charged with sexually abusing a young girl when he was a teenager.
Luigi Mangione will be eligible for the death penalty if convicted as charged.
Burnsville first responders Paul Elmstrand, Adam Finseth and Matthew Ruge were shot and killed while responding to a domestic call last year.
Wisconsin health officials are calling a significant spike in congenital syphilis over the last several years "especially concerning."
Autism researchers and advocates are pushing back against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s comments that autism has reached "epidemic" levels.
Two dozen people in Eagan, Minnesota on Thursday — many of them veterans themselves or who have family who served in the military — rallied against proposed workforce reductions in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Duke, a 2-year-old lab, is a critical incident response dog with the Burnsville Police Department, specially trained to detect cortisol — a stress hormone — in people.
A man who threatened to "shoot up" the UnitedHealthcare Twin Cities campus on Monday now faces several charges.
A Minnesota company is offering the chance to own never-before-seen pieces of music history.
Michelle Trachtenberg's death was initially undetermined but the medical examiner amended it after lab test results showed complications of diabetes mellitus.
Familial folk group the Avett Brothers will strum, fiddle and sing on the Minnesota State Fair's Grandstand stage this year.
When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" at the height of the roaring '20s, he couldn't possibly realize that the book would emerge as one of the very top contenders for "the great American novel."
The lineup for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival was unveiled Thursday morning, and includes a mix of names familiar to the competition alongside some relative newcomers.
The Minnesota Vikings' general manager is being characteristically clandestine about the team's plans for the NFL draft.
Nick Gordon, 29, was Minnesota's first-round pick in 2014 and came up in the Twins organization. He was traded away before the 2024 season.
A Minneapolis teacher is helping high school basketball players get one more look from college coaches.
A Minnesota Lynx star player is one of TIME's most influential people of the year for her contributions to women's basketball.
Veteran umpire Hunter Wendelstedt went to a hospital after he was struck in the face behind first base by a line drive foul ball.
Domestic violence groups across Minnesota and the surrounding region are struggling to determine how they will be able to effectively serve people if proposed federal funding cuts go into effect.
Domestic violence services are in jeopardy amid federal funding cuts. In Talking Points, one of the biggest centers in Minnesota is bracing for an uncertain funding future.
At the State Capitol, there is a bipartisan effort to limit the authority of homeowner association (HOA) boards and make their dealings more transparent.
In Minnesota, 1.5 million people live in HOAs. Complaints include that people are being foreclosed on for unpaid fees.
The president of the Minnesota Farmers Union says members are hurting due to the president’s actions.
Easter is this weekend, and chances are a park in rural Redwood County will be a popular destination.
April 15 will be the 113th anniversary of the day the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, taking with it 1,500 lives. From news to movies, people still marvel over what happened.
It's sap-tapping season in our state. In this week's Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us how an Otter Tail County man landed in the Maple Syrup Hall of Fame.
In this week's Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows how one group is unearthing a bit of history.
South of Hastings, Minnesota, there's a town without a single resident and there are businesses that don't sell a single thing. Yet people can't wait to visit, and once here, they don't want to leave.
A sure sign of spring might be flowing outside your home starting Wednesday. Streets will be soaked, but it won't be thanks to Mother Nature — fire hydrants are getting flushed.
No matter how you take your coffee, there are endless ways to create the morning staple.
Being married has its benefits, but a new study found that staying single late in life might actually be better for your brain.
Professor David Geary, a cognitive scientist and evolutionary psychologist, has researched the topic of heights and says humans have been getting taller.
Artificial dyes made using chemicals and are thus regulated by the Food and Drug Administration to ensure their safety. But do we need them?
A spring snowstorm dropped several inches of plowable snow overnight in the Twin Cities and other parts of Minnesota.
Six Minnesota Vikings made the initial roster for the 2025 Pro Bowl Games, the most in 15 years.
Regions Hospital and Children's Minnesota share photos of their tiniest patients dressed to the nines for Halloween.
Minnesotans got a great view of the northern lights Thursday night due to the arrival of a severe geomagnetic storm.
Minnesotans got a great view of the northern lights Monday night.
Meteorologist Chris Shaffer says Saturday will start chilly, with temperatures rising to the high 50s.
In Minnesota, weather can be all over the place. Here at WCCO, we want to give you what you need to prepare for what's happening next.
WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer says a beautiful Easter weekend is on tap for Minnesota, before the next storm system moves in Monday morning.
A high-pressure system is moving in overnight, clearing out the clouds and setting Minnesota up for plenty of sunshine on Saturday.
The Twin Cities will have a cool start to Easter weekend, but signs of spring build into next week.
Wayzata High School senior Isabella Hoeft is making a splash in the sport of powerlifting. WCCO's Marielle Mohs shows how she's using her new strength to benefit her inside the gym and out of it.
Meteorologist Chris Shaffer says Saturday will start chilly, with temperatures rising to the high 50s.
The music of Prince is being celebrated by those who played with the great one. WCCO's Reg Chapman shows the preparations being made for a tribute concert in Hopkins, Minnesota.
The pilot killed in a plane crash in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, last month stopped responding to an air traffic controller minutes before the wreck, according to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Investigators suspect a lightning strike may have set a St. Paul church steeple ablaze Thursday evening, on the eve of Good Friday. WCCO's Frankie McLister spoke with the owner of the chuch.