Mankato State

Todd Hoffner child porn charges dropped; "It is private, family speech," judge rules

A month after a sex offender expert testified that he didn't think the videos that landed Mankato State head football coach Todd Hoffner in trouble were pornographic, charges were dropped before the case went to trial.SEE ALSO: Todd Hoffner's wife says her husband is innocent of child porn chargesAc ... More >>

Todd Hoffner child porn scandal: Videos of his children aren't pornographic, expert says

More than two months after Mankato State head football coach Todd Hoffner was arrested for allegedly shooting pornographic videos of his own children, a sex offender expert has gone on the record to say he thinks Hoffner is innocent.SEE ALSO:-- Todd Hoffner's wife says her husband is innocent of chi ... More >>

Brother Ali on Occupy Homes and the foreclosure crisis

Note: Brother Ali is a Minneapolis rapper signed to Rhymesayers Entertainment and is one of our 20 Best Minnesota Musicians. His latest album, Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color, will be released in August. Here are portions of an interview discussing the Occupy Homes movement, which Ali wil ... More >>

Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in trouble with the law

Experts see more soldiers facing criminal time

Last Call

A small-town mayor with big-city ambitions sets off a major brouhaha in Harris

If Van Gogh Had a Van

The Holy Grail of Saint Paul

Six medallion hunters talk about the year they found fortune

Have Score, Will Travel

New-music composer Jeffrey Brooks has paid for his education over a card game, survived for months off stolen tuna, and lived on an Amtrak train. So what's he doing raising two happy kids in a house in south Minneapolis?

Be Here Now

A documentary show at the Minnesota Historical Society captures the state of the state, one second at a time