The best Minnesota newsletters

Long-form reporting on Minnesota food systems, housing, and public health, written by a registered dietitian turned freelance journalist. Readers get local policy explainers that connect nutrition, school meals, and tenant protections to concrete Saint Paul and state-level decisions.

Misfits Media is an independent news outlet covering child sexual abuse cases and civil rights in Hennepin and Ramsey counties, Minnesota. Each issue pairs court-record reporting on individual cases with running lists of newly filed Twin Cities child sex abuse charges, including case numbers and court dates.

A family podcast that reads and discusses the letters of Mattie, a Minnesota homemaker, during World War II, episode by episode in near real time. Listeners get household life on the home front, local history of Minneapolis places, and the family's personal dramas and rationing details.

Lumaris Research publishes interactive pieces that explain survey methodology, showing how opt-in samples can skew results compared with probability-based samples. It also shares findings from the Minnesota Community Survey, such as where residents plan to vacation in-state.

Howie is a news digest covering Minnesota stories, including a Minnesota Star Tribune sports hire, a Duluth holiday market, and a city boil water advisory. Readers get short, summary-style write-ups of regional local news and sports.

A Minneapolis law-firm newsletter mixing commentary on national political and legal developments with sponsored injury-lawyer messaging. Readers get opinionated takes on the Epstein files, college sports NIL lawsuits, and federal funding pressure on institutions.