2025 in Minnesota

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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Minnesota.

Incumbents

State government

• Governor: Tim Walz (D)^[1]
• Lieutenant Governor: Peggy Flanagan (DFL)^[2]

Events

• January 28 – 2025 Minnesota House of Representatives District 40B special election^[3]
• March 17 – State Representative Justin Eichorn is arrested for allegedly soliciting a minor for sex. He resigns three days later.^[4]
• March 29 – A SOCATA TBM-700 crashes into an unoccupied house in Brooklyn Park, killing everyone on board.^[5]
• April 29 – Five people are shot in a vehicle in Minneapolis, four fatally. Police say the shooting is gang-related, and a member of the Native Mob is arrested.^[6]
• May 21 – The Justice Department moves to cancel a consent decree with the Minneapolis Police Department.^[7]
• May 26 – The Minnesota Frost win the 2025 PWHL Finals, beating the Ottawa Charge 2–1 in game 4.^[8]
• June 14 – State Senator John Hoffman and State Representative Melissa Hortman and their spouses are shot in their respective homes in Champlin and Brooklyn Park by a gunman impersonating a police officer. Hortman and her husband are killed.^[9][10]
• July 18 – State Senator Nicole Mitchell is found guilty of burglary. In April 2024, Mitchell broke into her estranged stepmother's home to retrieve belongings owned by her late father. A few days after the ruling, Mitchell announces she will resign from her office.^[11]
• August 26 – One person is killed and six others are wounded in a mass shooting near Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneapolis.^[12]
• August 27 – 20 people are shot at a church during a Christian school's mass in Minneapolis. Two children are killed. The shooter commits suicide at the scene.^[13][14]
• September 15 – Five people are wounded in a mass shooting at a homeless encampment near the I-35W & Lake Street Metro station in Minneapolis, one of whom later dies from his injuries.^[15] Later that same day, seven people are injured in a shooting at another homeless encampment in the city, including one woman who later dies of her injuries.^[16] A drug dealer from Illinois is later charged in the second shooting.^[17]
• November 4 –
  • 2025 Minneapolis municipal election^[18]
  • 2025 Minneapolis mayoral election: Incumbent Jacob Frey wins reelection, beating State Senator Omar Fateh.^[19][20]
  • 2025 Saint Paul mayoral election: State Representative Kaohly Her wins the mayoral race, beating incumbent mayor Melvin Carter. She is the first woman and Hmong American to serve as mayor of Saint Paul.^[21]
• November 21 – President Trump says the government will immediately strip all Somali immigrants in Minnesota of Temporary Protected Status. A study in August previous found there were 705 Somali people covered by TPS nationwide.^[22]
• December 3 – ICE begins increased immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.^[23]
• December 10 – The Mayo Clinic closes a clinic in St. Peter. The clinic is one of six shut down by the Mayo Clinic in December.^[24]
• December 19 – A jury awards $65.5 million to a woman who claimed Johnson & Johnson talcum products contaminated with asbestos caused her to develop mesothelioma.^[25]
• December 29 – Federal authorities increase operations in Minneapolis following a viral video alleging to have discovered fraud at Somali-run daycare centers.^[26]
• December 30 – The Department of Health and Human Services freezes all childcare funding to the state of Minnesota.^[27]

See also

• 2025 in the United States

References

1. "Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan".
2. "Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan".
3. "Index - Election Results". electionresults.sos.mn.gov. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
4. LeSavage, Briggs (March 20, 2025). "Sen. Eichorn submits letter of resignation following prostitution of a minor charge". KBJR-TV. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
5. Fitzgerald, Kilat (March 29, 2025). "Brooklyn Park plane crash: No surviving passengers, residents of home safe". KMSP-TV. Archived from the original on April 4, 2025.
6. Karnowski, Steve (May 2, 2025). "A fourth person dies from a Minneapolis mass shooting and the suspect is charged with murder". The Associated Press. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
7. Karnowski, Steve; Durkin Richer, Alanna (May 21, 2025). "Justice Department moves to cancel police reform settlements reached with Minneapolis and Louisville". The Associated Press. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
8. "MINNESOTA WINS SECOND STRAIGHT WALTER CUP, PHILIPS VOTED ILANA KLOSS PLAYOFF MVP". PHWL. May 26, 2025. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
9. "Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband killed; Rep. John Hoffman and wife also shot". KTSP. June 14, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
10. "Sources say two Minnesota lawmakers have been shot". KTSP. June 14, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
11. "Minnesota lawmaker to resign after being convicted of felony burglary". NBC News. The Associated Press. July 22, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
12. Baude, Emily; Reeve, Richard; Henry, Ben (August 26, 2025). "'Tragic and alarming': 1 dead, 6 injured in shooting next to Cristo Rey High School in Minneapolis". KSTP-TV. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
13. Lewerenz, Jennifer. "Multiple Casualties Reported at Minneapolis Church". KNSI. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
14. "Multiple people injured in Catholic school shooting in Minneapolis, police say". BBC News. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
15. "Minneapolis shooting near Lake Street transit station leaves 5 hurt". KMSP-TV. September 16, 2025. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
16. Hutchinson, Bill (September 16, 2025). "13 people hurt in 2 mass shootings at Minneapolis homeless encampments on the same day". ABC News. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
17. "Lake Street encampment shooting stemmed from dispute over drug territory, charges say". CBS News. WCCO. September 26, 2025. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
18. Minneapolis, City of. "Elections calendar". vote.minneapolismn.gov. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
19. Karnowski, Steve (November 5, 2025). "Jacob Frey fends off democratic socialist's challenge to win 3rd term as Minneapolis mayor". The Associated Press. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
20. Winter, Deena (November 4, 2024). "Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey plans to run for re-election, and others might challenge him". www.startribune.com. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
21. Cox, Peter (November 5, 2025). "Her makes history as first woman and Hmong American elected St. Paul mayor". MPR News. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
22. Offenhartz, Jake (November 22, 2025). "Trump pledge to 'immediately' end protections for Minnesota Somalis sparks fear and legal questions". The Associated Press. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
23. Gamboa, Suzanne; Ainsley, Julia (December 3, 2025). "Federal agents begin immigration operations in New Orleans and Minneapolis". NBC News. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
24. Castle Work, Molly (December 19, 2025). "Mayo Clinic just closed 6 rural Minnesota health clinics. More closings may follow". MPR News. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
25. "Johnson & Johnson owes $65.5 million to a woman with cancer who used talcum powder". NBC News. The Associated Press. December 19, 2025. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
26. "Surge in federal officers in Minnesota focuses on alleged fraud at day care centers". The Associated Press. December 30, 2025. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
27. Walsh, Joe; Kaplan, Jonah; Ruetenik, Daniel (December 31, 2025). "HHS freezes all child care payments to Minnesota after viral fraud allegations". CBS News. Retrieved January 2, 2026.