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This list of newspapers in Minnesota shows newspapers that are published currently in the state of Minnesota in the United States of America. According to records of the Library of Congress, there have been throughout its history almost 4,000 newspaper titles in the current area of the state of Minnesota. At the end of 2025, there were over 200 newspapers in publication in Minnesota. The earliest paper was the Minnesota Weekly Democrat in St. Paul in 1803 well before statehood in 1858. There are three newspapers that trace their roots back to before Minnesota statehood in 1858. The oldest, continually published newspaper is the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Daily newspapers

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thumb|Star Tribune

According to the Minnesota Newspaper Association in 2020, there were 24 daily newspapers in print in Minnesota. As of 2025, The Star Tribune has the largest print circulation in the state. The table below lists these daily newspapers that are printed at least five days a week. Many also have on-line and Facebook sites for interacting with readers and disseminating news. The cities and counties listed are the locations of the newspaper's headquarters. Circulation numbers are the 2022 data in the Minnesota Newspaper Association directory.

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" summary="Current daily newspapers in Minnesota"

|+ Current daily newspapers in Minnesota

|-

! Title

! City

! County

! Year est.

! Frequency

! Owner

! Weekday Circulation

! Ref.

|-

|Finance & Commerce

|Minneapolis

|Hennepin

|1887

|Tue-Sat

|USA Today Co.

|align=right|1,336

|

|-

|Free Press, The

|Mankato

| Blue Earth

|1887

|Tue-Sun

|CNHI

|align=right|12,705

|

|-

|Journal, The

|New Ulm

|Brown

|1898

|Tue-Sat

|Ogden Newspapers

|align=right|4,680

|

|-

|Marshall Independent

|Marshall

|Lyon

|1873

|Tue-Sat

|Ogden Newspapers

|align=right|3,540

|

|-

|Mesabi Tribune

|Virginia

|Saint Louis

|1893

|Tue-Sat

|Adams Publishing Group

|align=right|7,952

|

|-

|Minnesota Star Tribune, The

|Minneapolis

|Hennepin

|1867

|Sun-Sat

|Star Tribune Media Company LLC (Glen Taylor)

|align=right|71,000

|

|-

|Sentinel

|Fairmont

|Martin

|1885

|Mon-Sat

|Ogden Newspapers

|align=right|2,939

|

|-

|St. Cloud Times

|St. Cloud

|Stearns

|1861

|Sun-Fri

|USA Today Co.

|align=right|8,598

|

|-

|St. Paul Pioneer Press

|Saint Paul

|Ramsey

|1849

|Sun-Sat

|Digital First Media

|align=right|15,300

|

|}

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Online only newspapers

The following newspapers are published online and do not have print circulation:

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" summary="Current online-only newspapers in Minnesota"

|+ Current online-only newspapers in Minnesota

|-

! Title

! City

! County

! Year est.

! Update Freq.

! Owner

!Newsletter Subscribers

! Ref.

|-

|Alpha News

|Minneapolis

|Hennepin

|2016

|Daily

|Member supported

|

|

|-

|Asian American Press

|St. Paul

|Ramsey

|1982

|Weekly until 2014, Digital thereafter

|Asian Business & Community Pub.

|

|

|-

|Axios Twin Cities

|

|

|2021

|Daily

|Cox Enterprises

|70,000

|

|-

|Carver County Local News

|Chaska

|Carver

|2024

|Daily

|501(c)(3) Nonprofit

|1,207

|

|-

|Duluth Shipping News

|Duluth

|Saint Louis

|1995 print, 2015 digital only

|Daily

|Kenneth Newhams

|

|

|-

|Eden Prairie Local News

|Eden Prairie

|Hennepin

|2020

|Daily

|501(c)(3) Nonprofit

|3,700

|-

|The Minnesota Daily

|Minneapolis

|Hennepin

|1900

|Daily

|501(c)(3) Nonprofit

|70,345

|

|-

|Minnesota Reformer (States Newsroom)

|

|

|2020

|Daily

|Member supported

|7,500

|

|-

|MinnPost

|Minneapolis

|Hennepin

|2007

|Daily

|Member supported

|20,000

|

|-

|Prior Lake News Compass

|Prior Lake

|Scott

|2024

|Weekly

|501(c)(3) Nonprofit

|1,525

|

|-

|Racket

|Minneapolis

|Hennepin

|2021

|Daily

|Member supported

|4,462

|

|-

|Sahan Journal

|

|

|2019

|Daily

|Member supported

|14,000

|

|-

|Sun ThisWeek

|Apple Valley

|Dakota

|1979

|Weekly (free)

|Adams Publishing Group

|

|

|-

|Twin Cities Daily Planet

|Minneapolis-St. Paul

|Ramsey

|2006

|Ceased in 2019

|Twin Cities Media Alliance

|

|

|-

|Woodbury News Net

|Woodbury

|Washington

|2024

|Weekly

|501(c)(3) Nonprofit

|2,951

|

|}

Special interest newspapers

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" summary="Special interest newspapers in Minnesota"

|+ Special interest newspapers in Minnesota

|-

! Title

! Interest

! City

! County

! Year est.

! Frequency

! Owner

! Circulation

! Ref.

|-

|Access Press

|Disability advocacy

|St. Paul

|Ramsey

|

|Monthly (10th)

|Tim Benjamin

|11000

|

|-

|American Jewish World

|Jewish

|Minneapolis, St. Paul

|

|1912

|Bi-Weekly

|

|

|

|-

|AfricaPaper

|Africa

|Brooklyn Park

|Hennepin

|

|Monthly

|Africa Institute for International Reporting

|10000

|

|-

|AgriNews

|Agribusiness

|Rochester

|Olmstead

|1976

|Weekly (Thurs.)

|Forum Communications

|15435

|

|-

|Asian Pages

|Asian American

|St. Paul

|Ramsey

|

|Semi-Monthly (1st, 15th)

|

|25000

|

|-

|China Insight

|China–United States relations

|Minnetonka

|Hennepin

|

|Monthly (12th)

|

|10000

|

|-

|Hmong Times

|Hmong people

|St. Paul

|Ramsey

|1998

|Varies

|

|15,000

|

|-

|MCCL News

|Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life

|Minneapolis

|Hennepin

|

|Monthly

|

|33000

|

|-

|Minnesota's Women's Press

|Women's issues

|St. Paul

|Ramsey

|

|Bi-Weekly (Wed.)

|

|40000

|

|-

|NatureScape News

|Nature

|McGregor

|Aitkin

|

|16 issues per year

|May no longer exist

|

|

|-

|Aitkin Independent Age

|Aitkin

|Aitkin

|1883

|Weekly (Wed.)

|Adams Publishing Group

|2,461

|

|-

|Anoka County Union Herald

|Coon Rapids

|Anoka

|

|Weekly

|Adams Publishing Group

|2,405

|

|-

|Askov American

|Askov

|Pine

|

|Weekly (Thurs.)

|Franklin Newspapers

|1,353

|

|-

|Barnesville Record-Review

|Barnesville

|Clay

|1886

|Weekly (Mon.)

|Prim Group (Eugene Prim)

|1,414

|

|-

|Blaine, Spring Lake Park, Columbia Heights, Fridley Life

|Coon Rapids

|Anoka

|

|Weekly (Fri.)

|Adams Publishing Group

|8,421

|

|-

|Carver County News

|Watertown

|Carver

|

|Weekly

|Adams Publishing Group

|

|

|-

|Chisholm Tribune-Press

|Chisholm

|Saint Louis

|

|Weekly

|Adams Publishing Group

|733

|

|-

|Crow River News

|Osseo

|Wright

|

|Weekly (Thurs.)

|Adams Publishing Group

|1,099

|

|-

|Daily News

|Breckenridge, Minnesota, Wahpeton, North Dakota

|Wilkin

|1971

|Tue / Thu / Sat

|Wick Communications

| align="right" |1,832

|

|-

|Dakota County Tribune

|Apple Valley

|Dakota

|

|Weekly (Fri.)

|Adams Publishing Group

|9,128

|

|-

|Detroit Lakes Tribune

|Detroit Lakes

|Becker

|

|Semi-Weekly (Sun, Wed)

|Forum Communications

|2,629

|

|-

|East Side Review

|St. Paul

|Ramsey

|

|Weekly (Sun.)

|Lillie Suburban Newspapers, Inc.

|Defunct

|

|-

|Forum, The

|Moorhead

|Clay

|1891

|Wed / Sat

|Forum Communications

| align="right" |19,860

|

|-

|Frazee Vergas Forum

|Frazee

|Becker

|

|Weekly (Tue.)

|Henning Publications

|1,295

|

|-

|Grand Forks Herald

|East Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota

|Polk, Grand Forks County, North Dakota

|1879

|Wed / Sat

|Forum Communications

| align="right" |13,390

|

|-

|Hinckley News

|Hinckley

|Pine

|

|Weekly (Thurs.)

|Franklin Newspapers

|1,081

|

|-

|Montevideo American-News

|Montevideo

|Chippewa

|

|Weekly (Wed.)

|CherryRoad Media

|1,563

|

|-

|Northfield News

|Northfield

|Rice

|

|Weekly (Wed.)

|Adams Publishing Group

|2,343

|

|-

|Park Rapids Enterprise

|Park Rapids

|Hubbard

|

|Weekly (Wed., Sat.)

|Forum Communications

|2,634

|

|-

|Post-Bulletin

|Rochester

|Olmsted

|1872

|Tue / Sat

|Forum Communications

| align="right" |13,250

|

|-

|Red Wing Republican Eagle

|Red Wing

|Goodhue

|1857

|Semi-Weekly (Wed., Sat.)

|O’Rourke Media Group

|3,440

|

|-

|Redwood Falls Gazette

|Redwood Falls

|Redwood

|

|Weekly (Mon. Thurs.)

|CherryRoad Media

|1,480

|

|-

|Stevens County Times

|Morris

|Stevens

|1882

|Weekly (Sat.)

|Forum Communications

|1,807

|

|-

|Voyageur Press

|McGregor

|Aitkin

|

|Weekly (Tue.)

|Voyageur Press of McGregor Inc.

|1,000

|

|-

|data-sort-value="Western Itasca Review"|The Western Itasca Review

|Deer River

|Itasca

|1924

|Weekly

|R.J. Spadafore

|

|

|-

|Whittier Globe

|Whittier

|Hennepin

|197?

|Monthly

|Citizens of Whittier

|unknown

|

|-

|Winona Daily News

|Winona

|Winona

|1855

|Tue / Thu / Sat

|Lee Enterprises

| align="right" |2,540

|

|}

Defunct newspapers

  • The Appeal (Saint Paul, Minnesota) (1889-19??)
  • Bemidji Daily Pioneer (1904–1971)
  • Echo de l'Ouest (Minneapolis) (1883–1929)
  • Der fortschritt (New Ulm) (1891–1915)
  • Gnistan, 1891–1892, Minneapolis, a Swedish-language radical, Socialist-Unitarian newspaper
  • Katolik (Winona) (1893–1895)
  • Minneapolis Star (1947–1982)
  • Minneapolis Times
  • Minneapolis Tribune
  • Minnesota Posten
  • New Ulm Post (New Ulm) (1864–1933)
  • Northwest Commercial Bulletin (Saint Paul)
  • Der Nordstern (St. Cloud) (1874–1931)
  • The Progress (White Earth) (1886–1889)
  • Red Lake News (Red Lake) (1912–1921)
  • Minnesota Staats-Zeitung (Saint Paul) (1858–1877)
  • St. Paul Dispatch (1868–1984)
  • The Tomahawk (White Earth) (1903-192?)
  • Twin City Commercial Bulletin
  • Western Appeal, then The Appeal, (Saint Paul, Minnesota) 1885–1923, St. Paul. Weekly, African-American readership
  • Wiarus (Winona) (1895–1919)

College newspapers

  • Augsburg University – The Echo
  • Bemidji State University – Northern Student
  • Bethany Lutheran College - The Scroll
  • Bethel University – The Clarion
  • Carleton College – The Carletonian
  • College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University – The Record
  • Concordia College – The Concordian
  • Concordia University, St. Paul - The Sword
  • Gustavus Adolphus College – The Gustavian Weekly
  • Hamline University – The Oracle
  • Luther Seminary – The Concord
  • Macalester College – The Mac Weekly
  • Minnesota State University, Mankato – The Reporter
  • Minnesota State University Moorhead - The Advocate
  • North Central University – The Northerner
  • Southwest Minnesota State University - The Spur
  • St. Catherine University – The St. Catherine Wheel
  • St. Cloud State University – University Chronicle
  • St. Mary's University of Minnesota - The Cardinal Online
  • St. Olaf College – The Manitou Messenger
  • University of Minnesota Crookston - The Torch
  • University of Minnesota Duluth – The Statesman
  • University of Minnesota Morris – The University Register
  • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities – Minnesota Daily
  • University of Northwestern - St. Paul - The Northwestern Examiner
  • University of St. Thomas – The Aquin, TommieMedia
  • Winona State University – The Winonan

See also

  • List of newspapers
  • List of newspapers in the United States
  • List of defunct newspapers of the United States
  • List of newspapers in the United States by circulation
  • List of media in Minnesota
  • List of radio stations in Minnesota
  • List of television stations in Minnesota

Notes

References

External lists

  • Minnesota Newspaper Directory - directory of Minnesota newspapers