This list of newspapers in Minnesota shows newspapers that are published currently in the state of

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. 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 beginning of 2020, there were over 500 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

According to the Minnesota Newspaper Association in 2020, there were 24 daily newspapers in print in Minnesota. As of 2019, The ''Star Tribune'' has the larges 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 2019 data in the Minnesota Newspaper Association directory.

Online only newspapers

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

Special interest newspapers

Non-daily print newspapers

The following newspapers are published in the state of Minnesota, as of 2019, with a print frequency of less than five days a week.

Defunct newspapers

* ''Gnistan'', 1891–1892, Minneapolis, a Swedish-language radical, Socialist-Unitarian newspaper * ''Western Appeal'', then ''

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'', 1885–1923, St. Paul. Weekly, African-American readership

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College newspapers

Augsburg University Augsburg University is a private university in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It was founded in 1869 as a Norwegian-American Lutheran seminary known as Augsburg Seminarium. Today, the u ...

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The Echo
' * Bemidji State University – '' Northern Student'' * Bethel University – '' The Clarion'' *

Carleton College Carleton College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. Founded in 1866, it had 2,105 undergraduate students and 269 faculty members in fall 2016. The 200-acre main campus is between Northfield and the 800-acre Cowling ...

– '' The Carletonian'' *

College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University are two closely related private, Catholic higher education institutions in Minnesota. The College of Saint Benedict is a women's college located in St. Joseph, while Saint John's Univ ...

– '' The Record'' *

Concordia College (Moorhead) Concordia College is a private college in Moorhead, Minnesota. Founded by Norwegian settlers in 1891, the school is associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and practices the liberal arts. Concordia is accredited by the Higher ...

– '' The Concordian'' *

Gustavus Adolphus College Gustavus Adolphus College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minnesota. It was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans led by Eric Norelius and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Gustavus gets its nam ...

– '' The Gustavian Weekly'' *

Hamline University Hamline University is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1854, Hamline is known for its emphasis on experiential learning, service, and social justice. The university is named after Bishop Leonidas Lent Hamline o ...

– '' The Oracle'' *

Luther Seminary Luther Seminary is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is the largest seminary of the ELCA. It also accepts and educates students of 41 other denominations and traditions. It is accredited ...

– '' The Concord'' *

Macalester College Macalester College () is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 2,174 students in the fall of 2018 from 50 U.S. states, four U.S te ...

– '' The Mac Weekly'' *

Minnesota State University, Mankato Minnesota State University, Mankato (MNSU, MSU, or Minnesota State) is a public university in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. It is Minnesota's second-largest university and has over 123,000 living alumni worldwide. Founded in 1868, it is t ...

– '' The Reporter'' *

North Central University North Central University (NCU) is a private Christian university associated with the Assemblies of God and located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is owned and operated by 11 Assemblies of God districts of the upper Midwest. NCU was founded in 1 ...

– '' The Northerner'' * St. Catherine – '' The St. Catherine Wheel'' * St. Cloud State University – '' University Chronicle'' * St. Olaf College – '' The Manitou Messenger'' * St. Thomas – '' The Aquin'', TommieMedia *

University of Minnesota, Duluth The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is a public university in Duluth, Minnesota. It is part of the University of Minnesota system and offers 16 bachelor's degrees in 88 majors, graduate programs in 25 different fields, and a two-year progr ...

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University of Minnesota Morris The University of Minnesota Morris (UMN Morris) is a public liberal arts college in Morris, Minnesota. It is part of the University of Minnesota system and was founded in 1960 as a public, co-educational, residential liberal arts college offering ...

– '' The University Register'' *

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. T ...

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Minnesota Daily The ''Minnesota Daily'' is the campus newspaper of the University of Minnesota, published Monday and Thursday while school is in session, and published weekly on Wednesdays during summer sessions. Published since 1900, the paper is currently the la ...

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, Hennepin, founded 1900, Daily (Mon. thru Thurs. during academic year) *

Winona State University Winona State University (Winona) is a public university in Winona, Minnesota. It was founded as First State Normal School of Minnesota in 1858 and is the oldest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. It was the first no ...

– '' The Winonan''

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References

External lists

Minnesota Newspaper Directory
- directory of Minnesota newspapers {{Minnesota List of Newspapers Published in Minnesota

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