A Sun Country Airlines flight departing from the Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport was diverted to El Paso, Texas due to a threatening note found on the aircraft, the FBI said.

The flight landed instead in El Paso due to security concerns raised by a note passed by two children, authorities said.

Shared celebrations and hockey rivalries give way to ‘Buy Canadian’ labels as International Falls and Fort Frances face an unexpected chill

Canada and Mexico are among the top three countries for Minnesota’s agricultural exports, and both countries are expected to retaliate.

Economist John Spry predicts with the new Trump tariffs, the price is going up. “Roughly $100 a month more for the stuff you buy for as long as they’re in effect,” explains Spry, a finance professor at the University of St. Thomas. “These are big tariffs: 25% on everything from Canada and Mexico, except for a lower 10% on energy.”

Minnesota companies were assessing the damage Tuesday of the nascent trade war between the United States and its three biggest trade partners, an escalating tit-for-tat that could affect billions of dollars in state imports and exports.

Minnesota, along with Michigan and New York, are at risk of getting slapped with a 25% surcharge for electricity from Ontario​ if President Trump's ongoing tariff war doesn't end by Monday.

Ontario is levying a 25% export tax on electricity and has threatened to cut off electricity sales to the U.S. completely if Trump moves forward with another round of tariffs on April 2.