June 25 – Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22+1⁄2 years in state prison for the murder of George Floyd, and to 21 years in federal prison for violating Floyd's civil rights.[13][14]
August 15 – Greenwood Fire in northeastern Minnesota is first spotted at a few hundred acres; it grows to over 40 square miles (100km2) within about two weeks, destroying cabins and outbuildings.[15][16]
August 26 – The Minnesota State Fair reopens for the first time since 2019, with reduced attendance and some vendors opting out due to COVID concerns.[17]
October 10 – A mass shooting at the Seventh Street Truck Park bar in St. Paul, near the Xcel Energy Center, leaves one person dead and multiple injured.[18]
