2021 in Minnesota

Incumbents

• Governor: Tim Walz
• Governor of Minnesota|Lieutenant Governor]: Peggy Flanagan

Events

• February 9 – A mass shooting at the Buffalo, [Minnesota clinic attack|Allina Clinic Crossroads in Buffalo, Minnesota] kills one person and injures four others, prompting statewide mourning and a flag-lowering order.
• March 12 – The Minneapolis City Council approves a $27 million civil settlement with George Floyd's family.
• April 11 – Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, is fatally shot in Brooklyn Center by police officer Kimberly Potter.
• April 20 – Derek Chauvin is found guilty on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd, prompting large gatherings in Minneapolis and across Minnesota.
• May 14 – Governor Walz lifts the statewide mask mandate.
• May 25 – First anniversary of George Floyd's murder, with official commemorations and a statewide moment of silence ordered by Governor Walz.
• June 3 – Law enforcement fatally shoots Winston Boogie Smith Jr, a 32-year-old man, in the Uptown area of Minneapolis.
• June 25 – Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is sentenced to years in state prison for the murder of George Floyd, and to 21 years in federal prison for violating Floyd's civil rights.
• August 15 – Greenwood Fire in northeastern Minnesota is first spotted at a few hundred acres; it grows to over within about two weeks, destroying cabins and outbuildings.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 2 –
• * 2021 Minneapolis municipal election
• * 2021 Minneapolis mayoral election – Incumbent DFL mayor Jacob Frey wins reelection to a second term.
• * 2021 Saint Paul mayoral election – Incumbent DFL mayor Melvin Carter III wins reelection to a second term.