(2008/08/07)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota’s schools neared a tipping point Tuesday as nearly half wound up on a state list for failing to meet student performance goals dictated by the federal No Child Left Behind law.
(2008/08/07)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — The woman accused in a fatal school bus crash in western Minnesota testified at her trial Tuesday that she wasn’t the one driving the van that hit the bus.
(2008/08/07)
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Senate candidates Norm Coleman and Al Franken gave similar views on key issues for rural voters on Tuesday, but offered different arguments for why they’d be better for the job.
(2008/08/07)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Republican Party is “too cynical.” Its ideas are “fatigued.” In short, the GOP has “a problem as a party” in the political marketplace.
(2008/08/07)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The federal government is giving St. Paul police $50 million to help pay for everything from new bikes to powerful radios to extra staff and training time ahead of the Republican National Convention.
(2008/08/07)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Will he or won’t he? Vice President Dick Cheney is one of the nation’s most prominent Republicans, but there are doubts about whether he will attend the GOP convention.
(2008/08/07)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A decision isn’t expected until next month on whether a Brainerd woman convicted of pirating music files will get a new trial, but the federal judge who handled the case said he might have made a mistake at her original trial.
(2008/08/07)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped attempted kidnapping charges against a St. Paul man, saying there was problems with the story of the 14-year-old girl who said she was almost abducted.
(2008/08/07)
FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) — A 3-year-old boy from Nerstrand died after being shot in the head by his sister as she played with a gun.
(2008/08/07)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State workers plan to begin surveys of southeastern Wisconsin trees late this week to determine how far the emerald ash borer may have spread.
(2008/08/07)
LAKE GEORGE, Minn. (AP) — A Lake George woman has died after an ATV accident in northern Minnesota.
(2008/08/07)
WALKER, Minn. (AP) — A man arrested early Sunday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in northern Minnesota was texting while driving, authorities said.
(2008/08/07)
ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — A Blaine man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife in what officials said was a plot for insurance money.
(2008/08/07)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Stearns County is the first county in the state to pass an ordinance regulating the use of private homes as vacation rentals.
(2008/08/05)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — Three witnesses in the trial of the woman charged in the fatal minivan-bus crash in southwestern Minnesota said Monday they saw a person running from the scene while the woman remained trapped inside the van.
(2008/08/05)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Advocacy groups that fight prostitution in the Twin Cities are gearing up for what they believe will be a surge in activity during the Republican National Convention — even though police say they aren’t expecting it to be a problem.
(2008/08/05)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — A 28-year-old Clinton man is charged with attempted murder after allegedly cutting the throats of a woman and young girl.
(2008/08/05)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Officials confirmed the first appearance of the emerald ash borer in Wisconsin, a finding that could put about 740 million trees in the state in jeopardy.
(2008/08/05)
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — “Get closer than nature intended.” That’s the Minnesota Zoo’s playful come-on this summer, drawing swarms of people to a new exhibit designed to bring your nose to within inches of a massive grizzly with horror-movie claws.
(2008/08/05)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Some Minnesota cities are holding alternative events to this year’s National Night Out activities.
(2008/08/05)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police have arrested a suspect in a homicide at a homeless camp.
(2008/08/05)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Congressman John Kline is joining about 20 other Republicans on the House floor demanding that Speaker Nancy Pelosi bring back lawmakers to vote on an energy package that includes more domestic drilling.
(2008/08/05)
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — Despite the struggling economy, WE Fest is proving to be an expense country music fans aren't willing to shed.
(2008/08/05)
RED WING, Minn. (AP) — Xcel Energy said operators at its Prairie Island nuclear plant near Red Wing have successfully reduced levels of an ammonia-like chemical in the non-nuclear side of the plant.
(2008/08/05)
CLEARBROOK, Minn. (AP) — Arson is suspected in weekend fires that destroyed one town hall in northern Minnesota and damaged another.
(2008/08/05)
LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty braved triple-digit temperatures Monday to say farewell to departing National Guard troops from 10 states in what was Fort Sill's biggest deployment ceremony since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
(2008/08/04)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A 73-year-old retired surgeon plans to march in silence, carrying a tombstone picturing a soldier killed in Iraq. A philosophy professor will call for a new investigation into the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A long-haul trucker from Texas will protest the price of oil.
(2008/08/04)
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — After a spate of useless tickets were presented, Wisconsin State Fair officials are warning people to only buy tickets from authorized sources.
(2008/08/04)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers want to know how to get more money out of the 2.5 million acres of land set aside 150 years ago to support the state’s schools.
(2008/08/04)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved legislation by U.S. Representative Keith Ellison to tighten standards for lead exposure in public housing.
(2008/08/04)
CLOQUET, Minn. (AP) — The most famous gas station in Cloquet is getting a $150,000 face lift.
(2008/08/04)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Duluth tourism officials say the visit of three vintage sailing ships to the city harbor is the city’s largest-ever tourist event.
(2008/08/04)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota’s gray wolf population remains constant in size and range, according to a new study by the Department of Natural Resources.
(2008/08/04)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of Minnesota’s largest music venues is about to get a $1 million acoustic upgrade.
(2008/08/04)
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Authorities are identifying the 6-year-old girl who accidentially drowned in an indoor swimming pool at a Brooklyn Center apartment complex.
(2008/08/03)
OWATONNA, Minn. — Amid the twisted wires and bits of shredded metal — signs of life.
(2008/08/03)
WILLMAR, Minn. — A forensic scientist for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has testified that DNA samples taken from the airbags of the minivan that crashed into a school bus do not match the genetic profile of the woman accused of driving the van.
(2008/08/03)
MINNEAPOLIS — Judgment day for a Forest Lake minister accused of swindle, and the verdict is guilty.
(2008/08/03)
WASHINGTON — Sen. Amy Klobuchar is asking the Department of Homeland Security why it hired former Minnesota Department of Transportation emergency response director Sonia Pitt.
(2008/08/03)
CASS LAKE, Minn. — The city leaders of Cass Lake in northern Minnesota have decided to disband their police force in an effort to save money.
(2008/08/03)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — An 89-year-old woman is dead after sheriff’s deputies say she drove her car into a road grader in Oak Township in Stearns County.
(2008/08/03)
DULUTH, Minn. — Retail customers of Minnesota Power will see higher electric bills, starting this month.
(2008/08/03)
MINNEAPOLIS — More than 700 soldiers from a St. Paul-based unit of the Minnesota National Guard are scheduled to deploy to Iraq this month.
(2008/08/03)
CROOKSTON, Minn. — Police in Crookston are on the lookout for a man in wolf mask who robbed a gas station.
(2008/08/03)
MAHNOMEN, Minn. — Officials in Mahnomen County have identified a teenager hit and killed by a train.
(2008/08/01)
MINNEAPOLIS — It was just past 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, in the heart of rush hour, when the Interstate 35W bridge buckled and fell into the Mississippi River. Thirteen people died.
(2008/08/01)
MINNEAPOLIS — The MnDOT emergency response director who was fired after the Interstate 35W bridge collapse has been fired again, this time from her new job with the federal Department of Homeland Security.
(2008/08/01)
FRAZEE, Minn. — The police chief in Frazee says his department has been fielding threats for killing a bear that had wandered into town with a jar on its head.
(2008/08/01)
MINNEAPOLIS — Idaho Senator Larry Craig will get his next day in Minnesota’s courts on Sept. 10.
(2008/08/01)
ST. PAUL — We’ll bring the stage, you bring the show.
(2008/08/01)
DULUTH, Minn. — The city of Duluth is putting off an idea that would have had police officers and firefighters sharing some duties.
(2008/07/31)
WASHINGTON — A newly released report by the National Transportation Safety Board shows that a pair of gusset plates on the Interstate 35W bridge broke at least partially along lines of corrosion.
(2008/07/31)
Minnesota is moving quickly to fix its busiest structurally deficient bridges, an Associated Press review found.
(2008/07/31)
ATLANTA — Officials of unions that represent Northwest Airlines Corp. flight attendants, ramp workers and reservation agents told lawmakers Wednesday they are worried Delta Air Lines Inc.’s plan to combine the two carriers could lead to lost pension benefits for employees.
(2008/07/31)
A bear with a plastic jar over its head led police on a six-day chase through the forests of Hubbard and Becker counties before it was shot and killed, state wildlife officials said.
(2008/07/31)
MINNEAPOLIS — Eight Minneapolis police officers who raided the wrong house last year have been honored for their valor — and that’s outraged a family that was shot at multiple times by the officers.
(2008/07/31)
ST. PAUL — High gas prices have Americans driving less, and that could mean less money for road and bridge projects around Minnesota next year.
(2008/07/31)
LUVERNE, Minn. — Seven years after a state park worker was killed, the man accused in her death is on trial in southwestern Minnesota.
(2008/07/31)
DULUTH, Minn. — A Duluth man is being held in the St. Louis County jail in connection with a shooting death.
(2008/07/30)
ST. PAUL — State law requires that single-family homes in Minnesota have at least one carbon monoxide detector starting Friday.
(2008/07/30)
LUVERNE, Minn. — Opening statements are set in the murder trial of a man accused of killing a state park worker in southwestern Minnesota in May 2001.
(2008/07/30)
ARCO, Minn. — A 12-year-old Arco girl is dead after what authorities say is an accidental shooting.
(2008/07/30)
MINNEAPOLIS — A woman who wound up with $2.5 million of the state’s money due to a clerical error has pleaded guilty to failure to turn over state funds.
(2008/07/30)
DULUTH, Minn. — Concerns that security issues could sink plans to offer a cruise service between Duluth and Toronto appeared to have been answered.
(2008/07/30)
MINNEAPOLIS — A University of Minnesota student who offered his presidential vote on eBay is now trading a felony charge for 50 hours of community service.
(2008/07/30)
ST. PAUL — Gov. Tim Pawlenty outlined proposals on Tuesday to let state employees access their health care records online and pay out-of-pocket medical expenses with the swipe of a debit card.
(2008/07/29)
ST. PAUL — Minnesota has recorded its first human West Nile cases of 2008.
(2008/07/29)
WILLMAR, Minn. — Jury selection has begun in the trial of the woman accused of causing the fatal Cottonwood school bus crash last February.
(2008/07/29)
BALATON, Minn. — One person is dead and eight others injured after a two-vehicle crash in southwestern Minnesota.
(2008/07/29)
ST. PAUL — Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken called Monday for the release of 50 million barrels of oil from the nation’s strategic stockpile within 100 days, a move already under debate in Washington.
(2008/07/29)
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air pollution health advisory for the southern two-thirds of the state.
(2008/07/29)
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Orchestra has announced the appointment of jazz trumpeter Irvin Mayfield as its first Artistic Director of Jazz at Orchestra Hall.
(2008/07/29)
MINNEAPOLIS — The oat and barley harvests are under way after a week of warm and dry weather in Minnesota.
(2008/07/28)
DULUTH, Minn. — Three sailing ships, two replicas from the War of 1812 and the other representing the schooners that once sailed on Lake Superior, will sail into the Twin Ports this week as part of the Duluth Maritime Festival.
(2008/07/28)
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Locating the purest of biodiesel fuels has gotten a lot tougher for drivers of diesel vehicles in the Twin Cities.
(2008/07/28)
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee this week takes up a compact to prevent the diversion of water from the Great Lakes, one of the world’s largest sources of fresh water.
(2008/07/28)
STILLWATER, Minn. — A home in Stillwater owned by actress and Minnesota native Jessica Lange can be yours for just under $2 million.
(2008/07/27)
ST. PAUL — A chunk of concrete fell from a bridge onto Interstate 35E in St. Paul, causing both freeway lanes at that spot to be closed Saturday afternoon.
(2008/07/27)
DEERWOOD, Minn. - A Northfield man is dead after an explosion at his Hamlet Lake cabin near Deerwood.
(2008/07/27)
ST. PAUL — Minnesota candidates using radio, television or Web videos to get their messages out will have to back up their ads with text.
(2008/07/27)
DULUTH, Minn. — The University of Minnesota-Duluth has awarded an honorary doctor of law degree to Finnish President Tarja Halonen.
(2008/07/27)
ST. PAUL — It’s one of the most secure places in Minnesota: A lab chamber built to grow cultures of highly contagious bird flu. Only six people have both the FBI clearance and the keycards to enter.
(2008/07/27)
MINNEAPOLIS — The housing rescue bill Congress passed Saturday includes a provision by Sen. Norm Coleman that would give returning veterans more time to work out mortgage problems upon their return.
(2008/07/27)
ST. PAUL — A Chilean flamingo at the Como Zoo in St. Paul is the first flamingo in the zoo’s history to have a baby chick.
(2008/07/27)
MINNEAPOLIS — The city of Minneapolis is getting its first black fire chief.
(2008/07/27)
MINNEAPOLIS — An 18-year-old charged with shooting a then-12-year-old in Minneapolis last year has been released from jail.
(2008/07/25)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A midsummer storm pushed through central and southeastern Minnesota on Thursday, knocking down power lines and ripping up farm buildings. The National Weather Service confirmed that two tornadoes touched down in the southeastern part of the state.
(2008/07/25)
BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal judge has reversed the illegal gambling convictions of two former officials of a Fargo-based simulcast horse betting company.
(2008/07/25)
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — The Stillwater Lift Bridge will be closed next week for repairs.
(2008/07/25)
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — A pickup truck driver has been accused of critically injuring an 11-year-old bicyclist in a hit-and-run in Shakopee.
(2008/07/25)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — John McCain dropped in on a phone bank Thursday to tell campaign volunteers they can make or break him in Minnesota.
(2008/07/25)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau is set to announce that Minnesota's two largest cities are showing population growth for the first time this decade.
(2008/07/25)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Money from the state Legislature is giving biomedical research at the University of Minnesota a big boost.
(2008/07/25)
KENYON, Minn. (AP) — Another Minnesota grain elevator has gone up in flames.
(2008/07/25)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target is reporting a slight increase in same-store sales for June.
(2008/07/25)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota health officials are looking for 200 volunteers in the eastern Twin Cities who are willing to give up some blood.
(2008/07/25)
WALKER, Minn. (AP) — A 19-year-old camp counselor from Oregon has been charged with five counts of criminal sexual conduct that authorities say involved a female camper at a northern Minnesota camp.
(2008/07/25)
DEXTER, Minn. (AP) — A runaway sow likely escaped into a utility room and ruptured a gas line, causing a fire earlier this month at a southern Minnesota hog farm.
(2008/07/25)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A pit bull rescued from NFL quarterback Michael Vick's dogfighting operation is living in Rochester.
(2008/07/25)
The public is being asked to immediately report any fish kills they see along the Red River.
(2008/07/24)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Borrowing from a European model, Minneapolis and St. Paul police hope to quell any disruptions at this summer’s Republican National Convention by exchanging cell phone numbers and offering other olive branches to demonstrators.
(2008/07/24)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Northwest Airlines, which already plans to reduce flying from now through the end of the year, could shrink more and keep raising fares if fuel prices don’t come down, Chief Executive Doug Steenland said on Wednesday.
(2008/07/24)
FOREST LAKE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been testing different kinds of bullets as part of an effort to prevent lead from getting into venison.
(2008/07/24)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An appeals court Wednesday upheld a ruling ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the water discharged from ships as a way to protect local ecosystems from invasive species.
(2008/07/24)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A compact to prevent the diversion of water from the Great Lakes has widespread support in Congress and a strong chance of winning approval by the end of the year, lawmakers said Wednesday.
(2008/07/24)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A pharmacy in Byron has been slapped with a record $25,000 fine for filling Internet prescriptions in violation of a new state law.
(2008/07/24)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A jury has acquitted a man accused of killing his girlfriend 27 years ago in Maplewood.
(2008/07/24)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities are looking for a man who led officers on a chase from Burnsville to Wisconsin to Minneapolis.
(2008/07/24)
BRICELYN, Minn. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after a shooting at a rural Bricelyn home.
(2008/07/24)
SKIME, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a 7-year-old boy was airlifted to MeritCare in Fargo, N.D., after he was shot in northwestern Minnesota.
(2008/07/24)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is headed back to Minnesota in early August for a private fundraiser.
(2008/07/24)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The two public beaches at Lake Nokomis in south Minneapolis are closed after vandals overturned a portable outdoor toilet.
(2008/07/24)
WHITE EARTH, Minn. (AP) — White Earth police officers now are stopping and citing residents of the northwestern Minnesota reservation who are not wearing seat belts.
(2008/07/23)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Construction crews began removing row after row of Xcel Energy Center seats. Forklift drivers slid load after load of electrical equipment off semi trucks. And the arena’s manager handed over a ceremonial key to the building.
(2008/07/23)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States have suffered seizures, heart attacks or unconscious spells behind the wheel that led to deadly crashes on highways. Hundreds of thousands of drivers carry commercial licenses even though they also qualify for full federal disability payments, according to a new U.S. safety study obtained by The Associated Press.
(2008/07/23)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A 40-year-old man from western Tennessee has been charged with murder in the death of his father at a downtown Rochester hotel.
(2008/07/23)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Crops in Minnesota got a boost from warm weather and rain last week.
(2008/07/23)
PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — A man is dead after an ultralight plane crashed into a field near Pequot Lakes.
(2008/07/23)
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A Fergus Falls man is injured after his car rear-ended a new sport utility vehicle belonging to the Clay County Sheriff's office.
(2008/07/23)
ST. PAUL (AP) — With gasoline prices soaring, the Ramsey County sheriff's office is cracking down on gas thieves.
(2008/07/23)
CLEARWATER, Minn. (AP) — A 24-year-old St. Cloud man is seriously injured after he tried to jump aboard a semi truck in Clearwater but was run over by it instead.
(2008/07/23)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — Two 17-year-old boys are accused in a weekend stabbing death in Willmar.
(2008/07/23)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Northwest Airlines jetliner made a safe emergency landing in Madison on Monday after the pilot reported a pressurization problem, an airline spokesman said.
(2008/07/23)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Law enforcement officials say violent crime in Minneapolis is down 14 percent compared with this time last year.
(2008/07/23)
MARSHALL, Minn. (AP) — A search organizer said there's still no sign of a Marshall man missing for more than two months.
(2008/07/23)
EAST BETHEL, Minn. (AP) — The Animal Humane Society has rescued 30 roosters from an East Bethel home where authorities found splattered chicken blood, dead chickens piled in cabinets and fighting rings.
(2008/07/23)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — The cost of parking at a meter is going up in downtown Duluth.
(2008/07/23)
FARGO, Minn. (AP) — More people are riding the bus in Fargo-Moorhead, and higher gas prices apparently are the reason.
(2008/07/21)
ST. PAUL — Minnesota pollution regulators are traveling the state to hear from livestock farmers about feedlots.
(2008/07/21)
DAYTON, Ohio — A Northwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing Sunday at Dayton International Airport, interrupting the city’s air show.
(2008/07/21)
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — An accident during the Detroit Lakes Water Carnival Parade sends five people to the hospital Sunday afternoon.
(2008/07/21)
DULUTH, Minn. — Outdoor church services, kite-flying at Canal Park and trash pickup along Barker’s Island are all part of a Sunday celebration honoring Lake Superior.
(2008/07/21)
ST. PAUL — The keys to Xcel Energy Center are about to be handed over to Republican National Convention planners.
(2008/07/21)
WASHINGTON — Proponents of mental health insurance long championed by the late Senator Paul Wellstone are hoping that Congress will finally pass the bill this week.
(2008/07/20)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The federal government has rejected nearly $1 million in 35W bridge collapse expenses that the city of Minneapolis hoped to have reimbursed.
(2008/07/20)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A storm system pushing through the upper Midwest produced reports of weak tornadoes in rural areas northwest of the Twin Cities Saturday afternoon.
(2008/07/20)
MINNEAPOLIS — One measure of the excitement being generated by the two presidential candidates might be the number of people lining up to volunteer at the national conventions.
(2008/07/20)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Hospitals in St. Paul are gearing up for the throngs of people expected to attend the Republican National Convention.
(2008/07/20)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Senate candidates Norm Coleman and Al Franken are scheduled to share a stage for the first time after criticizing each other for months.
(2008/07/20)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A rich nickel-copper-precious metals formation stretching from the outskirts of Babbitt toward Ely is drawing plenty of interest from mine developers.
(2008/07/20)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — St. Paul police are investigating the Friday night shooting of three teens.
(2008/07/19)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Jurors in Minnesota soon will be paid half of what they get now for a day of duty.
(2008/07/19)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The estate of the teenager who killed seven people when he opened fire at Red Lake High School won’t be added to existing lawsuits filed by survivors and victims’ families, a Hennepin County District Court judge has ruled.
(2008/07/19)
MADISON (AP) — Multiple confessions and a DNA match were enough for a judge to order a college dropout to stand trial Friday in a murder that left Wisconsin’s capital city on edge for weeks.
(2008/07/19)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One measure of the excitement being generated by the two presidential candidates might be the number of people lining up to volunteer at the national conventions.
(2008/07/19)
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. (AP) — Ramsey County prosecutors have charged a 21-year-old man with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 48-year-old woman outside a home in the Minneapolis suburb of New Brighton on Thursday.
(2008/07/19)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A 41-year-old Canadian man has been arrested in the death of his father, whose body was found in a downtown hotel, Rochester police said.
(2008/07/19)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison for beating a 4-year-old boy to death.
(2008/07/19)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A real estate broker is facing charges after he allegedly stole pain medication from houses he had claimed to be showing to clients.
(2008/07/19)
MARSHALL, Minn. (AP) — A judge is ruling that a woman accused of driving a van into a school bus full of students can present evidence her boyfriend was driving.
(2008/07/19)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota's utilities are trying to figure out ways to cut electricity and natural gas sales by 1.5 percent per year.
(2008/07/19)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The head of Minnesota's state pension fund is getting an immediate $101,000 raise.
(2008/07/19)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The names of three Minnesota-born actresses will appear on blue, snowflake-shaped stars in the sidewalks of Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.
(2008/07/19)
ST. PAUL (AP) — More public libraries in the Twin Cities area could start charging fees to patrons checking out movies on DVD.
(2008/07/19)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota health officials said West Nile virus has stayed away so far this summer.
(2008/07/19)
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — More than a dozen officials with the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe were asked to resign or were terminated after Arthur "Archie" LaRose was elected tribal chairman earlier this summer.
(2008/07/17)
WASHINGTON — A congressional report says Minnesota was tied for last in the percentage of federal Highway Bridge Program funds it actually spent on bridges over a five-year period — but the Minnesota Department of Transportation says the report presents an incomplete picture of bridge funding in the state.
(2008/07/17)
ST. PAUL — A federal judge in Minneapolis sided with St. Paul city and police leaders Wednesday in rejecting a protest group’s attempt to get closer in time and space to the upcoming Republican National Convention.
(2008/07/17)
MINNEAPOLIS — As far as memorable experiences go, Dean Barkley can recommend being a U.S. senator.
(2008/07/17)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken said Wednesday that a primary challenge from a fellow DFLer won’t stop him from focusing his attention on Republican Norm Coleman.
(2008/07/17)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Foreign species that slipped into the Great Lakes in ballast tanks of oceangoing cargo ships cost the regional economy at least $200 million a year, said a University of Notre Dame study released Wednesday.
(2008/07/17)
BLUE EARTH, Minn. (AP) — An 18-year-old Blue Earth man is charged after police allegedly found items used for making bombs in his apartment.
(2008/07/17)
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in Wisconsin have cited the Minnesota truck driver who damaged the Stillwater Lift Bridge for inattentive driving.
(2008/07/17)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has sued an Illinois debt-collection agency for allegedly attempting to collect invalid debts from Minnesotans.
(2008/07/17)
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors dropped a charge of criminal vehicular injury against man accused of driving a pickup that struck and killed a young bicyclist.
(2008/07/17)
WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of hogs waited in the heat while the kill floor at JBS Swift & Co. in Worthington was temporarily shut down.
(2008/07/17)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who had faced tax evasion charges is now accused along with three others of threatening a federal judge.
(2008/07/17)
SAVAGE, Minn. (AP) — Local and state officials are investigating after a suspected arson fire outside a company in Savage that manufactures and retrofits vehicles for people with disabilities.
(2008/07/17)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A St. Paul-based student loan firm is facing a class-action lawsuit in California.
(2008/07/17)
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (AP) — The National Weather Service rates the tornado that tore across Mahnomen County last Friday as EF1, with wind speeds of 100 to 115 mph.
(2008/07/16)
ST. PAUL — The U.S. senator who preceded Republican Norm Coleman now wants to succeed him.
(2008/07/16)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill designed to combat AIDS globally is expected to include $2 billion for American Indians, according to South Dakota Sen. John Thune.
(2008/07/16)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Even though lawmakers pushed through a state gas tax hike this year, transportation officials say several long-planned expansion projects in central Minnesota won’t happen because there isn’t enough money.
(2008/07/16)
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — A father who tried to protect his 12-year-old daughter after she was groped while leaving Valleyfair amusement park was beaten, stomped in the face and kicked by a group of young men, police said.
(2008/07/16)
MINNEAPOLIS — Four Twin Cities men who claim to belong to their own common law court where “Almighty Yahweh” has exclusive jurisdiction have been charged for allegedly trying to intimidate a federal judge in an effort to stop her from holding a criminal trial.
(2008/07/16)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The Aug. 1 anniversary of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse will include a prayer service and an outdoor memorial ceremony within view of the old bridge, now a construction site.
(2008/07/16)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials have come up with a plan to reduce the number of protected Canada lynx that get caught in traps.
(2008/07/16)
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a Lakeville man on murder charges in the baseball-bat killing of his friend.
(2008/07/16)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer has pleaded not guilty to three federal corruption counts and his attorney called the case against him "a typical case of entrapment."
(2008/07/16)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The third ship in the history of the U.S. Navy to be named the USS Minnesota will be a new nuclear attack submarine.
(2008/07/16)
TWO HARBORS, Minn. (AP) — The last of five adults has pleaded guilty in last summer's drunken shooting spree that terrorized campers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
(2008/07/16)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Cattle ranchers in northwestern Minnesota's bovine tuberculosis control zone had until Tuesday to sign up with a state buyout program.
(2008/07/16)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A Minnesota National Guard helicopter is missing a door.
(2008/07/16)
NEW HOPE, Minn. (AP) — The innovative online grocer, SimonDelivers.com, said it will shut down in two weeks due to a spike in food and fuel prices.
(2008/07/16)
BLUE EARTH, Minn. (AP) — An 18-year-old Blue Earth man remains jailed after police allegedly found items used for making bombs in his apartment.
(2008/07/16)
ST. PAUL (AP) — St. Paul police have found a missing bicyclist — in a hospital.
(2008/07/15)
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — Superior police say they have located a Minnesota woman and her three children.
(2008/07/15)
SPRING PARK, Minn. (AP) — The search continues for a man missing from a boat on Lake Minnetonka.
(2008/07/15)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota deer hunters will have simpler rules governing their hunting licenses this fall.
(2008/07/15)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — State transportation officials are replacing a St. Cloud bridge even though engineers believed a repair to strengthen its steel plates would be adequate in the short run, the St. Cloud Times reported on Sunday.
(2008/07/13)
COATES, Minn. (AP) — Farmers in the south metro are picking up the pieces after a devastating mid-summer storm wiped out crops in fields from Coates to Rosemount.
(2008/07/13)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — Cleanup got under way on Saturday in the Willmar area, one day after a tornado packing winds estimated as high as 150 mph destroyed three homes.
(2008/07/13)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in Superior, Wis., are looking for a Rush City woman and her three sons who have been missing since Thursday.
(2008/07/13)
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have pulled the body of a man from the Vermillion River in Hastings.
(2008/07/13)
MARSHALL, Minn. (AP) — Family and friends are holding a fundraiser for a Marshall man who has been missing since mid May.
(2008/07/13)
OAK GROVE, Minn. (AP) — The Oak Grove Fire Department was inadequately prepared and misread the conditions of a March house fire that killed an 86-year-old man, according to a new report.
(2008/07/12)
ST. PAUL — At his wife’s insistence, Karge Olsen put in for time off Aug. 1 — a year to the date when his Jeep Compass crashed down with the Interstate 35W bridge and left him with cracked vertebrae, torn ligaments and a broken foot.
(2008/07/12)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — A tornado touched down near Willmar on Friday, injuring at least two people and damaging a turkey farm, a mobile home dealership, and some homes south of town.
(2008/07/12)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Halfway through the year, Minnesota has recorded slightly fewer traffic fatalities than this time last year, and the state says higher gas prices may be one reason why.
(2008/07/12)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Despite bad economic news, Minnesota's tax collectors took in an extra $389 million before closing the books on the latest fiscal year.
(2008/07/12)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A program that allows deer hunters to donate venison to Minnesota food shelves will resume this fall, but with new precautions to address fears about lead fragments in the meat.
(2008/07/12)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An 11-year-old bicyclist hit Monday by a pickup truck driven by a man accused of drunken driving has died.
(2008/07/12)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Whether the country is in a recession doesn’t matter much to the nation’s governors, many of whom are presiding over state economies so grim the “r” word is old news.
(2008/07/12)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, then shot a 6-year-old boy before fatally shooting himself, Minneapolis police said. Other children in the house were unharmed.
(2008/07/12)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police in Minneapolis are looking for a 19-year-old man they said beat his former girlfriend's father before abducting her.
(2008/07/12)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — As foreign species such as quagga mussels and a killer fish virus continue assaulting the Great Lakes, federal policymakers are taking long-delayed steps to slam the door on other invaders.
(2008/07/12)
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — Four law enforcement officers are on administrative leave after a man armed with a sword was shot in a Hastings cemetery.
(2008/07/12)
ST. PAUL (AP) — State Sen. Betsy Wergin is leaving the Senate to serve on the Public Utilities Commission.
(2008/07/12)
MADISON (AP) — Dane County prosecutors won’t retry a woman imprisoned for shaking an infant to death after an appeals court freed her and said new research cast doubt on her guilt.
(2008/07/12)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — After years of steady declines, it looks like the population of Duluth is leveling out.
(2008/07/10)
MINNEAPOLIS — Northwest Airlines Corp. said Wednesday it will cut 2,500 jobs because of high oil prices, and will soon begin charging $15 to check luggage and up to $100 to redeem a frequent-flier award ticket.
(2008/07/10)
ST. PAUL — The road construction company facing scrutiny and possible lawsuits over its role in the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge holds one of the biggest subcontracts on the replacement.
(2008/07/10)
WASHINGTON — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura denied media reports Wednesday that he’s decided to run for Senate, saying nobody knows what his intentions are.
(2008/07/10)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to dock Medicare payments made to hospitals, nursing homes, doctors and other Medicare health providers who owe back taxes.
(2008/07/10)
HOPKINS, Minn. (AP) — Police have found the weapon apparently used to fatally stab a 90-year-old Hopkins woman.
(2008/07/10)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A church founder accused of bilking friends and members of his congregation out of more than $30 million will appear at his trial in the next few weeks in federal court.
(2008/07/10)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A decision by the state's public defenders to stop representing clients in child protection cases has counties on edge.
(2008/07/10)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Michigan has become the last of the eight Great Lakes states to join a compact designed to protect the region’s water.
(2008/07/10)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The two University of Minnesota professors accused of double-dipping will continue to work at reduced pay and responsibilities through September.
(2008/07/10)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has removed five Duluth beaches from a list of areas where people should avoid contacting water.
(2008/07/10)
HUGO, Minn. (AP) — A 25-year-old Hugo resident has been charged with stealing beer, peanuts, chips and DVDs from a neighbor's home that had been damaged by a tornado.
(2008/07/10)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota is getting assurances that some of its concerns will be addressed about the Central Corridor light rail line.
(2008/07/10)
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — The body of a missing Otter Tail County man has been found near his farmhouse.
(2008/07/10)
ST. PAUL (AP) — State Sen. Dan Larson said he will leave the Minnesota Senate after two years of service.
(2008/07/10)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 46-year-old Stewartville man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion in a case that accused him of defauding an elderly couple of more than $400,000.
(2008/07/10)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The nation's birth certificate will be on display during the Republican National Convention.
(2008/07/09)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota Republicans are promising to contest all 134 House seats as they try to regain the majority status they lost to Democrats in 2006.
(2008/07/09)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota State Fair officials are asking vendors to think twice before raising prices this year.
(2008/07/09)
RED WING, Minn. (AP) — The Mississippi River has reopened to commercial navigation near Red Wing after the channel was dredged.
(2008/07/09)
MARSHALL, Minn. (AP) — A judge has refused to move the trial of a woman charged in a fatal school bus crash in southwestern Minnesota.
(2008/07/09)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The director of Minnesota's Gambling Control Board is questioning a solicitation posted on the Web by the Barack Obama presidential campaign.
(2008/07/09)
HOPKINS, Minn. (AP) — Hopkins police said the death of an elderly woman is suspicious.
(2008/07/09)
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — American Girl is coming to America’s Mall.
(2008/07/09)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A new blueprint for protecting and improving the Minnesota's natural resources urges more action to protect shorelines from development and strategies to prevent runoff and flooding.
(2008/07/09)
LAKEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — A Lakeville man who was woken by two police officers is defending his rights before the City Council.
(2008/07/09)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities in Minnesota said they have rounded up 112 fugitives during an annual effort called Operation FALCON.
(2008/07/09)
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — Heavy trucks are still prohibited from crossing the Stillwater Lift Bridge over the St. Croix River.
(2008/07/09)
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — Agencies in Minnesota and North Dakota are investigating a fish kill in a tributary of the Red River.
(2008/07/09)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Sarvi, the Democratic candidate in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District, has raised $145,000 in the latest reporting period.
(2008/07/08)
WINONA, Minn. (AP) — Kaytie woke up before most of the other 20-somethings who had crashed on various beds and couches at the house on Johnson Street after a night of drinking.
(2008/07/08)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Amanda Jax was 21, and it was time to celebrate.
(2008/07/08)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Associated Press analysis of records filed with the National Center for Health Statistics found 157 people ages 18-23 died of alcohol poisoning from 1999 through 2005.
(2008/07/08)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Crews are working to clean up debris and restore power after storms swept across central Minnesota on Monday.
(2008/07/08)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — There’s nothing like $4 gas to make drivers pay attention to the numbers on the pump. And more of those eagle-eyed drivers are calling Minnesota’s Department of Commerce to report suspicions that they’re not getting as much gas as they’re paying for.
(2008/07/08)
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — The Stillwater Lift Bridge over the St. Croix River has reopened to cars and pickup trucks.
(2008/07/08)
BOVEY, Minn. (AP) — The water level in a chain of abandoned mine pits on Minnesota's Iron Range is causing some concern.
(2008/07/08)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Warm, dry weather across the state last week aided small grains development, with more than half of the crop reaching the heading stage.
(2008/07/08)
CASS LAKE, Minn. (AP) — A man from Indiana has died after falling out of a fishing boat in northern Minnesota.
(2008/07/08)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Another 20-person crew of Minnesota firefighters is in California fighting the wildfires there.
(2008/07/08)
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Sen. John McCain plans a campaign stop in western Wisconsin Friday in his campaign for the presidency.
(2008/07/08)
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — Sen. Norm Coleman plans to visit Detroit Lakes and Alexandria on Monday to talk about increasing energy costs.
(2008/07/08)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An autistic man who was rescued in the Wisconsin woods has been discharged from the Minneapolis hospital where he's been treated since June 22.
(2008/07/07)
MINNEAPOLIS — The final section of the northbound lane of the new Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis is in place, although the new span won’t be open until at least September.
(2008/07/07)
COTTONWOOD, Minn. — The new superintendent at the western Minnesota school district that lost four children in a school bus crash says his job won’t be easy.
(2008/07/07)
HUDSON, Wis. — Divers and searchers from Wisconsin and Minnesota counties have called off the search for a woman who disappeared in the St. Croix River on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. They expect to resume searching on Sunday.
(2008/07/07)
WALKER, Minn. — The 19-year-old Brainerd man who drowned after swimming with a group of people in Gull Lake in central Minnesota has been identified.
(2008/07/05)
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — The 8-year-old girl who nearly lost her fingers in a tug-of-war accident is back home, resting and hoping for a speedy recovery.
(2008/07/05)
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball drawings will move to Florida next year after 20 years in Iowa.
(2008/07/05)
ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — More than 50 security jobs at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter are expected to be cut due to a budget crunch.
(2008/07/05)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Cash-strapped public defenders in Minnesota will stop representing parents in child protection cases starting on Monday.
(2008/07/05)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A fringe group that has vowed to create chaos during the Republican National Convention has posted convention travel plans on its Web site.
(2008/07/05)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Cirrus Design Corporation’s plans for a new jet have taken a big step forward with a successful test flight of a prototype.
(2008/07/04)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Enrollment in Minnesota’s charter schools increased by more than 4,000 students during the 2007-2008 school year, the largest one-year jump since charter schools opened in 1991, the Center for School Change said Thursday.
(2008/07/04)
DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska (AP) — Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday.
(2008/07/04)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republican John McCain made no secret of his regard for Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty during a visit to the state on Thursday, saying Pawlenty has “a very big place in the future of the Republican Party.”
(2008/07/04)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota News Council narrowly upheld two complaints against KBJR-TV of Duluth and upheld one complaint against KSTP-TV of the Twin Cities on Thursday.
(2008/07/04)
BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) — A driver charged in a band bus crash that killed one Pelican Rapids High School student and injured dozens of others complained about how tired he was just two hours before the crash, a criminal complaint said Thursday.
(2008/07/04)
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — A Park Rapids woman was charged Wednesday with shooting and wounding two Park Rapids men, including her ex-boyfriend, in an incident that ended after she allegedly shot at state troopers who were trying to arrest her.
(2008/07/04)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Hearings are underway around the state for the first major new set of power lines proposed for Minnesota since the late 1970s.
(2008/07/04)
GAYLORD, Minn. (AP) — A Belle Plaine man charged with fatally shooting his 8-year-old son in a hunting accident pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree manslaughter.
(2008/07/04)
MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — The State Patrol has identified a motorcyclist who was killed in a crash in Minnetonka.
(2008/07/04)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The city of St. Paul is taking a hard line against its growing pigeon population by mixing a contraceptive into bird feeders on roofs in the downtown area.
(2008/07/03)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Many women who got abortions last year say the worsening economy was one of the reasons for their decision.
(2008/07/03)
ELIZABETH DUNBAR | Associated Press Writer MINNEAPOLIS — UnitedHealth Group Inc. cleared its decks of bad news on Wednesday, announcing a lower profit outlook, a restructuring that will trim 4,000 jobs and a $900 million payout to settle a class-action lawsuit over options backdating.
(2008/07/03)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The candidates for U.S. Senate are arguing about how to combat rising gasoline prices.
(2008/07/03)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesotans who are hoping Ford will keep its plant in St. Paul open to continue making Rangers aren't seeing very encouraging signs about the light trucks.
(2008/07/03)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Can the lure of wireless Internet service get more people outdoors?
(2008/07/03)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota wind-power entrepreneur has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a case that accused him of bilking Xcel Energy of up to $400,000.
(2008/07/03)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A study of methamphetamine trends in Minnesota shows declines in the number of drug labs and arrests tied to the stimulant.
(2008/07/03)
GREEN ISLE, Minn. (AP) — A cutting torch likely sparked a fire that destroyed a warehouse in this south-central Minnesota town Wednesday, authorities said.
(2008/07/03)
PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has good news after its spring population survey of walleyes in Lake Mille Lacs.
(2008/07/03)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Several rare pectoral crosses and rings reported missing after a burglary at the home of the St. Paul and Minneapolis archbishop have been found in a box in his bedroom.
(2008/07/03)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former girls hockey coach at Cooper High School in Robbinsdale was sentenced to a year in the workhouse for having sex with one of his players.
(2008/07/03)
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A new superintendent has been named for Voyageurs National Park.
(2008/07/03)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Two Minnesota men admitted they lied about poaching a deer in eastern Montana and agreed to pay stiff fines and accept a worldwide hunting ban for three years.
(2008/07/03)
FRAZEE, Minn. (AP) — Critics are trying to roll back a school levy referendum passed last November for the Frazee-Vergas school district.
(2008/07/03)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The winner of the 2007 FBI Director's Community Leadership Award is Suzanne Koepplinger, executive director of the Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center.
(2008/07/02)
ST. PAUL — Student performance on Minnesota’s standardized tests generally got better this year, but the list of struggling public schools will get worse.
(2008/07/02)
ST. PAUL — An audit that set out to compare the academic performance of Minnesota charter schools and their traditional school peers found minimal achievement differences, but the examination also concluded that charters could benefit from tighter financial oversight.
(2008/07/02)
MADISON (AP) — Authorities received a 911 call about a college dropout’s dangerous behavior weeks after he allegedly killed a man but police said Monday they did not miss a chance to catch him.
(2008/07/02)
ST. PAUL — A Minnesota government investigator has questioned whether former Attorney General Mike Hatch was out to aid a political ally in a 2006 settlement with a credit card company that steered nearly $500,000 away from the state treasury and toward nonprofit groups.
(2008/07/02)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Building outposts in dangerous neighborhoods in Iraq has been a Minnesota National Guard unit’s mission for the past eight months.
(2008/07/02)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota farmers, helped by a week of warm weather, are raising more corn than had been expected, though the crop’s growth remained below historical averages, according to the weekly government crop report Monday.
(2008/07/02)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The sales tax is going up today in five metropolitan counties to fund improvements to the bus and rail systems.
(2008/07/02)
CARLTON, Minn. (AP) — Carlton County sheriff's deputies are investigating after a 3-year-old child was found unresponsive in an inflatable pool and later died.
(2008/07/02)
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — A Burnsville man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in smuggling marijuana from Arizona to Minnesota.
(2008/07/02)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The technology workers who are preparing for the Republican National Convention say it's a major job.
(2008/07/02)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — A group of St. Cloud State University students don't have to go far for an archaeological dig into the region's past.
(2008/07/02)
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — The family of a missing 57-year-old Columbia Heights woman is preparing to have her declared dead even as they keep waiting for answers.
(2008/06/30)
MORA, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man is home from the hospital from being struck by lightning after he ran out into his yard during a storm to stop the wind from blowing his gazebo away.
(2008/06/30)
DULUTH, Minn. — A highway bridge in Duluth has been renamed in honor of American Indian war veterans.
(2008/06/30)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A stretch of northbound Interstate 35E in St. Paul has reopened after being shut down for resurfacing since Friday night.
(2008/06/30)
MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Pawlenty is again serving as a high-profile spokesman for Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
(2008/06/29)
ST. PAUL — A University of Minnesota chemistry major is facing felony charges after his homemade firecracker exploded and blew off his left hand.
(2008/06/29)
BROOTEN, Minn. — Milk isn't the only product produced by 158 dairy cows on Jerry Jennissen's central Minnesota farm.
(2008/06/29)
ST. PAUL — A 570-foot smokestack that towered over St. Paul's riverfront is nothing but a pile of bricks. Xcel Energy imploded the structure this morning. The power company says the 36-year-old smokestack will be replaced by cleaner energy.
(2008/06/29)
MINNEAPOLIS — The city of Minneapolis is replacing 42 drinking fountains that had to be removed from city hall after tests found excessive levels of lead contamination.
(2008/06/28)
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — An 8-year-old girl from Fergus Falls is recovering from multiple surgeries after she had four fingers severed during a tug-of-war game at a charity benefit.
(2008/06/28)
SOUTH ST. PAUL (AP) — A Minnesota family is preparing to bury a soldier who went missing nearly 58 years ago during the Korean War.
(2008/06/28)
MADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin-Madison dropout was charged Friday in the murder of a 31-year-old man, potentially solving one of several murders that had frightened city residents.
(2008/06/28)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Sixteen-year-olds can legally donate blood and drivers will pay a little more to renew licenses and vehicle tabs starting Tuesday, when several new laws take effect.
(2008/06/28)
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has identified the man shot and killed outside a Brooklyn Center hotel earlier this week.
(2008/06/28)
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Police said a decomposing body found hanging from a tree in a nature area was a suspect in a Brooklyn Center homicide two weeks ago.
(2008/06/28)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Hennepin County jail inmates fought with another inmate and one of them bit off the man's eyelid, authorities said.
(2008/06/28)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bars in Minneapolis and St. Paul will be able to stay open until 4 a.m. during the Republican National Convention, but not all of them are celebrating.
(2008/06/28)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Arnold Schwarzeneggar could be partying with other California Republicans at the Guthrie Theatre during the Republican National Convention.
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