(2008/05/09)
CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. A bit of military history has been unearthed at Camp Ripley.
(2008/05/09)
ST. PAUL A University of Minnesota Board of Regents panel has said “no” to a new $100 student fee to pay for campus construction projects.
(2008/05/09)
ST. PAUL A move to make hockey Minnesota’s official sport has prompted some cross-checking on the House floor.
(2008/05/09)
ST. PAUL Beer taps, wine corkscrews and martini shakers should get an extra workout during the Republican National Convention thanks to state legislation that pushes bar closing time out by two hours.
(2008/05/09)
ST. PAUL An Edina couple is donating $10 million to the University of St. Thomas for scholarships.
(2008/05/09)
A week from Saturday, 453 new graduates will cross the commencement stage on the lawn of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. Among them: Nokuthula Sikhethiwe Kitikiti, Udochukwu Chinyere Obodo, and Baitnairamdal Otgonshar.
(2008/05/09)
ST. PAUL Troopers tried to communicate with Mark Backlund, but he tried to restart his minivan and then struggled with the troopers as they used a Taser to restrain him, according to video footage of the incident released Thursday.
(2008/05/09)
MINNETONKA, Minn. A proposed coal-gasification plant on the Iron Range has gotten a boost.
(2008/05/09)
DULUTH, Minn. Duluth fire investigators say the cause of the fire that killed three people over the weekend was accidental.
(2008/05/09)
MINNEAPOLIS A former chairman of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has pleaded guilty to two counts of accepting bribes from a man who operated a check-cashing service in the tribe’s casinos.
(2008/05/09)
WASHINGTON Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman who quit the Democratic Party 12 years ago to become a Republican accuses likely DFL opponent Al Franken of changing positions, demeanor and rhetoric.
(2008/05/09)
ST. PAUL A close-knit coalition of Minneapolis bridge collapse victims some in wheelchairs and others still wearing casts looked on Thursday as Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed a $38 million package to compensate them for their injuries and losses.
(2008/05/09)
ST. PAUL People worried about getting around the Twin Cities during the Republican National Convention may have an answer free bike use.
(2008/05/09)
ROCHESTER, Minn. Residents of Rochester will rally against gang violence next week.
(2008/05/09)
MINNEAPOLIS Even as the state Republican Party calls DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken to task over problems with his personal finances, the party continues to try to clean up its own bookkeeping problems.
(2008/05/09)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota House is on the record with overwhelming support for a proposed children’s psychiatric hospital in Woodbury, but Senate approval is iffy.
(2008/05/08)
ST. PAUL A legislative agreement to raise Minnesota’s minimum wage in two stages faces a veto threat from Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who wasn’t swayed by changes designed to attract his signature.
(2008/05/08)
ST. PAUL A transportation policy bill is headed for floor votes in both houses Thursday without a booster seat requirement that bothered Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
(2008/05/08)
ST. PAUL Staying in school until graduation or adulthood could soon be the law in Minnesota.
(2008/05/08)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota House voted Wednesday to loosen funding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research at the University of Minnesota, in a split that largely mirrored abortion politics.
(2008/05/08)
ST. PAUL Some of the 1 million anglers gearing up for this weekend’s fishing opener could be kept off a few northern Minnesota lakes because of ice.
(2008/05/08)
SHAKOPEE, Minn. Prosecutors say the Savage teenager accused of killing a woman who answered his online ad tried to get someone else to take the rap.
(2008/05/08)
ST. PAUL The Ordway Center in St. Paul is planning a renovation that would make it the home of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
(2008/05/08)
DULUTH, Minn. The Duluth triplex where three people died in a fire had not been inspected since 2004.
(2008/05/08)
DULUTH, Minn. Police are searching for a man who robbed a bank in downtown Duluth.
(2008/05/07)
ROSEVILLE, Minn. (AP) He’s a heavy equipment operator. She works at an agricultural research institute. And if Paul and Sue Rosenau keep their word, things won’t change dramatically despite winning Saturday’s $180.1 million Powerball jackpot.
(2008/05/07)
ST. PAUL (AP) Minnesota voters could have two chances this fall to set new rules for their state lawmakers from when they meet to what they’re paid.
(2008/05/07)
ST. PAUL (AP) A top senator claimed Tuesday that he was being forced to choose between three safety features as he prepared a transportation policy bill to send to Gov. Tim Pawlenty an account the governor called “not helpful.”
(2008/05/07)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) Minnesota transportation officials on Tuesday announced a partial closing of the Blatnik Bridge that connects Duluth and Superior, Wis., after finding that gusset plates at eight spots on the bridge didn’t meet load requirements.
(2008/05/07)
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) The Lakeville mother charged in the drowning of her 11-month-old daughter has pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter.
(2008/05/07)
EDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) The Eden Valley City Hall had to be evacuated after someone turned in an explosive device.
(2008/05/07)
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (AP) A baby boy is in critical condition after being delivered by emergency C-section following a two-vehicle crash in northwestern Minnesota.
(2008/05/07)
ST. PAUL (AP) The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul will be known as a university next year.
(2008/05/07)
ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) Divers are coming up with a good haul on Lake Emily in south-central Minnesota.
(2008/05/06)
ST. PAUL Despite concerns voiced by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, the Minnesota House considered a plan Monday to closely link state property tax assistance to homeowner income, which would mean smaller bills for some and extra costs for others.
(2008/05/06)
DULUTH, Minn. A huge ore carrier damaged while moving into winter quarters in Superior, Wis., last January is set to resume service.
(2008/05/06)
ST. PAUL State troopers won’t be charged in the death of a Fridley man who struggled with troopers and was Tasered following a freeway crash in January, the Ramsey County Attorney’s office said Monday.
(2008/05/06)
ST. PAUL The late arrival of spring weather continues to put Minnesota farmers significantly behind schedule for planting corn and soybeans.
(2008/05/06)
ST. PAUL Nine months and four days after the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed, the Minnesota Legislature approved a $38 million compensation package for the victims on Wednesday and sent it to a supportive Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
(2008/05/06)
MANKATO, Minn. Mankato authorities say a 27-year-old man involved in a standoff told a crisis line operator that he wanted to die in a shootout with police.
(2008/05/06)
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. A 15-year-old girl is recovering after being struck in the face by a bullet that bounced off a rock on Sunday.
(2008/05/06)
CHISHOLM, Minn. When the last oom-pa-pa dies away at this year’s Polkafest at Ironworld in Chisholm, it will mark the end of an era. Polkafest is moving.
(2008/05/06)
MINNEAPOLIS Lottery officials say they have an “apparent” winner of a Powerball prize worth $180.1 million.
(2008/05/06)
MINNEAPOLIS The historic walls near Minnehaha Falls are in danger of failing because of continued erosion, federal officials warned Monday.
(2008/05/06)
GAYLORD, Minn. A Belle Plaine hunter who fatally shot his 8-year-old son has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after tests found alcohol and marijuana in his system.
(2008/05/06)
ST. PAUL A Ramsey County panel may vote tonight on a ballot question that would have the county’s sheriffs appointed rather than elected.
(2008/05/06)
ST. PAUL The Department of Natural Resources says an internal auditor is reviewing the spending and fundraising behind a game wardens conference in St. Paul.
(2008/05/05)
FARIBAULT, Minn. Somewhere, someone is holding a small slip of paper that’s worth up to $180.1 million.
(2008/05/05)
ST. PAUL Gov. Tim Pawlenty and legislative leaders were back at the Capitol for more budget negotiations Sunday.
(2008/05/05)
ST. PAUL Authorities are investigating the death of a suicidal 21-year-old man who died after St. Paul police shocked him with a Taser.
(2008/05/05)
HASTINGS, Minn. A deployment ceremony is being held in Hastings for 40 Minnesota National Guard soldiers who are on their way to Iraq.
(2008/05/05)
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. Carleen Gulstad, who teaches 8th and 9th grade language arts at Hopkins North Junior High School, was named Minnesota’s Teacher of the Year on Sunday.
(2008/05/05)
ST. PAUL St. Paul police are investigating two shootings a few moments and blocks apart near a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
(2008/05/05)
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. In anticipation of the 2008 Republican National Convention, this city about 12 miles from the convention site is considering a new requirement that protesters get a city permit before holding a demonstration.
(2008/05/04)
ST. PAUL Archbishop Harry Flynn’s 13 years as head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis have come to an end.
(2008/05/04)
MINNEAPOLIS Work on the new Interstate 35W bridge is progressing so well that construction managers said Saturday they expect to open it by mid-September instead of late December as originally scheduled.
(2008/05/04)
MINNEAPOLIS A University of Minnesota professor’s invitation to speak at a Minneapolis Catholic church was rescinded because of his views about abortion.
(2008/05/04)
ALONG THE GUNFLINT TRAIL, Minn. An overnight snowfall complicated but did not stop a major reforestation project along the Gunflint Trail in northeastern Minnesota.
(2008/05/03)
ST. PAUL Whenever Minnesota lawmakers tried to figure out ways to compensate the victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, they were there dozens of the people who were hurt or lost loved ones in the Aug. 1 disaster.
(2008/05/03)
ST. PAUL Minnesota lawmakers slid Friday into a working weekend, hoping to move closer to agreements on the state budget, health care changes and property tax assistance.
(2008/05/03)
MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota needs only to look at neighboring Wisconsin to see what could result if lawmakers don’t act to preserve an independent judiciary by changing the state’s current system of judicial elections, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said Friday.
(2008/05/03)
DULUTH, Minn. Duluth’s former mayor bought three fuel-efficient scooters for the city to use. But the new mayor is selling them.
(2008/05/02)
MINNEAPOLIS The gang member who was convicted a second time in the shooting death of an 11-year-old Minneapolis girl as she sat at the kitchen table doing homework was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.
(2008/05/02)
LAKEVILLE, Minn. Fifteen illegal immigrants who were found packed into a minivan face deportation to Mexico.
(2008/05/02)
MINNEAPOLIS Friends and family of late Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett have dedicated a new eye disease education center in his memory.
(2008/05/02)
ST. PAUL School coaches and volunteers for extracurricular activities will have to submit to criminal background checks starting this September under legislation on its way to a supportive Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
(2008/05/02)
CLEVELAND Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday backed off his assertion that pork-barrel spending led to last year’s deadly bridge collapse in Minneapolis.
(2008/05/02)
MINNEAPOLIS An autopsy shows that a woman killed herself in the Hennepin County on Wednesday after she was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence.
(2008/05/02)
WASHINGTON Democratic lawmakers from Minnesota and Wisconsin are seeking legislation that would require states to have same-day voter registration for federal elections, saying it would encourage more people to vote.
(2008/05/02)
ST. PAUL A plan to raise Minnesota’s minimum wage to as much as $7.90 an hour by July 2009 cleared the House on Thursday, but Gov. Tim Pawlenty said he can’t live with the bill as it stands.
(2008/05/02)
ST. PAUL The Senate’s lead negotiator on compensating victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse is pushing a “fallback” option in case there’s no deal on a compensation fund.
(2008/05/01)
MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota could have a record number of foreclosures in 2008, according to a report.
(2008/05/01)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. More study is needed to determine whether industrial pollution is damaging human health in the Great Lakes region, according to a federal report released Wednesday.
(2008/05/01)
ST. PAUL A Minnesota House-Senate panel is crafting a $38 million compensation package for victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse.
(2008/05/01)
ST. PAUL Governor Tim Pawlenty’s latest offer in end-of-session negotiations calls for a property tax cap and revives funding for a Twin Cities light rail line and northern Minnesota state park.
(2008/05/01)
ST. PAUL (AP) Kathleen Teresa Wingen knows something about tackling tough odds.
(2008/04/30)
RED WING, Minn. A 3-year-old Red Wing boy has won first prize in this year’s Minnesota Mullet Contest, and yes, there is such a thing.
(2008/04/30)
ST. PAUL Minnesota traffic fatalities have hit the 100 mark, following a nine-day stretch that included 10 such deaths.
(2008/04/30)
MINNEAPOLIS Hennepin County prosecutors allege a babysitter from Minneapolis put a 6-year-old girl on a second-story roof and wouldn’t let her back inside.
(2008/04/30)
ST. PAUL Minnesota’s most powerful legislators united Tuesday behind a major Mall of America expansion based on $370 million in public subsidies and to be built by thousands of construction workers.
(2008/04/30)
ST. PAUL Frustrated by unanswered questions about the proposed Northwest-Delta combination, Minnesota lawmakers took steps Tuesday to enforce agreements requiring Northwest to maintain its headquarters, hub and a certain level of jobs in the state or pay up.
(2008/04/30)
WASHINGTON Minnesota Sens. Norm Coleman and Amy Klobuchar met with Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom Tuesday, pressing him to let adoptions that are in the works for American families go forward.
(2008/04/29)
MINNEAPOLIS The two University of Minnesota professors accused of double-dipping are giving up their administrative duties while the allegations are examined.
(2008/04/29)
MINNEAPOLIS Police at the University of Minnesota are looking for two suspects after a woman reported she had been sexually assaulted in a campus dorm.
(2008/04/29)
NEW YORK A newspaper industry group says in a new report that circulation fell sharply at most top U.S. newspapers, and the Star Tribune was no exception.
(2008/04/29)
ST. PAUL A teen pop star has unwittingly prompted a new law in Minnesota dealing with concert ticket sales.
(2008/04/29)
ST. PAUL The rare lung cancer afflicting miners on the Iron Range will be the topic of extensive study now that Governor Tim Pawlenty has signed a bill providing money for the research.
(2008/04/29)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota Senate wants to get serious with new teenage drivers and those who get behind the wheel without buckling up.
(2008/04/29)
ST. PAUL Three men were charged Monday in the April shooting of a 25-year-old man in a St. Paul park.
(2008/04/29)
TOWER, Minn. The tribal council for the Bois Forte (boys fort) Band of Chippewa voted Monday to remove a representative from office for allegedly misusing a government credit card.
(2008/04/29)
DILWORTH, Minn. Crews in Dilworth worked Monday to absorb gasoline that leaked from a train car near Dilworth.
(2008/04/29)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota House grappled Monday with the level of control the state should exert over public schools, a debate that focused heavily on sex education.
(2008/04/28)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Carl Pohlad and the Minnesota Twins expect to really cash in on the new stadium.
(2008/04/28)
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) One man suffered minor burns when a fire destroyed half of a hangar building at the Crystal Airport.
(2008/04/28)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) In the mysterious underground lairs of your local gas station, leaking storage tanks and pipes have resulted in contamination of soil and groundwater supplies.
(2008/04/28)
identified By The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Authorities have identified the body of a man police found near the Mississippi River.
(2008/04/28)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The search for basketball coaches and football players aren’t the only recruiting battles being waged at the University of Minnesota anymore.
(2008/04/28)
CROSSLAKE, Minn. (AP) A Rice man died but a Sartell man survived when their canoe capsized on Fawn Lake in northern Minnesota.
(2008/04/28)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) St. Cloud students, athletes and educators are mourning the sudden loss of a junior high track coach.
(2008/04/27)
DULUTH, Minn. Anglers may be dealing with ice when Minnesota’s walleye season opens in two weeks.
(2008/04/27)
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. Authorities in western Minnesota say snow and slippery roads were a factor in a head-on crash that killed two men near Alexandria.
(2008/04/27)
MINNEAPOLIS Minneapolis police are investigating the discovery of a body near the Mississippi River.
(2008/04/27)
A late April snowstorm dumped a foot of snow or more across parts of western and northern Minnesota, forcing authorities to close a major freeway and St. Cloud State to cancel its spring football game. At least two deaths were blamed on the storm.
(2008/04/27)
CARLTON, Minn. Authorities have picked up the second of three brothers from northern Minnesota who went AWOL from the Army after a Christmas break in 2006.
(2008/04/26)
ST. PAUL Two bills with a focus extending far beyond Minnesota’s borders fell Friday to gubernatorial vetoes.
(2008/04/26)
MINNEAPOLIS It’s late April, but Old Man Winter was showing Friday that he isn’t finished with Minnesota just yet.
(2008/04/26)
ST. PAUL An attention-getting proposal to open the door to chiropractic care for animals in Minnesota appears headed for approval.
(2008/04/26)
ST. PAUL Novice teenage drivers in Minnesota could soon face new restrictions on the hours they can spend behind the wheel and the number of passengers they can ferry, measures aimed at curbing the state’s high rate of crashes among young motorists.
(2008/04/26)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. St. Cloud teachers have a new contract, after 10 months of negotiations and missed state deadline that will cost the district nearly $260,000.
(2008/04/26)
WINONA, Minn. A part-time campus maintenance worker at Winona State University has collected thousands of littered cigarette butts to display to his fellow students.
(2008/04/26)
ST. PAUL Minnesota lawmakers say a quarter of the state’s projected budget deficit would disappear if they and Governor Tim Pawlenty simply adopted overlapping spending cuts in each other’s proposals.
(2008/04/25)
ST. PAUL Novice teenage drivers in Minnesota could soon face new restrictions on the hours they can spend behind the wheel and the number of passengers they can ferry, measures aimed at curbing the state’s high rate of crashes among young motorists.
(2008/04/25)
CANNON FALLS, Minn. The top executive of Benchmark BioEnergy says he’s confident Cannon Falls will be home to his company’s new plant.
(2008/04/25)
MINNEAPOLIS The drunken driver convicted in the 2000 death of Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Malik Sealy was sentenced Thursday to another eight years in prison on a separate drunken driving charge and a probation violation.
(2008/04/25)
ST. PAUL A one-eared bear who had been marked for death because she was considered a danger to people, but was reprieved and sent to a bear sanctuary instead, has died.
(2008/04/25)
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. A U.S. Border Patrol officer has been indicted on charges of careless driving and failure to drive with due care for an accident that killed a man who was removing a fallen tree from the Gunflint Trail last October, prosecutors said Thursday.
(2008/04/25)
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. Officials in Koochiching County are against a federal proposal to expand the critical habitat of the threatened Canadian lynx.
(2008/04/25)
RACINE, Wis. A Racine man with a wife here and a second one in Minnesota has pleaded guilty to bigamy.
(2008/04/25)
WASHINGTON A new federal rule will require government contractors to disclose whether they owe federal taxes following congressional investigations which revealed that companies owing millions of dollars were still getting government contracts.
(2008/04/25)
ST. PAUL The archbishop of Minneapolis and St. Paul received a rare, fine art reproduction of a volume of the Saint John’s Bible in honor of his retirement.
(2008/04/25)
IRONTON, Minn. An investigation is under way to determine why about 20 loons and grebes at wastewater treatment ponds in Ironton have become sick.
(2008/04/24)
MINNEAPOLIS The woman accused of causing a bus crash that killed four students in southwestern Minnesota was indicted Wednesday on charges that she used another woman’s identification documents to get jobs.
(2008/04/24)
MINNEAPOLIS A federal lawsuit from last year’s immigration raid in Willmar was whittled down Wednesday when a judge dismissed counts against the U.S. government and authorities acting in their government roles.
(2008/04/24)
ST. PAUL Legislation that anticipates eventual limits on greenhouse gases dominated a Minnesota House floor session Wednesday, setting off debates about global warming and jobs before passing 91-38.
(2008/04/24)
WASHINGTON Representative Keith Ellison has added a provision to a Medicaid bill to preserve funding levels for a program that helps neglected kids, elderly and the mentally ill.
(2008/04/24)
ST. PAUL Just ahead of swimming season, the Minnesota Senate on Wednesday embraced new safety standards for more than 4,000 pools at health clubs, parks, apartment buildings and hotels.
(2008/04/24)
ST. PAUL An aggressive action plan aimed at stopping the spread of bovine tuberculosis in northwestern Minnesota has won preliminary Senate backing.
(2008/04/24)
DULUTH, Minn. About 900 feet of copper wire is missing from a 360-foot cell phone tower in Duluth, thanks to a gutsy thief.
(2008/04/24)
ST. PAUL Minnesota is close to outlawing ticket-buying software that moves users to the front of the Internet line to grab seats for popular events.
(2008/04/24)
ST. PAUL A 15-member panel created to study the competitiveness of Minnesota’s tax code is made up mostly of business executives.
(2008/04/24)
MINNEAPOLIS Utility companies are taking a hard line on Minnesotans who haven’t paid they’re bills, now cutting off hundreds of them every day.
(2008/04/24)
ST. PAUL A judge says the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency must fight the spread of a fishing-killing virus by regulating ballast water released into Lake Superior.
(2008/04/24)
BELLE PLAINE, Minn. The Minnesota DNR says a Belle Plaine (bel playn) man was hunting without a turkey license when he fatally shot his 8-year-old son.
(2008/04/23)
MINNEAPOLIS A new federal report gives Minneapolis generally high marks for its response to the Interstate 35W bridge collapse, but finds room for improvement as well.
(2008/04/23)
WASHINGTON Sen. Norm Coleman urged the president of Somalia on Tuesday to pursue reconciliation as a way to move the nation out of its violence-ravaged state.
(2008/04/23)
MARSHALL, Minn. A woman charged with causing a school bus crash that killed four students claims that she was in the passenger seat of a van at the time of the wreck not behind the wheel as prosecutors allege.
(2008/04/23)
EAGAN, Minn. Two men are charged in Dakota County in an elaborate scheme to blackmail teachers and coaches in southern Twin Cities area schools.
(2008/04/23)
FOSSTON, Minn. A radio station here went on the air a little late recently after its technical director found a man wearing only underwear sleeping inside.
(2008/04/22)
ST. PAUL Almost a third of the two million acres of Minnesota wetland set aside in the Conservation Reserve Program could leave the program in the next two years and go back to cropland.
(2008/04/22)
MINNEAPOLIS Gas prices keep rising in Minnesota and across the country.
(2008/04/22)
MINNEAPOLIS A Level 3 sex offender wanted by the Minnesota Department of Corrections has been caught in Minneapolis.
(2008/04/22)
ST. PAUL The so-called “Hannah Montana bill” has cleared the Minnesota House.
(2008/04/22)
MINNEAPOLIS An Eagan man is in custody as police investigate an apparent scheme to blackmail nearly two dozen educators in southern Twin Cities area schools.
(2008/04/22)
MINNEAPOLIS Too many Iraq War veterans are slipping through the cracks and aren’t getting the benefits they’ve earned, veterans told U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday.
(2008/04/22)
ST. PAUL For the first time in two decades, the leader at the Minnesota Department of Transportation will bring an engineering background to the job.
(2008/04/22)
RED WING, Minn. A Red Wing girl who survived a brutal assault by her father three years ago, only to die earlier this year at a foster home, died of an accidental drug overdose following a tonsillectomy, officials said.
(2008/04/22)
ST. PAUL In the first round of budget negotiations with lawmakers, Gov. Tim Pawlenty offered to use less of a health care fund that Democrats want to protect for health care policy changes.
(2008/04/22)
ST. PAUL House Democrats revived a plan to put bigger property tax refund checks in the mail to most Minnesota homeowners around the time the 2009-2010 school year begins.
(2008/04/22)
FARGO, N.D. North Dakota’s chief federal prosecutor says the appeal of a man convicted of killing University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin has no surprises.
(2008/04/22)
ANOKA, Minn. A Minneapolis man who won $200,000 in the Powerball lottery convinced authorities in Anoka County that he couldn’t afford an attorney to represent him on a traffic violation so he was granted a public defender.
(2008/04/22)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota House has voted to look deeper into the licensing records of would-be teachers for evidence of sexual misconduct involving students.
(2008/04/21)
BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (AP) The Sibley County Sheriff says that a man who accidentally shot and killed his 9-year-old son while they were hunting apparently mistook the boy for a turkey.
(2008/04/21)
ALONG THE GUNFLINT TRAIL, Minn. (AP) Several hundred volunteers have already signed up to plant 75,000 new trees along the Gunflint Trail to mark the first anniversary of the most destructive forest fire in Minnesota in 90 years.
(2008/04/21)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) In Brent Swanson’s basement home theater, there should be nothing drab about “Battlestar Galactica.” He’s got a high-end projector that beams the picture onto a wall painted like a silver screen, and speakers loom in the corners, flanking two big subwoofers.
(2008/04/21)
SARTELL, Minn. (AP) The quintuplets born to a Sartell family turned six months old the other day and their parents say they are healthy, gaining weight and even close to sleeping through the night.
(2008/04/21)
ST. PAUL (AP) Gov. Tim Pawlenty is set to name a new commissioner of the Department of Transportation.
(2008/04/20)
LILYDALE, Minn. Private cigar clubs like the Lilydale Social Club have provided indoor havens for cigar lovers, despite smoking bans in Minnesota and across the country.
(2008/04/20)
ST. PAUL Former FBI agent Coleen Rowley has been granted a prime spot on Harriet Island during the Republican National Convention.
(2008/04/20)
MAHNOMEN, Minn. A judge in Bemidji says the results of a primary election on the White Earth reservation will stand.
(2008/04/20)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. A St. Cloud police car is totaled and an officer has been treated for minor injuries after a chase in St. Cloud.
(2008/04/20)
ATLANTA A husband and wife who brought millions of dollars in grant money to Georgia Tech have been identified as the two professors being investigated for collecting paychecks from the university after already accepting jobs at the University of Minnesota, according to university documents.
(2008/04/20)
MINNEAPOLIS Two Minneapolis police officers were put on administrative leave pending an investigation, the police department confirmed Saturday.
(2008/04/19)
ST. PAUL Dependent on a wheelchair since a 1994 car accident, Raymond Kenney still considers himself lucky when he sees young troops come home from Iraq and Afghanistan with spinal cord injuries.
(2008/04/19)
ST. PAUL Republican Norm Coleman is discounting the possibility of Jesse Ventura entering the race for U.S. Senate, as the former third-party Minnesota governor has suggested during his book tour.
(2008/04/19)
MANKATO, Minn. A naked man shot and killed by Mankato police after an intense fight did not have methamphetamine in his system as his family suspected.
(2008/04/19)
ST. PAUL A plan for an all-day presidential primary starting in 2012 is headed for a Senate vote after clearing a spending committee.
(2008/04/19)
ST. PAUL Call it good faith or bad faith. Now it’s a Minnesota law.
(2008/04/19)
MINNEAPOLIS Federal prosecutors say 43 people have been indicted for their roles in an alleged marriage fraud scheme.
(2008/04/19)
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. A woman and a 4-year-old girl have died after a head-on car crash in Inver Grove Heights.
(2008/04/19)
CLONTARF, Minn. Two men were flown to a Twin Cities hospital Friday after being burned by anhydrous ammonia in Clontarf.
(2008/04/19)
ST. PAUL Minnesota’s governor says he’s tried to maintain civility in his dealings with lawmakers and he acknowledges his recent “cheap shots” line pushed that boundary.
(2008/04/19)
ST. PAUL Gov. Tim Pawlenty met with the chief executives of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines to talk about how their combination will affect Minnesota.
(2008/04/18)
WASHINGTON (AP) Some female superdelegates backing Sen. Barack Obama are having their “sisterhood” questioned, just as some black Democrats have been challenged for their endorsement of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
(2008/04/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) Minnesota tax collectors want to enlist banks and their electronic records in their search for the assets of tax cheats.
(2008/04/18)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) Just weeks before trial, the family of an intoxicated University of Minnesota Duluth student who fell into a creek and died in 2001 has settled its lawsuit against rugby club members who supplied the 19-year-old with alcohol at a party.
(2008/04/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) Comprehensive research of a rare cancer afflicting Iron Range miners will go forward after the northeastern Minnesota Democrats pushing for it and Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty reached a compromise over the funding.
(2008/04/18)
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) The family of a 17-year-old boy who was murdered more than 30 years ago says they will disinter his body and rebury it with his newly found skull.
(2008/04/18)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Charges against a teen accused of killing a Minneapolis girl have been dismissed after defense attorneys introduced a last-minute alibi witness.
(2008/04/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) The Minnesota House has turned to talk of pineapples and cigars instead of state regulations and the budget deficit.
(2008/04/18)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Two men have died after their car lost control and rolled several times in Minneapolis.
(2008/04/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) Funeral arrangements have been set for a 22-year-old soldier from North St. Paul who died in Iraq last week.
(2008/04/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) The U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs will visit St. Paul on Friday to help celebrate the opening of a new center for paralyzed veterans.
(2008/04/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) A fugitive sex offender from Minnesota is back in custody.
(2008/04/18)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Two owners of a Roseville real estate company have pleaded guilty in a $35 million mortgage fraud scheme.
(2008/04/18)
FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) DNA from a fingernail clipping has led to murder charges in the 2005 killing of a Minneapolis woman.
(2008/04/18)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) A Duluth city official says a fundraising effort where homeowners rent rooms to visitors during Grandma’s Marathon “would violate a whole basketful of zoning ordinances.”
(2008/04/18)
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Zoo hopes to put three fisher kittens on display soon.
(2008/04/18)
LUCAN, Minn. (AP) The Redwood County Sheriff’s Department is turning over its investigation of a bus accident that injured a little boy without citing the driver.
(2008/04/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) Six out-of-state companies are being sued by Minnesota’s attorney general over claims they took advantage of people trying to keep their homes out of foreclosure.
(2008/04/18)
AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) An Austin man has been sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison for killing a 3-month-old baby.
(2008/04/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) A plan to slaughter cattle herds, put up fences and collect money to fight bovine tuberculosis in northwestern Minnesota has passed the state House unanimously.
(2008/04/18)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) Duluth’s economy could get a boost of up to $300 million if the federal government invests in a comprehensive Great Lakes cleanup and restoration effort.
(2008/04/18)
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) The Norwegian ambassador to the United States, stopping at college campuses on a Midwest tour, says the United States should play a key role in curbing greenhouse gases.
(2008/04/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) Police in St. Paul have identified a man whose body was found in a park.
(2008/04/18)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) An anti-war group that plans to march during the Republican National Convention will have to wait until May 16 for it’s lawsuit against the city of St. Paul to be heard.
(2008/04/18)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) Xcel Energy says it will be the first large utility in the country to switch to soy-based transformers, using oil produced from domestic soybean crops.
(2008/04/17)
LUVERNE, Minn. Authorities are looking for a man who robbed a bank in Luverne.
(2008/04/17)
DULUTH, Minn. Minnesota will move ahead with plans to regulate ballast water discharges from Great Lakes ships, even if the federal government doesn’t act, the state’s top environmental official said Wednesday.
(2008/04/17)
ROCHESTER, Minn. The Dalai Lama had his annual checkup at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic Wednesday and later participated in a discussion about compassion in medicine.
(2008/04/17)
ST. PAUL Around 40 Minnesota Army National Guard members will be sent to the Mexican border for two weeks of training as part of efforts to secure the border.
(2008/04/17)
LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles City Council has endorsed a resolution asking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to ensure that former Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson serves her full sentence and any parole in California.
(2008/04/17)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. Authorities say a former St. Cloud State student died of an accidental drug overdose in January.
(2008/04/17)
GOMA, Congo A hand reached out from beneath the smoldering, crushed seat. Marybeth Mosier grabbed it and pulled, but she couldn’t help the burning man trapped inside the wrecked jetliner.
(2008/04/17)
MINNEAPOLIS The number of mysterious neurological illnesses among workers who processed pig brains at pork plants in Minnesota, Indiana and Nebraska has grown to up to 24, and other possible cases are being evaluated, researchers said Wednesday.
(2008/04/17)
ST. PAUL Aspiring parents and surrogate mothers would be able to enter into a contract that supporters said could remove confusion from the process, under a bill the state Senate preliminarily approved on Wednesday.
(2008/04/17)
DULUTH, Minn. Grandma’s Marathon has raised more money for the family of a past champion killed in his homeland of Kenya.
(2008/04/17)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota House blocked a vote on a plan to entice Delta Air Lines to move its headquarters to Minnesota as it combines with Northwest Airlines.
(2008/04/17)
MINNEAPOLIS The skull of a Bemidji teenager who was murdered in 1977 has turned up in the belongings of a former assistant Hennepin County examiner.
(2008/04/16)
ST. PAUL State lawmakers were flying blind Tuesday as they searched for answers and possible alterations to a Delta-Northwest combination that would leave Minnesota without a major airline headquarters.
(2008/04/16)
MINNEAPOLIS Xcel Energy says it wants to extend licenses to operate the Prairie Island nuclear plant near Red Wing.
(2008/04/16)
DULUTH, Minn. A moose calf befriended by motorists in northeastern Minnesota suffered from a brainworm infestation, according to a wildlife biologist with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
(2008/04/16)
LUCAN, Minn. A 6-year-old boy from southwestern Minnesota is recovering at a Twin Cities hospital after being struck by his school bus.
(2008/04/16)
WASHINGTON Sen. Norm Coleman says that he will sign on to legislation that would restrict future reconstruction dollars for Iraq to loans instead of grants.
(2008/04/16)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. Convenience stores in the St. Cloud area soon will offer customers a chance to recycle their old pop cans instead of tossing them into the regular trash.
(2008/04/16)
STILLWATER, Minn. A second person has died after an SUV plunged into the St. Croix River near downtown Stillwater.
(2008/04/16)
DULUTH, Minn. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will hold a public meeting today in Duluth to discuss a plan to regulate ballast water discharge from Great Lakes ships.
(2008/04/16)
McINTOSH, Minn. Authorities say a McIntosh couple died in an apparent murder-suicide.
(2008/04/16)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota Department of Health says there were 325 new cases of HIV infection in the state in 2007.
(2008/04/15)
ST. PAUL The latest Minnesota government response to a spreading foreclosure crisis involves more counseling, mediation and a compact that would prod lenders to modify loans for people in danger of losing their homes.
(2008/04/15)
ST. PAUL Minnesota political leaders promised heavy scrutiny of the marriage between Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., saying jobs and service levels will determine whether they back or oppose it.
(2008/04/15)
STILLWATER, Minn. The occupants of an SUV frantically called 911 for help as it sank in the chilly St. Croix River, saying they couldn’t get out, couldn’t swim and were afraid of drowning, a transcript released Monday shows.
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ST. PAUL The Minnesota Legislature on Monday approved a compromise bill giving consumers more clout in court when they disagree with their home and auto insurance companies.
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ST. PAUL Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken on Monday questioned the focus of a federal economic stimulus package in which tax rebate checks will soon be sent to millions of Americans.
(2008/04/15)
FINLAYSON, Minn. Pine County authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the arson of several cabins.
(2008/04/15)
SANDSTONE, Minn. The cougar named Liberty scoots around her pen at the Wildcat Sanctuary on twisted legs and a deformed spine, hungry for every bit of chicken that senior keeper Trista Campbell pulls out of a red pail with long metal forceps. Liberty charges the fence for her meal, devours it, and cries for more.
(2008/04/15)
WASHINGTON Former Vice President Walter Mondale, who played a key role in the U.S. boycott of the 1980 summer Olympics in Moscow, isn’t joining those who are urging President Bush to skip the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics.
(2008/04/14)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) This spring, nearly 200,000 Minnesota students will take science tests online, and some school districts are already worried about problems.
(2008/04/14)
HOUSTON, Minn. (AP) Whitewater State Park opened two of its three campgrounds for the stream-trout fishing season over the weekend, and anglers who have long fished the river’s waters were glad to see signs of recovery after last August’s flood.
(2008/04/14)
ST. PAUL (AP) Authors in eight categories and a writer whose book was most popular among readers are among winners of this year’s Minnesota Book Awards.
(2008/04/14)
PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) About 1,000 mourners packed the Pelican Rapids High School gymnasium on Sunday to attend the funeral services for a teenage girl killed in a bus crash earlier this month.
(2008/04/14)
FINLAYSON, Minn. (AP) Ten structures were set on fire and three others were burglarized Sunday morning near Big Pine Lake, the Pine County sheriff said.
(2008/04/14)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) Seventeen Army reservists are back home in Minnesota after a long stint in Iraq.
(2008/04/14)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) In the Upper Midwest, you can’t call your restaurant a supper club without conjuring certain associations.
(2008/04/13)
MINNEAPOLIS Nearly 50 businesses that provide loans to college students have stopped making the government-backed loans in recent months, saying they had to drop the programs as a result of the credit crunch and fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis.
(2008/04/13)
CRANDON, Wis. A group plans to buy and burn the home in Crandon where six young people were killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy in October.
(2008/04/13)
MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota State Patrol says slushy roads may have played a role in two deaths during Friday’s snowstorm.
(2008/04/13)
ST. PAUL More and more Minnesotans who have been laid off from work are using up their unemployment benefits before finding another job. Some economic experts say that could signal a recession.
(2008/04/13)
MINNEAPOLIS At least 23 people in 14 states have been sickened by the same strain of salmonella found in two breakfast cereals recalled by Malt-O-Meal, the federal Food and Drug Administration said Saturday.
(2008/04/13)
MINNEAPOLIS An FBI affidavit accuses a real estate agent in Bemidji of participating in a conspiracy to inflate property values in through sham sales, kickbacks, and falsified loan applications.
(2008/04/13)
MINNEAPOLIS Six people have been charged in an apparent multi-city drug operation in the Twin Cities area.
(2008/04/13)
WAYZATA, Minn. Ashwin Madia, an attorney who served in Iraq and a fresh face to Democratic politics, got his party’s support on Saturday for a rare open seat in Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District.
(2008/04/13)
MINNEAPOLIS Gov. Tim Pawlenty was in Kosovo on Saturday, thanking members of the Minnesota National Guard for keeping peace during a tense but “historic” period of transition since Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.
(2008/04/13)
ST. PAUL Nearly 1,000 people rallied at the State Capitol against higher taxes.
(2008/04/12)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota Department of Health asked Friday for a court injunction against a Scott County bar that is using a smoking ban loophole to allow patrons to puff away by posing as actors.
(2008/04/12)
MINNEAPOLIS Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu had kind words Friday for first lady Laura Bush and both Democratic candidates for president.
(2008/04/12)
DULUTH, Minn. Just when Minnesotans thought spring was here, winter showed it was still in charge by dumping more than a foot of snow in some parts of the state, sending vehicles skidding into ditches and closing schools in the north.
(2008/04/12)
ST. PAUL After months of task-force work and countless hours of legislative deliberation, final negotiations are set to begin on a health care proposal aimed at getting more people affordable health insurance.
(2008/04/12)
WORTHINGTON, Minn. An economic development program that rewards Minnesota businesses with tax breaks for creating jobs is finding fewer takers this year than in the past.
(2008/04/12)
MINNEAPOLIS An Army specialist from St. Paul died of injuries suffered in Iraq, the Defense Department reported Friday. He is the 73rd person with strong Minnesota ties to die in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(2008/04/12)
ST. PAUL The state Board of Animal Health says it will expand a zone in northwestern Minnesota that’s being heavily regulated because of bovine tuberculosis.
(2008/04/12)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota Department of Corrections is looking for a Level 3 sex offender.
(2008/04/11)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota House delved into a health care proposal that would reward medical providers for keeping their patients out of the hospital and expand public health programs to tens of thousands of uninsured residents.
(2008/04/11)
ST. PAUL After a few bad budget reports in a row, an economic update says Minnesota’s bank account was more flush than expected in February and March.
(2008/04/11)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. Transportation officials said Thursday they would start work this year on a replacement for the Highway 23 bridge that was abruptly closed last month because of bent gusset plates.
(2008/04/11)
MINNEAPOLIS The state directed Minnesota food shelves Thursday to destroy any venison they have because it may contain lead, and advised consumers with food shelf venison in their freezers to throw it away.
(2008/04/11)
WASHINGTON A Senate-approved housing bill includes a provision by Senator Norm Coleman that would give returning veterans more time to work out mortgage problems upon their return.
(2008/04/11)
MINNEAPOLIS Former Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller was charged Thursday with two felonies after an alleged scuffle with police officers trying to arrest him for possible drunken driving.
(2008/04/11)
ST. PAUL A fight is brewing over how to pay for studying a rare lung cancer that strikes Iron Range miners.
(2008/04/11)
MINNEAPOLIS Federal authorities are investigating a Twin Cities company for allegedly trying to ship restricted military equipment overseas without the required registration or licensing.
(2008/04/11)
ROCHESTER, Minn. Authorities say vandals have tampered with the natural-gas lines of several new homes being built in Rochester.
(2008/04/11)
BENSON, Minn. Authorities say a 49-year-old man from west-central Minnesota has died in a farm accident.
(2008/04/10)
MINNEAPOLIS Police say two toddlers survived a 30-foot-fall fall from a Minneapolis apartment on Wednesday.
(2008/04/10)
MINNEAPOLIS A Minneapolis man could be sentenced to life in prison without the chance for parole after he was convicted Wednesday for the second time in the killing of an 11-year-old girl nearly six years ago.
(2008/04/10)
MINNEAPOLIS A former Army officer who tried to kidnap his former girlfriend at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison.
(2008/04/10)
ST. PAUL In a few weeks, a Minneapolis law firm will report to the Legislature on bureaucratic symptoms that could have contributed to last summer’s Interstate 35W bridge collapse, although the report will steer clear of suggesting a technical cause.
(2008/04/10)
MINNEAPOLIS Former Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller punched a police officer and threw another one onto the hood of his Mercedes SUV as they tried to arrest him for possible drunken driving, police said.
(2008/04/10)
ST. PAUL A proposal allowing patients with cancer and other debilitating illnesses to use marijuana has cleared its final legislative committee.
(2008/04/10)
MINNEAPOLIS A state investigation into the swimming pool accident that led to the death of six-year-old Abigail Taylor shows a drain cover wasn’t securely attached and improper fasteners had been used.
(2008/04/10)
DULUTH, Minn. Northeastern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin are bracing for another spring storm that could bring a foot or more of new snow by Friday night.
(2008/04/10)
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. The League of Minnesota Cities issued a stern and expensive reprimand to this St. Paul suburb after ongoing squabbles at City Hall helped drive up the cost of the city’s insurance.
(2008/04/10)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota Family Council contends a surrogate mothers bill would “legalize the selling of babies.”
(2008/04/10)
MARSHALL, Minn. The woman accused in the deaths of four children in a school bus crash near this southwestern Minnesota city spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday and said her boyfriend was actually driving the van that struck the bus.
(2008/04/09)
The Associated Press ST. PAUL 3M Co. will probably pay between $50 million and $56 million to clean up sites in the eastern Twin Cities that have been contaminated by chemicals that were once used in some of the company’s best-known products.
(2008/04/09)
The Associated Press SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. Police are investigating after staff members at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School say they stopped a sexual assault in progress at the school.
(2008/04/09)
The Associated Press ST. PAUL Advocates of Minneapolis-to-St. Paul passenger rail vented Tuesday over Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s veto of state financing for the project and said it’s up to him to keep the line from withering.
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The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS The federal government has downgraded Minnesota’s status for bovine tuberculosis effective Wednesday, meaning the movement of cattle and bison from Minnesota to other states will be restricted to prevent the spread of the disease.
(2008/04/09)
The Associated Press HUTCHINSON, Minn. A chemical spill at a Hutchinson plant has sent several people to the hospital.
(2008/04/09)
The Associated Press ST. PAUL Thanks to the Republican National Convention, bars across the Twin Cities region might get two extra hours to pour drinks for five nights in August and September.
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The Associated Press ST. PAUL The National Transportation Safety Board’s leader attempted Tuesday to dispel concerns that the panel’s stance against a public hearing on the Interstate 35W bridge collapse was due to a power struggle with Minnesota highway officials.
(2008/04/09)
The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS Hennepin County prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old Minneapolis boy in the police-chase crash that killed a Minneapolis mother Sunday.
(2008/04/09)
The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS Walleye tacos, fried cheddar cheese curds and special-recipe bratwurst could be on the menu when the Minnesota Twins open their new ballpark in 2010.
(2008/04/08)
ST. PAUL A sizable chunk of the Legislature’s borrow-to-build plan fell victim to Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s line-item veto Monday, including high-profile mass transit, zoo and museum projects.
(2008/04/08)
ST. PAUL Tourism officials in northeastern Minnesota say rising gas prices probably won’t hurt resort business and might even help.
(2008/04/08)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota Senate backs a ban on software used by ticket brokers to jump in line and buy up blocks of concert tickets.
(2008/04/08)
ST. PAUL A man has survived a nine-story fall from a building in downtown St. Paul.
(2008/04/08)
MOORHEAD, Minn. Prosecutors filed attempted murder and kidnapping charges against a Moorhead man who was shot by police last week after abducting a woman.
(2008/04/08)
ST. PAUL Arizona Republicans will be staying in style at this summer’s Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities.
(2008/04/08)
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho Authorities say a sex offender wanted in Washington state has eluded capture in Idaho, and he’s believed to be heading for northern Minnesota.
(2008/04/07)
MINNEAPOLIS A woman was killed and two children were seriously injured Sunday when a stolen car being driven by a 15-year-old boy crashed into their vehicle, police said.
(2008/04/07)
BURNSVILLE, Minn. Police say a 22-year-old Prior Lake man who died after he was found injured in a Burnsville parking lot had been hit by a speeding car that left the scene.
(2008/04/07)
PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. A community prayer service was scheduled for Monday in Pelican Rapids following a fatal bus crash.
(2008/04/07)
MINNEAPOLIS An anti-AIDS drug has generated $290 million in royalties since 1999 for the University of Minnesota 95 percent of the school’s annual licensing income.
(2008/04/07)
DULUTH, Minn. A 50-year-old research project on predator/prey relationships has found gains in the moose and wolf populations on Lake Superior’s Isle Royale in the past year.
(2008/04/07)
MINNEAPOLIS A memorial service has been scheduled for a security contractor from Minnesota who died while being held hostage in Iraq.
(2008/04/07)
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. A 34-year-old tax attorney is set to challenge Democratic Representative Betty McCollum in Minnesota’s 4th Congressional District.
(2008/04/06)
MINNEAPOLIS A bus carrying students and their chaperones home from a band trip to Chicago rolled onto its side on Interstate 94 in Albertville on Saturday, killing one student and injuring the dozens of others on board, authorities said.
(2008/04/06)
MINNEAPOLIS Malt-O-Meal is voluntarily recalling some packages of its unsweetened Puffed Rice and unsweetened Puffed Wheat Cereals because they may be contaminated with salmonella.
(2008/04/06)
FARGO, N.D. The defense team for Alfonso Rodriguez Junior has been given more time but not more space to make its case to overturn his death penalty conviction in the Dru Sjodin case.
(2008/04/05)
ST. PAUL It was well past dark when Minnesota House members shifted their attention from the budget to an area of perhaps greater public concern: Smoking at bars and restaurants.
(2008/04/05)
ST. PAUL Gov. Tim Pawlenty singled out projects Friday in a construction-finance bill that he thinks represent misplaced legislative priorities, but said he’d withhold action on it until Monday.
(2008/04/05)
VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI was presented Friday with one of the limited editions of the St. John’s Bible, the first known handwritten Bible commissioned by a Benedictine monastery since the invention of the printing press over 500 years ago.
(2008/04/05)
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