(2008/05/13)
ST. PAUL — Tax relief for homeowners, additional dollars for schools and a subsidy package for the Mall of America hung in the balance Monday night as the Legislature crept toward its mandatory finish line.
(2008/05/13)
MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Agriculture Department says Minnesota farmers made large gains in fieldwork and planting last week.
(2008/05/13)
FREEBORN, Minn. — The big oak tree in the center of Jim Beach’s driveway was a Freeborn landmark for years, and that hasn’t changed since it died.
(2008/05/13)
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Crews were chipping away aluminum that spilled from a valve and coated a floor 2½ inches deep at a Detroit Lakes foundry.
(2008/05/13)
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Officials at American Crystal Sugar say they’re taking steps to reduce the odor wafting from the factory in Moorhead.
(2008/05/13)
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Scuplture Garden will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this summer.
(2008/05/13)
ST. PAUL — Bill Holm is a musician, poet and essayist. Now he can add McKnight Foundation Distinguised Artist winner to his varied resume.
(2008/05/13)
ST. PAUL — The Department of Natural Resources has rescinded its speed limit on the St. Croix River because the water level has risen.
(2008/05/13)
MINNEAPOLIS — In a Hennepin County courtroom last month, a corporate lawyer urged a judge to throw out a lawsuit alleging insurance fraud against the elderly, arguing that the insurer had reached a settlement with the Commerce Department.
(2008/05/13)
MINNEAPOLIS — The near collapse of an interstate bridge in Ohio 12 years ago was linked to undersized and corroded gusset plates.
(2008/05/13)
ST. PAUL — City officials in St. Paul are thinking about using the skyways for advertising revenue during the Republican National Convention.
(2008/05/12)
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Burnsville police are looking for two men who stabbed a resident several times, set his home on fire, and stole his car.
(2008/05/12)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — University of Minnesota police are investigating a report of a sexual assault in a campus dormitory.
(2008/05/12)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Gov. Tim Pawlenty has resumed budget negotiations with legislative leaders.
(2008/05/12)
ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers burst from the gate in February, quickly finalizing spending for transportation upgrades and a long-pushed ballot measure dedicating dollars to outdoors and arts programs.
(2008/05/12)
ST. PAUL (AP) — State Representative Mark Olson says he might still run for reelection as an independent after his Republican Party constituents endorsed someone else to run for his legislative seat.
(2008/05/12)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Plymouth police officer suffered minor injuries during a chase that ended when a stolen car crashed in south Minneapolis.
(2008/05/12)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Citizens, politicians and protesters marked Minnesota’s 150th anniversary of statehood by gathering at the Capitol on Sunday to remember its past and ponder its future.
(2008/05/12)
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Around 50,000 people turned out in Bloomington for the 16th annual Race for the Cure.
(2008/05/11)
ANOKA, Minn. — A 24-year-old Spring Lake Park man is in custody for allegedly beating a 7-month-old baby so badly that the boy was left in a coma.
(2008/05/11)
MINNEAPOLIS — As fewer Minnesotans are buying fishing licenses, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is working on an aggressive campaign to lure new anglers to the state’s waters.
(2008/05/11)
BREEZY POINT, Minn. — Gov. Tim Pawlenty landed a 17-inch walleye Saturday during the Governor’s 60th Annual Fishing Opener at Breezy Point on Pelican Lake.
(2008/05/11)
WILLMAR, Minn. — While some international assistance is being kept out of Myanmar, a Minnesota woman is in the southeast Asian country hand-delivering rice and bottles of water to cyclone survivors.
(2008/05/11)
DULUTH, Minn. — Authorities in St. Louis County are investigating the death of a University of Minnesota Duluth student.
(2008/05/11)
CENTER CITY, Minn. — Two people are dead after a fiery head-on crash in Chisago County.
(2008/05/11)
ST. PAUL — A wagon train is winding through the Twin Cities this weekend to mark Minnesota’s 150th anniversary.
(2008/05/10)
DILWORTH, Minn. — Fourteen-year-old Bishop Edens was suspended from school Friday because he wouldn’t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, but he was quickly invited back once his principal learned that rule might be unconstitutional.
(2008/05/10)
DULUTH, Minn. — A judge threw out a lawsuit Friday that had been filed by a man who struck and killed a dog on a highway, then sued the dog’s owners for damage to his car.
(2008/05/10)
ST. PAUL — The proposed Big Stone II power plant suffered a major setback Friday when two administrative law judges recommended against allowing transmission lines from the plant to be built across west-central Minnesota.
(2008/05/10)
ST. PAUL — The heads of a joint House-Senate panel say they still have more questions than answers after a two-hour hearing into a national conference that got Minnesota Department of Natural Resources funds.
(2008/05/10)
ST. PAUL — Lawmakers are ignoring Governor Tim Pawlenty’s threat to veto a minimum wage hike.
(2008/05/10)
ST. PAUL — Five years and more than $8 million into a project plagued by delays and glitches, state human services officials decided to abandon their first attempt to develop software for an online health care sign-up system and start over.
(2008/05/10)
ST. PAUL — A bill requiring regular progress reports on Minnesota’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is on its way to Governor Tim Pawlenty.
(2008/05/10)
ST. PAUL — A bill that would force students to remain in school until they are 18-years-old is headed to Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s desk.
(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.
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