Minnesota
Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.
Nov 20, 2009 | 5:00 pm | Loading…
2 victims of Minn. bus crash improving
The two passengers most seriously injured in this week's tour bus crash near Austin, Minn., are improving.
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:00 am | Loading…
Bus company: Driver in deadly I-90 crash had aneurysm
MINNEAPOLIS - A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm just before the bus veered off a southern Minnesota interstate and crashed, killing two people and injuring 20, the owner of the bus company said Thursday. State officials said they couldn't confirm the aneurysm and it was too e…
Nov 19, 2009 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
Minnesota man indicted on animal terrorism charge
DES MOINES, Iowa - A Minneapolis man has been indicted on animal terrorism charges in Iowa, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.
Nov 19, 2009 | 9:50 pm | Loading…
Part of SD town evacuated after chemical leak
BIG STONE CITY, S.D. - Residents of this northeastern South Dakota town who were evacuated after an anhydrous ammonia leak returned to their homes Thursday morning unharmed.
Nov 19, 2009 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
Another man indicted in missing Somalis case
MINNEAPOLIS - A 24-year-old St. Anthony man has been indicted on terrorism-related charges in the federal investigation into the departures of young Somali men who left Minnesota to fight with a terror group in Somalia, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.
Nov 19, 2009 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
Petters insists in testimony associates hid fraud
ST. PAUL - Minnesota businessman Tom Petters stuck to his story Thursday that he didn't know that his close associates were carrying out an enormous fraud at Petters Co. Inc., saying he "chose not to look" too closely at what was happening.
Nov 19, 2009 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
Treasury to sell warrants as 3 banks exit bailouts
WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction off warrants for three banks that it acquired as part of last fall's financial bailout. It's the latest government effort to reel in its emergency financial programs.
Nov 19, 2009 | 9:40 pm | Loading…
Study abroad? College students drop, rethink plans
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.
Nov 19, 2009 | 9:40 pm | Loading…
Lawsuit likely over 35W bridge wreckage
ST. PAUL - Another lawsuit from the Interstate 35W bridge collapse is looming - this one over rusting wreckage that has kept a Minneapolis park fenced off for two years.
Nov 19, 2009 | 9:35 pm | Loading…
State property taxes seen rising 3.5 percent
ST. PAUL - State officials are predicting an average 3.5 percent increase in local property taxes next year as cities, counties and school districts set their levies.
Nov 19, 2009 | 9:30 pm | Loading…
Body of pilot recovered from plane wreckage
MAHNOMEN, Minn. - The body of a pilot has been recovered from the wreckage of his small plane in Clearwater County.
Nov 19, 2009 | 9:25 pm | Loading…
Minn. unemployment rate climbs
ST. PAUL — Minnesota's three-month streak of falling unemployment was broken in October when the rate climbed to 7.6 percent, although accompanying job gains left officials optimistic.
Nov 19, 2009 | 11:00 am | Loading…
Tour bus crashes on I-90 near Austin, killing 2
AUSTIN, Minn. - A tour bus returning from an Iowa casino ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 21, authorities said.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:45 am | Loading…
SE Minnesota plagued with series of traffic accidents
ROCHESTER, Minn. - A series of traffic accidents in southeastern Minnesota had emergency responders hopping for several hours.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:30 am | Loading…
Two arrested in taped assaults posted on YouTube
MINNEAPOLIS - A man gets shoved off a bicycle and crashes to the pavement. An unsuspecting jogger gets thrown to the ground. A young child is pushed down a hill, and a man who is simply walking down the sidewalk gets violently tackled from behind.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:25 am | Loading…
Five new swine flu deaths in state; outbreak wanes
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota health officials reported five new deaths from swine flu Wednesday as the second wave of the pandemic wanes.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:25 am | Loading…
New Lutheran body to form after gay pastor vote
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. - The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Petters blames top associates for alleged fraud
ST. PAUL - Minnesota businessman Tom Petters put the blame squarely on several of his trusted friends Wednesday for the $3.65 billion fraud carried out at Petters Co. Inc.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:10 am | Loading…
HCMC budget calls for big cuts in 2010
MINNEAPOLIS - The Hennepin County Medical Center, the state's largest safety net hospital, will close at least two clinics, eliminate more than 150 positions and restrict access to its non-emergency services under a budget approved Wednesday.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:10 am | Loading…
