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Minneapolis Police Find Injured Teen, Victim Later Dies
Minneapolis police discover a young man seriously injured near a robbery scene...
 
Large Minnesota Kennel to Auction Dogs, Shut Down
A Minnesota dog breeder whose kennel application sparked protests  may be going out of business...
 
Students Turn Fast Food into Fuel for Learning
A growing school-breakfast program in St. Paul, called Breakfast to Go, allows students to grab a free nutritious meal and take it to class...
 
Food Shelves Benefiting From Deer Hunting
Minnesota food shelves are eager for donations as the firearms deer hunting season opens on Saturday...
 
DFL to Hold Gubernatorial Debates
Minnesota's DFL party will hold three debates in the next five weeks for its gubernatorial candidates...
 
Body of Missing Lake Superior Kayaker Found
Authorities say a body found Thursday afternoon on the north shore of Lake Superior was that of a missing missing kayaker...
 
Family Mourns St. Paul Soldier Killed at Fort Hood   
A young St. Paul man who loved fishing in the St. Croix River with his brother was one of the 13 people shot and killed Thursday in the attacks at Fort Hood...
 St. Paul Soldier Wounded at Fort Hood
 Fort Hood Victims
 
Prosecutors: Ex-Petters Co. CFO "Lied for a Living"   
The defense in the Tom Petters fraud trial tried to discredit his company's former CFO who testified Petters knew about an alleged Ponzi scheme...
 
Construction Co. Settles Bridge Collapse Lawsuits   
Victims and the families of those killed in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis in 2007 agreed Friday to settle their lawsuits...
 
More Minnesota Teens are Taking up Hunting   
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reporting an increase in the number of young people, ages 12 to 15, who are hunting...
 
Board Punishes Mpls. Mayor over Gov. Actions   
Fresh out of the gubernatorial campaign gate, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was punished Friday for using mayoral campaign funds for what...
 
Suspect Arrested in Milwaukee Theft of Flu Vaccine   
Milwaukee police have arrested a local man accused of stealing a truck carrying 900 doses of H1N1-flu vaccine...
 
Twins Trade Gomez for Brewers SS Hardy
The Minnesota Twins have acquired shortstop J.J. Hardy from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for outfielder Carlos Gomez...
 
1 St. Paul Soldier Killed, 1 Wounded at Fort Hood   
Two soldiers from St. Paul were victims of the shootings at Fort Hood. Kham Xiong was killed and Keara Bono Torkelson was wounded...
 Family Mourns St. Paul Soldier
 Fort Hood Victims
 
Body of Missing Lake Superior Kayaker Found
Authorities say a body found Thursday afternoon on the north shore of Lake Superior was that of a missing missing kayaker and former ...
 
Pawlenty Heads to NW Minn. for Deer Opener
Gov. Tim Pawlenty travels to northwestern Minnesota for the Seventh Annual Governor's Deer Hunting Opener...
 
Fort Hood Suspect Said Methodical Goodbyes
As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another...
 
1 Dead, 5 Hurt in Orlando Shooting; Gunman Caught   
A man who was so deep in debt that he did not have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired...
 
Obama Signs Bill Assisting Homebuyers, Jobless
President Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless...
 
Vikings Fans Group Springs up to Push Stadium
A new Vikings fan group has sprung up to push Minnesota lawmakers to consider stadium legislation...
 
Minn. Teen Receives Final Radiation Dose
Minnesota teenager Daniel Hauser is now finished with the cancer treatment he fled the state to avoid...
 
Minn. Guard Welcomes 12 Troops from Afghanistan   
The Minnesota National Guard is welcoming home 12 soldiers on Friday from a one-year deployment to Afghanistan...
 
Deja Vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD Price War
First it was books. Now it's DVDs. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. started another price war Thursday, trimming the online preorder prices of...
 
Wis. Soldier Recovering from Fort Hood Shooting
The family of a Random Lake soldier injured in the Fort Hood shooting says Amber Bahr was shot in the back and is undergoing tests...
 
Minn. to Cover Patients after Health Program Ends
Minnesota officials are arranging health care coverage for 28,000 patients whose state-paid health insurance plan is slated to end on...
 
Report: Minn. Needs Significant Internet Upgrades
A new report says most of Minnesota needs significant Internet improvements to reach a goal of statewide high-speed broadband access by...
 
Austin Officer Convicted of Drug Possession
An Austin police captain has been convicted of removing prescription narcotics from the department's evidence room...
 
New Indictment Sought for 1985 Minn. Killing
Winona County prosecutors plan to convene a new grand jury against James Raymond Bolstad, a week after a judge dismissed his...
 
House Dems Say Sat. Vote on Health Care May Slip
The White House says President Barack Obama regrets a delay in plans for a House vote on sweeping health care legislation and that he'll...
 
Frank Takes Dig at Bachmann
Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig Friday at the Republican lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives against health care legislation...
 
Forest Lake High School Locked Down Briefly
Two schools in Forest Lake were locked down briefly Friday morning after a report of a suspicious person inside the high school...
 
Led by Bachmann, Protesters Target Health Care
Thousands of conservatives heeded the call from Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and descended on the U.S. Capitol to protest the...
 
Minn.'s 'DWI Chair' Sells for More Than $10,000
Operating a motorized recliner while drunk apparently drives up the chair's value. Police in northern Minnesota listed the "DWI chair" on eBay...
 
Details Emerge about Fort Hood Suspect   
He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that...
 
TRACKING YOUR $: Guaranteed Time Off for Teachers   
Hundreds of teachers take paid leave, or sabbatical, every year. It's a guarantee some Minnesota colleges agreed to and you're paying for it...
 
Obama to Attend Fort Hood Memorial
President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service for those killed at Thursday's mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas...
 
Former Friends of Petters Testify Against Him   
One man who invested in Petters Co. and another who worked for the company took the stand in the fraud trial of their former friend, Tom Petters...
 
Rybak Files to Run for Minn. Governor
Democrat R.T. Rybak is telling supporters he's running for governor, two days after Minneapolis voters re-elected him to a third term as mayor...
 
New Kind of H1N1 Vaccine Delay Worries Parents   
Delays in production of the H1N1 vaccine mean that even the parents of children who have received a dose aren't sleeping easy...
 
ARMY: 13 Dead, 31 Hurt in Attack at Fort Hood   
An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 13...
 
POLICE: Pirated DVDs Seized from St. Paul Store   
Police say they've busted a St. Paul store that was selling thousands of copies of movies that are still in theatres.
 
Valuable Grape Vines Stolen from U of M   
Someone might be trying to cheat their way to creating, and profiting off of a new kind of wine. Thieves stole grape vines from...
 
DNR Cracks Down on Illegal Deer Stands   
The deer hunting firearms season in Minnesota doesn't start until Saturday, but the DNR is already finding evidence of hunters breaking the law...
 
Teen Acquitted in Fatal Burnsville Stabbing
Nineteen-year-old Taylor Pass was acquitted on two counts of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a woman in her Burnsville townhome...
 
Cost of New Lowry Bridge Questioned   
One Hennepin County commissioner is questioning why the county is spending millions more than it needs to on a new bridge...
 
Minn. Nurses Want Changes to Mask Recommendations   
The state nurses union is calling on the health department to change its recommendations for respiratory protection for...
 
Minnesota Beats up UMD 114-47 in Exhibition
Damian Johnson had 16 points, 10 rebounds and seven steals to lead No. 25 Minnesota to a 114-47 win over Minnesota Duluth in an...
 
School Nurses on Front Line of H1N1 Fight   
Last week 137 Minnesota schools reported flu outbreaks, putting school nurses on the front line of the H1N1 fight...
 
Unlikely Scorers Lift Canucks Over Wild
Tough guy Darcy Hordichuk and newly signed Matt Pettinger each scored their first goals of the season, forming an unlikely pair to...
 
Former Vikings Erasmus James Arrested
Former Vikings first-round pick Erasmus James was arrested early Thursday after punching a friend in the face at a bar in Madison...