Local News in St. Cloud, MN

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Judge cancels child care union election

Apr 6, 2012 at 1:01 pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Ramsey County judge has permanently cancelled a unionization vote by home-based child care workers that Gov. Mark Dayton tried to call late last year. Read More...

Increased punishment for bad caregivers reaches Dayton's desk

Apr 6, 2012 at 1:01 pm

The Legislature has sent Gov. Mark Dayton a bill to punish caregivers with prison time and fines if they’re convicted of severely neglecting elderly patients or vulnerable adults. Read More...

Elderly Granite Falls man rescued from submerged truck

Apr 6, 2012 at 1:01 pm

GRANITE FALLS, Minn. (AP) - Sheriff's officials say a 23-year-old man jumped into an icy lake in Yellow Medicine County and rescued an elderly driver from his sunken pickup. Read More...

Fireworks bill still has spark at Minn. Capitol

Apr 6, 2012 at 1:01 pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A bill to legalize fireworks sales in Minnesota survived a House committee vote and could be back up for House and Senate votes later this month. Read More...

Minnesota Senate bill restores $22 million in healthcare cuts

Apr 6, 2012 at 1:01 pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Senate has passed a bill that uses money from a state settlement with HMOs to restore $22 million in cuts made last year to health programs. Read More...

First group of Minnesota National Guard Red Bulls returns from Kuwait

Apr 6, 2012 at 1:01 pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A first group of Red Bulls from the Minnesota National Guard is back stateside after a year in Kuwait. Read More...

Moorhead waitress to get $12,000 left at restaurant

Apr 6, 2012 at 1:01 pm

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) - Authorities have decided to return $12,000 to a Minnesota waitress that police had impounded as suspected drug money. Read More...

St. Cloud man pleads guilty to April crash that killed two

Apr 5, 2012 at 4:04 pm

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KNSI) - The man who tried to evade St. Cloud police by speeding into oncoming traffic, killing another driver and an unborn baby in the April 2011 crash pleaded guilty Thursday. Read More...

CenterPoint gas customers due refund

Apr 5, 2012 at 3:03 pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - CenterPoint Energy gas customers in Minnesota are due a refund. Read More...

Minnesota fireworks bill rattles Capitol

Apr 5, 2012 at 3:03 pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota holiday revelers hungry for a bigger bang and brighter flash could buy and set off a wider array of consumer fireworks if a bill moving through the Legislature stays on course. Read More...

Insurer must provide benefits after gender change

Apr 5, 2012 at 2:02 pm

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge has ruled a health insurer improperly denied benefits to a spouse who had undergone a sex change operation. Read More...

Aerial, ground search for missing boy unsuccessful

Apr 5, 2012 at 2:02 pm

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - Sheriff's officials in northeastern Minnesota say an aerial and ground search for a missing 7-year-old boy have failed to turn up any new leads on his disappearance. Read More...

Sartell woman celebrating 106th birthday

Apr 5, 2012 at 2:02 pm

SARTELL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota woman is celebrating a big number. Read More...

Minnesota DOT announces 316 road projects around the state

Apr 5, 2012 at 1:01 pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - This year's state road construction projects include work on the Interstate 694 and Highway 10 interchange in the Twin Cities, and final work on an Interstate 35 bridge in Duluth. Read More...