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Driver charged for striking boy at Minneapolis airport

Driver charged for striking boy at Minneapolis airport

Jan 30, 2012 at 1:01 pm

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A St. Paul man is charged with a felony for allegedly running over a young boy who was going to greet his soldier father at the Twin Cities airport. Read More...

Stearns and Sherburne county pegged for more DWI patrols

Stearns and Sherburne county pegged for more DWI patrols

Jan 30, 2012 at 1:01 pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The 13 Minnesota counties with the highest combined totals of alcohol-related traffic deaths and serious injuries will see increased drunken driving patrols. Read More...

Anderson: Minnesota Senate rejection 'unfair, wrong'

Anderson: Minnesota Senate rejection 'unfair, wrong'

Jan 30, 2012 at 12:12 pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former state senator Ellen Anderson says the state Senate's vote to reject her as Gov. Mark Dayton's Public Utilities Commission chief was "unfair, mean-spirited and wrong.'' Read More...

Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon cancelled due to lake of snow

Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon cancelled due to lake of snow

Jan 29, 2012 at 4:04 pm

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - The lack of snow has caused organizers to cancel the annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon along the North Shore of Lake Superior. Read More...

Police: Alcohol suspected in death of teen

Police: Alcohol suspected in death of teen

Jan 29, 2012 at 3:03 pm

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - Rochester police say alcohol likely played a role in the death of a teen left sleeping in a cold car overnight. Read More...

Grandmother killed, grandson injured in crash

Grandmother killed, grandson injured in crash

Jan 29, 2012 at 2:02 pm

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - Police say a drunken driver caused the crash that killed a Duluth grandmother and critically injured the grandson she was driving to school. Read More...

Dog missing since fatal Christmas Eve crash is found

Dog missing since fatal Christmas Eve crash is found

Jan 29, 2012 at 2:02 pm

WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) - A dog that had been missing since a fatal Christmas Eve accident near Willmar has been found alive and well. Read More...

Humbled Minnesota Sen. Koch says no reelection bid

Humbled Minnesota Sen. Koch says no reelection bid

Jan 29, 2012 at 2:02 pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - State Sen. Amy Koch says she's sticking with her decision not to seek reelection after engaging in a relationship with a subordinate, despite comments she made last week. Read More...

Discontent sues Moorhead over drug ordinance

Discontent sues Moorhead over drug ordinance

Jan 29, 2012 at 1:01 pm

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A northwestern Minnesota shop that sells tobacco, pipes and other products is suing the city of Moorhead over the way police are enforcing a new ordinance outlawing drug paraphernalia. Read More...

Lakeville dad who abandoned son found guilty of child neglect

Lakeville dad who abandoned son found guilty of child neglect

Jan 29, 2012 at 1:01 pm

HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) - A Lakeville father accused of abandoning his 11-year-old son has been found guilty of child neglect. Read More...

Big ice-fishing tournament on Gull Lake is on

Big ice-fishing tournament on Gull Lake is on

Jan 29, 2012 at 1:01 pm

BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) - It's a "go'' for one of Minnesota's largest ice fishing tournaments. Read More...

Man dead after fire in St. Louis County cabin

Man dead after fire in St. Louis County cabin

Jan 29, 2012 at 1:01 pm

HIBBING, Minn. (AP) - A 34-year-old Zimmerman man was found dead after a fire in a rural St. Louis County cabin. Read More...

Minnesota Organic Conference opens in St. Cloud

Minnesota Organic Conference opens in St. Cloud

Jan 28, 2012 at 4:04 pm

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) - The 2012 Minnesota Organic Conference gets under way in St. Cloud, and the annual event has grown to include even more trade show vendors, educational breakout sessions and keynote speakers. Read More...

Minnesota ticket wins $2.6M Lotto jackpot

Minnesota ticket wins $2.6M Lotto jackpot

Jan 28, 2012 at 4:04 pm

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Someone bought a $2.61 million winning lottery ticket in north central Minnesota. Read More...

Huntsman out of GOP race, backs Romney

Huntsman out of GOP race, backs Romney

Jan 28, 2012 at 4:04 pm

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Jon Huntsman abandoned his once-promising campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday and endorsed Mitt Romney as the man "best equipped to defeat Barack Obama'" in the fall. Read More...

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