(2008/11/22)
ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — By lunchtime Friday, Joni Anderson figured she’d personally inspected almost 15,000 ballots in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate recount. She was about halfway done.
(2008/11/22)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — On second thought, some of those Minnesota Senate ballots may be un-challenged.
(2008/11/22)
ST. PAUL (AP) — State House and Senate fiscal analysts are predicting a deficit of as much as $4 billion for the coming two-year budget period.
(2008/11/22)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Prosecutors say a 19-year-old West St. Paul man told police he was concerned that someone was going to shoot at his house when his AK-47 accidentally fired and killed a teen.
(2008/11/22)
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors are charging three St. Paul men in the daytime home invasion robbery in Lake Elmo in which a man was pistol whipped and doused with gasoline.
(2008/11/22)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A survey of bankers in Minnesota and 10 other states suggests the rural economy is still faltering and that there is little confidence things will look much brighter in six months.
(2008/11/22)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday upheld a Michigan law designed to prevent oceangoing freight ships from bringing invasive species to the Great Lakes in their ballast water.
(2008/11/22)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The five years since the abduction and murder of a University of North Dakota student have brought tougher laws against sex offenders. Top state and federal prosecutors say it’s not enough.
(2008/11/22)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Highway Patrol has released the name of a Minnesota man killed in the head-on collision of two pickups in Cass County.
(2008/11/22)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — A jury has acquitted an Atwater police officer of two counts of criminal sexual conduct.
(2008/11/22)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.-elect Erik Paulsen has a half-cubicle, laptop, phone and mail slot in his makeshift transition office.
(2008/11/22)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A group of state law enforcement agencies has launched a new anti-fraud educational campaign called MnScams.
(2008/11/22)
HAMPTON, Minn. (AP) — Residents in the mostly-white community of Hampton have made history in Dakota County.
(2008/11/22)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A Burnsville man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for a securities fraud scam.
(2008/11/22)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks is near the top when it comes to compensation for public university presidents.
(2008/11/22)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of Minnesota's largest car dealers is closing six of dealerships and selling three others, effective immediately. WCCO-TV reported that 400 employees of the Denny Hecker Automotive Group in the Twin Cities are going to be out of a job.
(2008/11/21)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A recount watchdog for Norm Coleman flags a ballot because the voter put a check next to Al Franken’s name instead of blacking in the oval. A Franken monitor challenges an apparent vote for Coleman because Franken’s name is also marked. And representatives of both men invoke challenges because of marks elsewhere on the ballot that could make them identifiable.
(2008/11/21)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the thousands of Minnesotans who have lost their jobs or will in the coming months, Dan McElroy has a message: Help is available.
(2008/11/21)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson outlined a plan Thursday to force mortgage lenders to negotiate with homeowners before foreclosing on their homes.
(2008/11/21)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she would have voted against legislation to bail out the auto industry.
(2008/11/21)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is aiming to deliver a quarter of its college credits through online courses by 2015.
(2008/11/21)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rep. Michele Bachmann has a new explanation for media accounts about comments that she made on cable TV suggesting that Barack Obama and other members of Congress may be “anti-American.”
(2008/11/21)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A man wanted for questioning in the killing of another St. Paul teenager has turned himself in, police said.
(2008/11/21)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesotans are set to pay more property taxes next year if a number of proposed local tax levies are adopted.
(2008/11/21)
LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (AP) — DFL state Rep. Al Doty will keep his seat in the Minnesota House, according to unofficial results of a recount.
(2008/11/21)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The state emergency manager who stayed out of state after the Interstate 35W bridge fell has now inspired a bill.
(2008/11/21)
ST. PAUL (AP) — First lady Mary Pawlenty will begin working on medical diplomacy next year.
(2008/11/21)
VIRGINIA, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in northeastern Minnesota have arrested four suspects in an investigation into a string of business burglaries.
(2008/11/21)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A recycling plant in St. Paul could soon be powered by rural Minnesota manure and ethanol byproducts.
(2008/11/20)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As the recount in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race began here Wednesday, one volunteer judge asked the city election director what to do if she spotted a questionable ballot and no one else did.
(2008/11/20)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A Minnesota judge granted Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken’s request Wednesday for the release of information on voters whose absentee ballots were rejected.
(2008/11/20)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate candidate Al Franken huddled with Democratic leaders in the nation’s capital, in between fundraisers here and in New York to help him pay for a recount that started back in Minnesota on Wednesday.
(2008/11/20)
TOWER, Minn. (AP) — The first 10 days of the firearms deer season in northern Minnesota show a substantial drop in harvest numbers.
(2008/11/20)
BENSON, Minn. (AP) — A Swift County grand jury has indicted a corrections officer on charges of first- and second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife in their Appleton home in 2004.
(2008/11/20)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Members of the Saudi royal family have been spending money at Rochester’s shops and tipping generously at the southeastern Minnesota city’s best restaurants.
(2008/11/20)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The board overseeing the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system has cut its budget request to the Legislature, citing the severe economic downturn.
(2008/11/20)
MANTORVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Bail is set at $1 million for a Dodge Center man accused of killing his wife and son and trying to kill his two daughters.
(2008/11/20)
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A judge will decide the fate of an Oakdale teenager accused of stabbing her newborn daughter to death.
(2008/11/20)
SIREN, Wis. (AP) — A judge said he will rule later on how many text messages will be allowed as evidence in the trial of a Minneapolis firefighter accused of killing his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend in northwestern Wisconsin.
(2008/11/20)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A former chairman of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has been sentenced to two years of probation on corruption charges.
(2008/11/20)
MADISON (AP) — A federal magistrate judge has fined a Wisconsin company $4,000 for shipping contaminated butter from Wisconsin to Minnesota.
(2008/11/20)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A former intern at KSTP-TV faces criminal charges after she allegedly went on a tirade when she was fired.
(2008/11/20)
ST. PAUL (AP) — An exhibit featuring artifacts from the Titanic is coming back to Minnesota.
(2008/11/20)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — New research claims that half of wolf pups born in Minnesota each year die from a highly contagious disease that has stunted the growth of the state's wolf population.
(2008/11/19)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The election board that will eventually declare a winner in Minnesota’s deadlocked U.S. Senate race signed off Tuesday on a statewide manual recount while delaying a decision on how to handle rejected absentee ballots.
(2008/11/19)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Norm Coleman said Tuesday he will vote against a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit’s Big Three automakers, while Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she was “inclined” to vote for it.
(2008/11/19)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A federal magistrate ruled Tuesday that eight Molotov cocktails found during the search of a basement should be used as evidence in the upcoming trial of two Texas men who allegedly planned to use the devices during the Republican National Convention.
(2008/11/19)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A St. Paul attorney was to answer questions Tuesday before a panel trying to determine if a Goodhue County judge engaged in misconduct by allegedly funneling divorce cases to her.
(2008/11/19)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Officials overseeing a new requirement for restaurants and others in northern Minnesota to recycle food waste say compliance has been good.
(2008/11/19)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Brad Moore is leaving his job as head of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
(2008/11/19)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota's legislative auditor won't seek misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor charges against a fired state emergency manager who was absent after the Minneapolis bridge collapse.
(2008/11/19)
RED WING, Minn. (AP) — The longtime emergency management director in Goodhue County will soon take on that role for the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
(2008/11/19)
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) — The Red Lake Band of Chippewa is getting a $31 million loan from another Minnesota tribe for three projects, including a new casino and hotel.
(2008/11/19)
KEEWATIN, Minn. (AP) — An environmental review is about to begin of the proposed expansion of the Keetac taconite plant in Keewatin.
(2008/11/19)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The parents of a 32-year-old Crystal man have filed a lawsuit in federal court over his death at the Hennepin County workhouse.
(2008/11/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Democrat Al Franken’s Senate campaign, trailing heading into a statewide recount, argued Monday that a key Minnesota election board needs to examine rejected absentee ballots before certifying the race results.
(2008/11/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Transportation said it will receive $20 million in a settlement with the designer of a flawed span on the Wakota Bridge project.
(2008/11/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A group opposed to Minnesota’s same-day voter registration law has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate problems it suspects with the state’s voter rolls.
(2008/11/18)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups wants to amend a recently enacted Great Lakes water management compact, contending it has loopholes that could enable water grabs by multinational corporations.
(2008/11/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) 8212 Wet fields have hampered Minnesota farmers' efforts to finish the harvest.
(2008/11/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) — More Twin Cities residents are using credit cards to keep up with their utility bills.
(2008/11/18)
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — The man suspected of shooting another man to death at a Twin Cities bar in September has been arrested in Texas.
(2008/11/18)
ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — A 20-year-old Coon Rapids man is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of a Fridley High School football star.
(2008/11/18)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — When it comes to meeting a state mandate for renewable energy, a western Minnesota utility says corn cobs might be the answer.
(2008/11/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Former Minnesota House Speaker Irv Anderson has died. He was 85.
(2008/11/18)
VIRGINIA, Minn. (AP) — A 19-year-old Iron Range man pleaded guilty Monday for firing a rifle into the air and injuring a newspaper reporter who was driving by.
(2008/11/18)
NEW YORK (AP) &8212 A perfume company is claiming Prince and his music publisher failed to honor a contract to help market a fragrance named for the album "3121."
(2008/11/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Ramsey County prosecutors said they won't file felony charges in the alleged improper use of state funds for a game warden conference last year in St. Paul.
(2008/11/18)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Norm Coleman plans to meet with a Ford Motor Co. official this week to discuss the state of the auto industry.
(2008/11/18)
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Wireless telephone provider Alltel Corp. says it will add 130 jobs to the company's office in Mankato.
(2008/11/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Various Minnesota law enforcement agencies are teaming up with the Humane Society of the United States to fight dogfighting and cockfighting.
(2008/11/17)
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Until a few years ago, Mark Ritchie paid more attention to the fine print of global trade pacts than to the ovals on ballots.
(2008/11/17)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As members of Congress gear up for a discussion this week on whether to bailout Detroit automakers, Sen. Norm Coleman says he would support a plan if it included certain protections for taxpayers.
(2008/11/17)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he’s confident the recount in Minnesota’s Senate race will be fair.
(2008/11/17)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democrat Al Franken says he’ll be in Washington, D.C., this week to meet with Democratic Senate leaders.
(2008/11/17)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed at his home in St. Paul early Sunday morning.
(2008/11/17)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Ministers in the St. Cloud area want to keep Wednesday nights reserved for church activities.
(2008/11/17)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — It’s your constitutional right to demand a speedy trial. But a surge in requests for speedy trials is creating a logjam for Olmsted County courts.
(2008/11/17)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Oversized semitrailers carrying wind turbine parts are becoming a common sight in central Minnesota.
(2008/11/17)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Burning wood can be a popular way for Minnesotans to keep warm during the winter.
(2008/11/17)
ROTHSAY, Minn. (AP) — He never saw his name printed on the ballot for mayor. But the longtime mayor of Rothsay won 11 straight elections — all on a write-in vote.
(2008/11/17)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A University of Minnesota civil engineering professor will talk about the school’s independent study of the Interstate 35 bridge collapse at a lecture this week.
(2008/11/16)
ST. PAUL (AP) — In Corey Sherman’s second year of law school, she tagged along with an attorney to visit a client in a county jail. After that experience, public defense became her calling.
(2008/11/16)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For one day, a Minnesota court was filled with happy endings.
(2008/11/16)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman is calling on Congress to act quickly to confirm a top overseer for the $700 billion financial rescue package.
(2008/11/16)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Marty Seifert has been re-elected as minority leader of the Minnesota House Republicans.
(2008/11/16)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — When President George W. Bush in October signed a water compact negotiated by the Great Lakes states, supporters rejoiced that seven years of haggling over how to keep thirsty outsiders from grabbing their precious resource were over.
(2008/11/16)
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — Conservation officers with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources say they have been overwhelmed with reports of illegal deer baiting this fall.
(2008/11/16)
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — City and business leaders searching for a town comparable to Mankato have come upon Burlington, Vt.
(2008/11/16)
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A Vietnam veterans' memorial in Mankato is expanding.
(2008/11/16)
SOUTH HAVEN, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota deer hunter learned an important lesson: remember how far your shotgun slug can carry.
(2008/11/15)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The design flaw that brought down a highway bridge in Minneapolis went undetected for 40 years. Federal safety officials say that, even today, government design reviews might not detect similar problems.
(2008/11/15)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The head of a key board in Minnesota’s unsettled Senate election said Friday the panel would hear a dispute over whether to reconsider some rejected absentee ballots if one of the campaigns asks.
(2008/11/15)
MINNEAPOLIS — With million-dollar homes in three states, yachts, luxury cars and a friends list teeming with celebrities and athletes, Tom Petters seemed to have it all.
(2008/11/15)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Rochester police have now classified beating death of a Somali man as a bias crime.
(2008/11/15)
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — A leader of a religious group was arrested on a federal warrant Friday, a day after she denied involvement in what the FBI warned was a threat against dozens of local local government officials and others.
(2008/11/15)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour and a Minnesota astronaut blasted into the night sky Friday.
(2008/11/15)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A Duluth man has been charged in the stabbing death of a 27-year-old outside a bar in Hermantown.
(2008/11/15)
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A high school teacher in southcentral Minnesota who was arrested in a child pornography investigation has pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing pornography.
(2008/11/15)
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — The husband of a suburban newspaper reporter has been charged in her murder.
(2008/11/15)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The Wallace Foundation has announced grants of more than $7 million to help Minnesota arts groups expand their audiences.
(2008/11/15)
SPOONER, Wis. (AP) — The chemical company where an explosion last spring critically burned two workers has reached a settlement with the federal government over workplace safety violations, the company said Friday.
(2008/11/15)
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A 71-year-old Hastings man has died after being run over by a tractor.
(2008/11/15)
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The family of a college student who died of alcohol poisoning after a night of drinking in Mankato has dismissed four of her friends from a lawsuit.
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