WASHINGTON - Moving from celebrity to senator isn’t exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn’t mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.
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Cash-strapped public defenders in Minnesota will stop representing parents in child protection cases starting on Monday. The Minnesota Board of Public Defense made
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Cash-strapped public defenders in Minnesota will stop representing parents in child protection cases starting on Monday.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans.
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Cirrus Design Corporation’s plans for a new jet have taken a big step forward with a successful test flight of a prototype. The
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An anarchist protest group claims it has official plans that will help it immobilize the Republican National Convention.
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It’s been 20 years since one of the shortest but most memorable fireworks displays in the history of Duluth.
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ST. PAUL - A fringe group that has vowed to create chaos during the Republican National Convention has posted convention travel plans on its Web site.
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Background: Former Gopher found guilty of sexual conduct The state Appeals Court says former Minnesota Gophers football player Dominic Jones must still report to the workhouse pending his appeal. Jones had
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The state Appeals Court says former Minnesota Gophers football player Dominic Jones must still report to the workhouse pending his appeal.
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A new memorial to honor all veterans will be unveiled Friday afternoon in Richfield, Minn.
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The food and music fest founded by Saint Paul promoter Ron Maddox will soon have new owners. Cities 97 morning drive personality Brian Turner and business partner Kevin Campbell have bought Taste of Minnesota.
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ST. PETER, Minn. - More than 50 security jobs at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter are expected to be cut due to a budget crunch. That has some lawmakers worried, because the hospital houses the mentally ill and sex offenders and it’s near the Gustavus Adolphus College campus.
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An associate professor at St. John’s University says he’s seeking the Republican nomination for Michelle Bachmann’s congressional seat. Fifty-two-year-old Aubrey Immelman announced his
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It will be a sunny and pleasant Fourth of July with light winds and low humidity. High temperatures will reach near 80
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Milwaukee police say four people have died in a shooting outside a house party. Police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz says two women, ages
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Authorities say a 23-year-old man suspected in the disappearance of a 14-year-old Kenosha County girl has been arrested in New York. The FBI
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If July 4 looked a little more like July 3, Lisa and Blair Juliar might be tempted to bring their kids to back to Lake Minnetonka.
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Gas prices are rising. Food prices are jumping. And fireworks have always been expensive.
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Gas prices are rising. Food prices are jumping. And fireworks have always been expensive.
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A purported plan for moving 2008 Republican National Convention delegates in and out of St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center was posted online Thursday, raising questions about the intentions of a fringe group that has vowed to create havoc at the event, which runs Sept. 1-4.
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The Iraq and Afghanistan wars linger on, but they already are producing a new generation of politicians looking to represent Minnesota in Congress.
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When politicians claim scads of people earn a living by selling stuff on eBay, Max P. Sanders probably wasn’t the sort of person they had in mind.
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MANKATO, Minn. — An autopsy shows that 16-year-old Andrew Anderson died of alcohol poisoning after a night of drinking in a Mankato Park. The Mankato police said the medical examiner found Anderson had a blood-alcohol level of 0.38, nearly five times the legal limit to drive.
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With a three-day holiday weekend, gas prices keeping people closer to home and nice weather, the Hennepin County Water Patrol said there will be thousands of people on Lake Minnetonka this Fourth of July.
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