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This week's Excellent Educator is unlike any we've seen before. Lucille Decker began her teaching career when she was 21. Seven decades later, at 92-years-old, she is still at it, teaching students at South Elementary in Princeton.
Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Daudt told reporters today he's not immune to financial struggles as a legislator. He said he had thousands of dollars in credit card debt.
A major bridge is going up in Red Wing, a project the Minnesota Department of Transportation says will cost around $110 million. The new bridge will replace the one in downtown Red Wing, and will open in 2020.
A Twin Cities mother is talking about her daughter's dark battle with the hope it helps others. Ana Plante killed herself in January. She was 15.
A St. Paul police sergeant's apparent lies in court have led to charges against 16 defendants being dropped. Sgt. Heather Weyker, who was put on leave last week, worked on a 2009 sex ring case targeting Somali-Americans from Minnesota.
A Fargo woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to dealing large amounts of methamphetamine in at least three states. Jada Grace Bahl is charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Bahl and two other people connected to the ring were arrested in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota, area in June.
Gov. Mark Dayton is set to lay out his legislative priorities for Minnesota in his State of the State speech. Dayton will go before a joint session of the Legislature to give his appraisal of the state on Wednesday night. The Democratic governor has said education and water quality are key issues for him.
Minnesota Lawmakers returned to the State Capitol Tuesday for the start of the 2016 legislative session, kicking off the first day with contentious debate that could be a sign of things to come.
A Minnesota man is behind Disney's latest catchy characters in the box office hit "Zootopia."
The Minnesota Supreme court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in the appeal for convicted cop killer Brian Fitch. Fitch was convicted in the shooting death of Mendota Heights Police Officer Scott Patrick in West St. Paul.
St. Paul police say an officer was forced to shoot and kill an elderly man's dog after it bit four people Sunday. Police say officers found a frantic scene near the Edgcumbe Recreation Center on Griggs Street at about 4:30 p.m.
We are learning more about the paralyzing injury to a 20-year-old hockey player from Isanti. Matt Olson, who played hockey for Totino-Grace High School, fell into the boards while playing junior hockey with the Chicago Cougars on Feb. 21.
Federal officials say a 55-year-old Georgia man faces charges for allegedly traveling to the Twin Cities to have sex with a 13-year-old girl.
One day after Gov. Mark Dayton dealt a serious blow to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine, a federal agency has handed the company another setback.
A boater was rescued from a Carver County lake Tuesday afternoon. County officials say a man called 911 just after 2:30 p.m. to report that his boat had partially tipped over on Oak Lake, just east of Watertown.
