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A half-century after it held saltwater and other oil-drilling waste, an abandoned pit near the Little Missouri River in western North Dakota was dug out and filled with fresh soil this week with hopes that the site will someday be capable of producing vegetation again.
Funeral plans are set for a black man whose fatal shooting by Minneapolis police has sparked protests.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student says winning a Rhodes Scholarship is a "surreal" experience.
Shoppers headed out to bag Black Friday deals this week may have to trek through a couple inches of fresh snow.
Here's a look at the four things you need to know for Nov. 22, 2015.
U.S. Justice Department attorneys are expected to fly to Minnesota on Sunday to investigate the killing of a black man that has prompted protests and calls for the two Minneapolis police officers involved in the shooting to be prosecuted.
"Dear, Mr. Zimmer," the letter read. "Thanks for letting me watch your practice last Saturday, it was fun. The players were nice and signed my Viking helmet. My grandpa said to expect good luck for you because you have used up all of your bad luck already. ALEX."
Gov. Mark Dayton offered his condolences in person Saturday evening to the family of a man who was fatally shot by police.
Macy's Santaland opened Saturday in downtown Minneapolis. Families can walk through the decorations on the store's eighth floor and explore how Santa's elves get so much done in the North Pole.
Gov. Mark Dayton has announced plans to convene a statewide water quality summit in February. Dayton announced the summit Saturday at annual meetings of the Minnesota Farm Bureau and the Minnesota Farmers Union.
About four thousand miles west of Paris, new security precautions are in place. Because of last week's attacks, security at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis is expanded up this weekend.
Union members are planning to rally in Minneapolis Saturday in support of activists protesting the shooting death of a black man by a city police officer. Labor groups plan to show solidarity with protesters who have been camped out all week since 24-year-old Jamar Clark was fatally shot in north Minneapolis last Sunday.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the 22-year-old man who died after being shot in the head early Tuesday evening. Cortney Basel Elvester Woods was found shot at about 5:30 p.m. on the 3900 block of Emerson Avenue North.
A 54-year-old man was killed Friday night in an ATV accident in St. Louis County. The sheriff's office says deputies responded to the 3400 block of Mobraten Drive in Clinton Township just after 9 p.m., where they found 53-year-old Frank Kalata, who had lost control of his ATV and rolled it.
Out with the bottles and in the cans. Out with the bottles and in the cans. After two years of brewing in St. Paul, Tin Whiskers Brewing Co. is introducing their beer in cans.
