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The Minneapolis cycling community was shocked in August and September, after a rash of seemingly random assaults on cyclists. And while these random acts of violence are impossible to predict there are things being done, and things you can do, to help protect yourself from becoming a victim.
The Renville County West football team is having a season to remember. They are now just one win away from going to the state tournament. "It's a great way to feel. We're right there. One win away," senior Brady Holwerda said.
According to the Pew Research Center, 44 percent of us sleep with our cellphone nearby, or even in our beds. Almost one-third of people say they, "can't imagine living without it." So, are we addicted to our cellphones?
St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman and Minnesota United FC owner Bill McGuire are gearing up for a big announcement on Friday, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
When you think of bees, do you think of downtown Minneapolis? The chefs at the Marquette Hotel do. They started keeping bees on the roof three years ago. Thursday was the day to harvest some of this year's honey, and check on the bees before winter.
Hundreds of people are paid their respects Thursday in Aitkin for a sheriff's investigator killed in the line of duty. Aitkin County Sheriff's Deputy Steven Sandberg, 60, was guarding patient Danny Hammond at St. Cloud Hospital Sunday when the man grabbed his service pistol and fatally shot him.
The Democratic governor on Wednesday said BNSF railroad did not properly notify the state that it is transporting highly flammable crude oil from North Dakota through downtown Minneapolis while it reconstructs railroad tracks elsewhere.
Rep. Paul Ryan is formally declaring his candidacy for speaker of the House after getting unified support from across the Republican conference.
According to a press release from the Inver Grove Police Department, officers responded to a report of a distraught female on the 6900 block of Claude Avenue at around 3:00 p.m. Upon arrival, police determined the 50-year-old woman fired a gun in the house.
Rain is in the forecast for most of Minnesota on Friday, and it couldn't come at a better time. It's been a dry October, so dry that about seven percent of Minnesota is in a drought.
A man is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a St. Paul woman. Alvin Bell is accused of shooting Sarah Wierstad outside her home on Sunday evening near the corner of Bedford and Beaumont streets.
A Sauk Center man was taken into custody after allegedly driving nearly twice the speed limit in a 60 mph zone early Thursday. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says that they pulled over a vehicle traveling north on Highway 71 near County Road 187 just after midnight.
It took a jury less than two hours Thursday to convict a two-time convicted sex offender of producing and distributing child pornography. The United States Attorney's Office says 52-year-old Rex Lee Furman, of Federal Dam, was convicted after a three-day trial of 13 counts of producing child porn, two counts of distributing it and one count each of receipt of child porn, possession of child porn and committing a felony while required to register as a sex offender.
Officials have called off an AMBER alert issued for a 15-month-old child whose mother was suspected of taking her from a north metro day care center after she recently lost custody.
It's called the Total Wine effect. In the 19 months since the discount liquor store opened four metro area locations, many local liquor stores have reported a drop in business.
