Reality Check: Who Gets Paid Sick Days?
Thousands of Minnesotans don't get paid when they don't work, and that could be making you sick.
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Thousands of Minnesotans don't get paid when they don't work, and that could be making you sick.
Thousands of runners are getting ready for the "most beautiful urban marathon in America." The Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon starts Sunday morning. The course takes runners from the U.S. Bank Stadium site in downtown Minneapolis to the State Capitol in St. Paul.
An 11-year-old girl became the youngest recipient of a Community Leadership Award from the Hennepin County Attorney's Office Friday.
The Anoka-Hennepin School District is racking up serious debt for unpaid school meals. Noah Atlas, director of child nutrition, says the district has seen student meal debt increase by 50 percent in the last few years.
General Mills is recalling 60,000 bags of its Cascadian Farm frozen green beans after one package tested positive for listeria, the second time this year the company has found the bacteria in its green beans. The Minneapolis-based food company says no illnesses have been reported in both cases. Listeria can cause fever, muscle aches and even death.
Xcel Energy has announced a plan to retire two of the three units at Minnesota's largest power plant, its Sherco facility in Becker.
Police are searching for a suspect they believe shot two people in a Chaska home late Thursday night.
A man wanted in Mexico for murder was arrested in St. Paul Tuesday and handed over to Mexican authorities. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement say 30-year-old Jose Alvarado is accused of fatally shooting Saul Chavez Rodriguez in Coahuila, Mexico in 2002 after he backed out of a $15 bet to race Alvarado on foot.
The Fillmore County Sheriff's Office says a domestic assault suspect is on the loose after an incident it Preston Friday morning.
A sports radio station in Duluth claims it's permanently changing formats to year-round holiday music. The switch-over happened late Wednesday, when WEBC-AM 560 and FM 106.5 began simulcasting Christmas tunes months before the holiday season begins.
From a group of Iron Range musicians making a trip down to the cities to an EP release at the 7th Street Entry, here are the four shows to see this weekend.
When the James Beard Foundation kicked off its 2015 Taste America tour, it was no surprise that Minneapolis was one of the places they chose to stop. On Oct. 2 - 3 the 10-city national tour will celebrate Midwest cuisine with culinary celebrities, food tastings, book signings and more in Minneapolis.
Police in Columbia Heights are offering a $1,000 reward for information that will lead the arrest of a suspect in a home invasion and robbery last week.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will add placards bearing the Dakota name "Bde Maka Ska" to all entry signs surrounding Lake Calhoun Friday afternoon.
