Watch CBS News
Authorities say they've recovered the body of a California man who fell out of a boat and drowned on Jewett Lake near Fergus Falls in northwestern Minnesota. Lt. Barry Fitzgibbons of the Otter Tail County Sheriff's office says family members heard the victim yelling for help around 10 p.m. Friday but were unable to reach him before he went under.
Minnesota's Law Enforcement Memorial Association will have a major presence at Sunday's funeral for Officer Todd Besser. Besser was a long-time member of the Elk River Police Department, and was off-duty when he and his son, Blake, were slain a week ago.
Authorities say a body has been pulled from Little Detroit Lake in northwestern Minnesota after a local pilot and a police investigator spotted it from a plane. Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander says the body of 33-year-old Markus Bruce Fales, of Detroit Lakes, was discovered about 200 yards from shore in six feet of water late Friday afternoon.
Minnesota lawmakers are starting a three-day sprint to hash out the specifics of a budget deal. Legislators were expected to return to the Capitol Saturday for a weekend of around-the-clock work to finish bills and pass a budget.
New Orleans piano great Dr. John and Grammy-winning trumpeter Nicholas Payton are among performers scheduled for this summer's Twin Cities Jazz Festival in St. Paul. The 17th annual festival runs June 25-27 in and around Mears Park in St. Paul's Lowertown neighborhood.
Congratulations, you made it to the weekend! Celebrate with everything going on around the Twin Cities this weekend. We've got burgers, patios, Grillfest, pubs and much more.
It's patio season! Well, sort of – this early in the season, the weather can have you grabbing for the shorts one day, and the parka the next. Still, next weekend is Memorial Day weekend and, if you're ready to imbibe outside, Union Rooftop in downtown Minneapolis has the solution for spring's squirrely weather.
Gov. Mark Dayton says he's standing firm in his insistence that lawmakers spend more on schools and less on potential tax cuts, even if it means a special session.
Authorities have launched a homicide investigation after a 75-year-old woman was found dead in the living room of a Winona home Friday afternoon.
Connie from Blaine wants to know: Why don't we eat turkey eggs? Chickens lay eggs more often than turkeys -- usually once a day versus a turkey's every other day. Chickens also don't incubate their eggs as long as turkeys.
More detours are in store for people traveling between Minneapolis and St. Paul. I-94 just shut down in both directions for the weekend.
Minnesota's legislative leaders have promised they're making progress on a budget deal. Now they have something to show for it.
A man's body was found near Little Detroit Lake in Becker County.
Minneapolis residents will now have a new option for TV cable, marking the first time the market's had cable competition in nearly 40 years. Minneapolis City Council voted to allow CenturyLink to provide a cable service in the city. The service -- called Prism TV -- will be the first wire-line TV service in Minnesota.
There's a new concept in apple trees that's starting to take off: trees that produce two different kinds of apples like Honey Crisp and McIntosh. The trees are called Apple Twist, and are grown at a farm in Wisconsin. But you can now find them at places like Leitner's Garden Center in St. Paul.
