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WCCO-TV is remembering former film editor Claude Heisch, who passed away last week at the age of 89. Heisch was born in Enghien Les Bains, France, and moved to the United States in 1950 after working as a photographer with the French military.
Lawmakers in the Minnesota House have passed a bill that could cut the minimum wage for thousands of tipped workers. The bill allows restaurants to pay servers a lower minimum wage if they make $12 an hour or more with tips. The proposal passed 73-to-56 late Wednesday night.
Do not let losing your personal belongings ruin your vacation plans. Follow a few tips to help secure your valuables and protect your personal items from getting stolen while traveling.
A Hatton woman accused of causing a fatal crash while using her cellphone while driving will not spend time in jail. Twenty-year-old Abby Sletten had faced a felony negligent homicide charge in the May 2014 death of 89-year-old Phyllis Gordon, of Ada, Minnesota.
Minnesota hospitals are some of the best in the nation, according to a new scoring system created by federal health officials. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now using a five-star scale, based on patient satisfaction surveys.
A jury on Thursday found a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy with Lou Gehrig's disease not legally responsible in the killing of his wife and sister-in-law.
To export their old-world delicacy worldwide, Turkish confectionary Güllüoglu needed a new recipe for its incredibly delicate desserts. For six generations, Güllüoglu has produced world-class baklava in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a spiritual place for anyone who has ever ventured there, for an ordeal packed with unforgettable serenity. But even in the of the golden age of the Minnesota Film Board in the 1990s, a location scout could never convince anyone that the BWCA was a practical place to shoot for even an afternoon.
It's something many Minnesotans grew up with and many still enjoy today: hot dish. It's become an annual contest among the state's congressional delegation. On Wednesday, Sen. Al Franken hosted the 5th annual hot dish competition in Washington, D.C., putting partisanship aside in favor of a culinary tradition. Rep. Betty McCollum's "Turkey, Sweet Potato, and Wild Rice Hot Dish" took first place.
A ban on Styrofoam containers in Minneapolis restaurants went into effect on Earth Day, Wednesday. The ordinance requires all food and drinks prepared for dine-in or take-out to be placed in packaging that can re-used, recycled, or composted.
For more than two decades, Minnesota's most dangerous sex offenders have been locked up a second time after serving prison sentences. They've been committed to indefinite detention in treatment programs after parole.
We are learning more about one of the six Minnesota men accused of trying to join ISIS. The sister of 20-year-old Guled Omar spoke to WCCO Wednesday evening. "I believe that my brother is innocent and that he didn't do anything wrong," Shukri Omar said.
A search warrant revealed new details in the death of Barway Collins. According to the document, a knife was found near Collins' body, which was recovered from the Mississippi River on April 11.
The mother of two Minnesota men charged with attempting to join the Islamic State group in Syria says she didn't see anything amiss and doesn't believe they wanted to join the terrorist group. Nineteen-year-old Adnan Abdihamid Farah and 21-year-old Mohamed Abdihamid Farah
The Minnesota House and Senate went their separate ways Wednesday with expansive bills covering economic development, energy regulation and broadband Internet access programs, offering a glimpse of the gulf they'll have to bridge on those items and the broader budget over the final weeks of the session.
