Minneapolis Police: Woman Found Shot To Death
A woman was found shot to death in south Minneapolis Saturday afternoon. Minneapolis Police say the victim was found on the 2400 block of Portland Avenue South.
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A woman was found shot to death in south Minneapolis Saturday afternoon. Minneapolis Police say the victim was found on the 2400 block of Portland Avenue South.
Downey received 68 percent of the vote at the party's State Central Committee meeting in Bloomington on Saturday, turning back challenges from Neil Lynch and Bill Jungbauer.
Sources tell WCCO that a body recovered from the Mississippi River Saturday afternoon is believed to be that of missing 10-year-old boy Barway Collins. The Hennepin County Sheriff's office has been at the scene near 53rd Street North and Lyndale Avenue North at North Mississippi Regional Park
Authorities have confirmed another bird flu outbreak at a Minnesota turkey farm, raising the state's total to 14 affected farms. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday that the latest case is a commercial turkey flock with 38,000 birds in Kandiyohi County.
For the last century, the Cathedral of St. Paul has shone like a jewel atop the skyline. One-hundred-years ago this weekend, the official dedication took place. But the Cathedral has continued to change and grow since then.
In several high-profile U.S. cases in the past year, white prosecutors have declined to charge white police officers who killed black men. That won't be the case in a recent police-involved shooting in the Wisconsin capital of Madison, where the decision about whether to charge the white officer rests in the hands of a liberal biracial prosecutor who identifies as black.
Federal officials say a deadly strain of bird flu has been confirmed at two more South Dakota farms, condemning about 100,000 more turkeys to destruction and raising the number of affected Midwest farms to 22. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said late Friday that a flock of 53,000 turkeys at a farm in McCook County and 46,000 turkeys at a farm in McPherson County are infected.
Parts of two major freeways are closed this weekend, complicating travel for motorists in the Twin Cities. Interstate 94 in St. Paul is closed in both directions between Highway 280 and Interstate 35E so that Xcel Energy crews can relocate power lines in the area. The posted detour routes motorists onto Highway 36.
The best thing about The Longest Ride, the latest film adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks tear-jerker novel, is the bullriding. The slow-motion shots, with the animal's legs kicking and snot slinging into the air, capture the ride as an act of grace. An entire documentary focused on the sport could be carried by the power and beauty of such images. The same, however, can't be said for "The Longest Ride," which tries to mash two quite different loves stories together and ends up a messy, pointless excuse to see a glimpse of Scott Eastwood's ass.
Pope Francis will receive a limited, fine-art edition of the final volume of the St. John's Bible commissioned by Benedictine monks in Minnesota. The St. Peter Apostles Edition of Letters and Revelation will be presented to the pope at the Vatican on Friday.
Natalie Nyhus and Mike Augustyniak got to hang out with the University of Minnesota Women's golf team to talk about the sport that is really anybody's game. Speaking of golf, The Masters Tournament is back -- and you can catch it on WCCO.
Every Saturday, Mike Augustyniak picks up a new cocktail recipe from a local mixologist. This week, he heads to DuNord's Cocktail Room in Minneapolis.
Every Friday, we tackle a bunch of viewers' burning questions. This week, Heather Brown explores golf terms, summer gas and the David Letterman show.
Minnesota Kenyans are coming together in tragedy to send one of their own home. Police say Esther Muchina-Dobie's husband shot her in the head before killing himself. Their bodies were found in their Savage home a week and a half ago.
