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All this week, WCCO Radio has reported on oil train safety and the fears some have about the potential for a derailment and explosion. But just what role do the oil and railroad industries have in keeping the trains on the tracks?
Hayley Okines, the British teenager whose battle with an extremely rare condition that causes rapid aging, has reportedly died at 17. Okines was diagnosed with progeria, which according to doctors caused her body to age about eight times as fast as an average human.
Nourishing our minds, bodies and souls is so important to our overall well-being. That idea is how a new cooking class came about. WCCO's Jamie Yuccas and Kim Johnson went to Kitchen in the Market at the Midtown Global Market to try the new "Psychic Supper."
They knew it was coming, but that didn't make a new soda tax in Berkley, California any easier to swallow. The goal of the law was to cut down on health problems linked to sugary soda.
The St. Louis Park School District settled a lawsuit with the family of a boy who died during a swimming class. Abdullahi Charif, 12, died in March, 2014, just days after he was pulled from a pool at St. Louis Park Middle School.
Sioux Falls has succeeded in creating jobs but needs to do more to fill them, Mayor Mike Huether said in announcing an effort to recruit workers from around the region.
Among the country's five best mountain climbing destinations are the highest point in North America and one of the world's most famous natural landmarks.
Medtronic has agreed to pay $4.4 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the federal government accusing the company of selling medical devices made in China and Malaysia to the U.S. military.
A cat rescued from a northern Iowa river has found a new home in Minnesota. The Humane Society of North Iowa says Ken Avery, of St. Paul, Minnesota, had learned about Winnie's brush with death and decided she was the right cat to replace a longtime feline companion that had died of cancer.
In 1865, Cargill's founder begins his business with the purchase of a single grain warehouse. His hunch about grain is right—there is no way to go but up. The American Civil War had ended and the railroad was expanding across the newly settled prairie, designed to connect the Mississippi Valley with the Pacific coast.
Driven by its spirit of innovation and exploration, Cargill goes from corn industry newcomer to preferred supplier. In May of 1967, Cargill News published a small story reading Oil Leases New Plant.
In the late 1930s, Cargill entered the shipbuilding business with an innovative thought: one boat is more efficient than two. Cargill's trade business had expanded significantly, now making frequent use of inland waterways for shipping.
After World War II, Cargill acquires a Midwest-based feed company, expanding its portfolio and introducing a new business culture. In August of 1945, a headline published in Cargill News read: "Where do we go from here?"
Millions of drivers use metro freeways in Minneapolis and St. Paul every day to get to and from work, run errands or just shuttle around. In fact, MnDOT says the Interstate 35W/Interstate 94 interchange can see up to 180,000 people a day.
Easter Sunday is just a few days away, and many families will celebrate with a classic Easter brunch. It's a holiday tradition for Minnesotans, and WCCO wanted to know who is serving up the best. Your votes sent us to Jax Cafe, a northeast Minneapolis mainstay that's spanned more than 80 years and three generations of the Kozlak family.
