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Former President Jimmy Carter is in Minnesota Friday to make a special appearance at the Augsburg College Nobel Peace Prize Forum. President Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, more than 20 years after he left office.
A burglar breaks into a south Minneapolis home -- and the whole thing is caught on camera. Homeowner Joe Craddock recorded it using a smartphone app. "I'm thinking, 'Someone's in my house. Who is this?'" Craddock said.
Over the next eight years, the city of Minneapolis plans to remove about 40,000 ash trees from around the city in order to combat the Emerald Ash Borer, a tiny green bug that's responsible for taking down trees that have stood for decades.
The proprietors of Ramsey, Minnesota massage parlor are accused of profiting from the prostitution of their employees.
The Minnesota Department of Health is reminding Minnesotans that warmer temperatures do not mean an end to flu season.
A Minnesota lawmaker will join thousands this weekend to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches.
Director Paolo Virzì's multi-sided moral fable Human Capital took home the Best Picture award last year from the equivalent of the Italian Oscars, managing somehow to best Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty, which happened to bag an actual Oscar. While Virzi's film isn't half as good as Sorrentino's, it must be said that "Human Capital" is pretty, gripping and has the aura of greatness, even if it does come off a little too much like another Oscar winner, 2006's Crash.
For the better part of the past decade, the Twin Cities has been heralded as one of the best areas in the nation for cyclists, despite six months of frigid temperatures, icy roads and corrosive salt. As the popularity of cycling continues to grow, government agencies from the feds down have increased spending on bicycling infrastructure and upkeep. Every year it seems as if miles of new black ribbon open up to enthusiastic riders.
Minnesota's own Grand Marais has been deemed the "America's Coolest Small Town 2015," according to Budget Travel.
Five Minnesota mayors signed an amici curiae brief in support of marriage equality, which is being submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court as it prepares to hear arguments once again on whether to legalize same-sex marriage.
Authorities say an 84-year-old Anoka woman was killed and another driver was injured after a three-vehicle crash in Coon Rapids.
A 48-year-old Forest Lake hockey director has been arrested and charged after he allegedly stole a shuttle bus belonging to a bar and drove away with it while intoxicated, according to St. Paul police.
It is going to be a busy weekend in St. Paul. The boys state high school hockey tournament continues at Xcel Energy Center Friday with the semifinals in both Class A and 2-A, which is huge for the local economy.
Minnesota turkey farmers are boosting protective measures after a lethal strain of bird flu wiped out 15,000 birds in about a week. The H5N2 strain of avian influenza devastated a flock of turkeys at an unidentified Pope County farm. Officials say it's unlikely to infect humans.
A Minneapolis man was convicted Friday in an armed robbery of a Woodbury jewelry store that occurred last June. According to County Attorney Pete Orput, Erick Larkins, 47, was convicted of aiding and abetting aggravated robbery in the first degree.
