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A 61-year-old man is dead after a rural Princeton fire Wednesday afternoon, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner. The medical examiner says Stanley Orton, of Princeton, suffered from thermal injuries at the fire located on 5167 160th Ave.
After a rocky rollout last year, MNsure says things are running smoother in the final three days left to sign up for health insurance. Open enrollment period ends on Sunday.
Heroin deaths in Hennepin County declined slightly in 2014, but the drug is getting cheaper in the Twin Cities -- and has one of the highest purity levels in the country. The Hennepin County Sheriff's office says there were 50 heroin deaths last year, compared to 56 in 2013 – the deadliest year for the drug on record. There were eight total in 2010.
A 14-year-old Prior Lake High School student is dead and two others are critically injured after the vehicle they were in left the road and hit a tree Thursday night, according to the Scott County Sheriff's Department.
Limited funding has kept state officials from making broad changes to Minnesota's sex offender treatment program, the state's human services commissioner testified Friday in a federal lawsuit over the program's constitutionality.
Apparently, Minnesota's up all night to get lucky ... and listen to "Get Lucky." A lot. As reported by our sister station 104.1 JACK-FM, Minnesota's favorite musical act during the last year was none other than the French house duo Daft Punk.
The two people involved in a fatal crash between a semi-truck and a passenger car in Mower County have been identified.
Two adults were treated for smoke inhalation after a mobile home caught fire in Stearns Co. Thursday night. According to the Stearns County Sheriff's Office, officers received a call around 10:30 p.m. Thursday of a fire in a mobile home that was thought to be occupied in the 18400 block of 332nd Street in Avon Township.
Health officials say two patients have been isolated in Portage County while tests are done to see if they have the measles. The county's Health and Human Services Department says testing on the two suspected cases is being done at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene in Madison.
Cyber crimes cost businesses $13 million a year and also hurt consumers by stealing their personal information. That's why President Barack Obama -- along with top executives, law enforcement and privacy experts -- is trying to increase privacy guards to protect companies against hackers.
The Twin Cities has been selected to host the International Winter Cycling conference. Minnesota is the first U.S. location to host the conference, which has been held in Finland, Canada and the Netherlands.
When we think of teachers, a truck, a hose and a helmet typically don't come to mind. But those are props one teacher uses to engage her students, and items she wears for her job as a fire fighter.
For Valentine's Day, many people say "I love you" by sending out flowers and Feb. 12 is the usually the busiest day of the year for many flower shops. Thirty designers at Bachman's in south Minneapolis will create more than 8,000 arrangements for the holiday. Many are made with a specific person in mind.
An attorney for the family of a man fatally shot by St. Paul police says he will ask the U.S. Department of Justice to begin a civil rights investigation into the death.
To call Beloved Sisters a romantic, historical epic about a threesome with a German poet is wrong. While the scenes are set gorgeously, with meticulously detailed costumes and props, and the story centers on the possible love life of the monumental Friedrich Schiller, there lacks a certain something when the characters' passions flare and fists meet the table. The silverware rattles, but not much else.
