Minnesota AG Criticizes Savers Thrift Store Chain
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson says the thrift store conglomerate Savers LLC improperly handles the donations it solicits in the name of several Minnesota charities.
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Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson says the thrift store conglomerate Savers LLC improperly handles the donations it solicits in the name of several Minnesota charities.
Freezing temperatures and snow have hampered Minnesota farmers as they try to finish the fall harvest. In its final weekly crop report of the season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers in the state had only two days suitable for fieldwork in the week that ended Sunday.
U.S. Attorney Andy Luger is releasing some details of a plan aimed at preventing the radicalization of Minnesota Somali youth. Luger met Monday with local law enforcement and Somali community leaders to discuss the outlines of the project.
A medical examiner's report expected this week should shed more light on how a high school student died in a small community near the Twin Cities. Sawyer Moeller was a freshman at White Bear Lake Area High School's North Campus.
A hummingbird found far away from home in a St. Paul yard is now back home. Roufus hummingbirds are from the Pacific Northwest and winter in Mexico. Experts think the bird got lost in our first snow storm.
It's going to cost you a lot less to drive over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house this Thanksgiving holiday. Global demand for oil is down and supply is up.
Federal wildlife officials are asking for the public's help in finding whoever illegally killed a wild moose in northwestern Minnesota.
The majority of movies centered around a true-life crime story typically work, in effect, from the event backwards. The story may be told in a linear fashion, but the crucial question usually remains: Why did this horrible act happen?
A Republican legislator says Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson should consider seeking payback from a health care contractor hired to assist in the launch of the Minnesota insurance exchange.
The Coon Rapids Police Department is asking for the public's help in arresting and convicting the suspects in an armed bank robbery committed earlier this month.
A 17-year-old from Bloomington suffered injuries over the weekend after rolling a Maserati on a wet highway in the southwest metro.
Snow-covered, slippery roads south of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, played a role in a Monday morning crash that left one driver dead and another injured.
Gov. Mark Dayton expects most of the agency commissioners that served in his cabinet in his first term will remain on board. Dayton said Monday that he's optimistic "that most are going to stay, most have been asked to stay and most want to stay."
The baby gorilla who was born last week at the Como Zoo has died, according to zoo officials. The baby was born on Wednesday, and was the first baby for the 12-year-old gorilla Alice.
Police in the east metro are investigating after a man abducted a woman over the weekend and a threatened to sexually assault her.
