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A private consultant's report released this week is helping St. Paul identify and fix problems when it comes to snow removal. "We've been hit with some pretty difficult winters over the last few years," Richard Lallier, St. Paul Public Works Director, said. "We've been making changes since last December when we were hit with the ice storm."
The Minnesota State Patrol is asking for the public's help in locating the person who they believe tossed a large rock off an overpass in Duluth Sunday night. According to police, 22-year-old Matthew Fijalkiewicz, of Superior, Wis., was driving southbound on Interstate 35W near milepost 253 around 11:20 p.m.when a rock came through his windshield and struck him in the chest.
A lawsuit filed Thursday by four men who say they were molested by a priest in the 1970s claims a Catholic order created a public nuisance when it failed to warn families that the priest could pose a risk. It was one of two lawsuits filed Thursday in Minnesota against the Crosier Fathers and Brothers and the Rev. Gerald Funcheon, who worked in suburban Minneapolis, among other places, and has admitted to abusing minors.
Police are searching for the person, or people, who stole one-of-a-kind recipes from a St. Paul restaurant Wednesday. According to the police report, officers responded to a call at 10:23 p.m. of a burglary in the 500 block of Rice Street.
The chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota is condemning comments about Muslims a county GOP chair made on his Facebook page. Big Stone County GOP Chair Jack Whitley called Muslims "parasites" and wrote "FRAG 'EM!" when they travel to Mecca, slang for a fragmentation hand grenade.
Much as I would love to review the newest installment of the Hunger Games trilogy (make that quadrilogy), Mockingjay: Part 1 suffers from the same phenomenon that Jason Matheson and I were discussing torpedoed much of the penultimate Harry Potter movie installment.
Authorities say a juvenile male was hurt after being shot in St. Cloud Wednesday night. St. Cloud Police were called at about 6:24 p.m. to the 500 block of 15th Ave. SE on a report of a gunshot complaint.
Authorities say a man was arrested Thursday for allegedly attacking a woman with a hammer in an incident north of the Twin Cities. The Anoka County Sheriff's Office was called to the 7200 block of Camp Three Road in Columbus on a report of an assault.
A group of nurses and doctors have boarded a flight to Liberia to help in the fight against Ebola.
In a letter to its player representatives and executive committee obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, the NFLPA calls Commissioner Roger Goodell's punishment "unprecedented, arbitrary, and unlawful" and demands an independent, neutral arbitrator hears Peterson's case.
Police in Burlington, Vermont, say a social media post with threatening language aimed at the local high school was traced back to a juvenile in Minnesota.
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis reported a $9.1 million operating deficit for fiscal year 2014 and said Thursday that it is considering filing for bankruptcy as its financial condition has become more uncertain due to the growing potential for more lawsuits by victims of clergy sexual abuse.
The latest snapshot of Minnesota's workforce is being released. State officials were expected to publish monthly employment statistics Thursday for October, including how many Minnesotans don't have jobs.
A light-up bow whose arrows are advertised as flying up to 145 feet and the "Catapencil" — a pencil with a miniature slingshot-style launcher on its end — are on an annual list of unsafe toys released Wednesday by a Massachusetts-based consumer watchdog group.
About 4.7 million strollers are being recalled because, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, they could amputate children's fingers. The CPSC said the folding hinge on the side of a number of Graco strollers could pinch a child's finger, which could lead to serious injuries.
