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For those thinking about adopting a pet, Tuesday might just be the day to do so. As part of the road to the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl is making all adoptions at the Golden Valley Humane Society half price.
The relocation of U.S. Highway 53 to make way for a mine expansion on the Iron Range should follow a route that would require building one of the highest bridges in the state over an abandoned mine pit outside of the city of Virginia, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said Tuesday. The route known as E-2 is the northernmost route that was under consideration. The project is expected to cost about $220 million.
The self-proclaimed "Minnesota Martian" has made the latest round of cuts for the Mars One Program. Jackson Kisling was one of more than 200,000 when he applied to be one of the first people to go to Mars. Now he's only up against 662 others.
The pictures coming out of areas just south of Buffalo, NY today are insane. There's enough snow to half-bury an NFL kicker, for Santa's Sake!
Ramsey County courts found that there was not enough evidence to charge a Blaine man accused of ejaculating on his co-worker's desk and in her coffee with a felony. The Ramsey County Attorney's Office said there was not enough evidence to provide probable cause that the man's alleged actions constituted felony criminal sexual conduct.
It may be a bit early for some of us to be thinking about the holiday season, but within the Minneapolis theater community it was snowing long before Nov. 10. And the first theater to begin its holiday celebrations this season was the Children's Theater Company.
A Minnesota medical-device firm's push for $800,000 in state subsidies toward a major expansion is in limbo after the company and its chief executive were indicted by a federal grand jury.
Brooklyn Center police say a fight in a strip mall parking lot led to a shooting where two men were injured early Tuesday afternoon. Police say the shooting occurred outside of Checker's Restaurant at 615 66th Avenue North just after 1 p.m.
With the increasing popularity of e-cigarettes, many cities are taking action to ban the use of them in certain places. On Monday night, the City of Bloomington passed an ordinance banning e-cigarette users from lighting up in most public indoor spaces.
Republicans taking over the state House are forming committees that emphasize their rural/urban split with Democrats. The GOP reduced the number of committees overall even as it added new panels to focus on mining policy and jobs in greater Minnesota.
After returning from her ninth Euro Club tour, local alt-rock-indie-pop songwriter Courtney Yasmineh will be releasing her fourth album, Red Letter Day, at the Icehouse in Minneapolis this weekend.
Medtronic Inc. on Tuesday reported earnings of $828 million in its fiscal second quarter. The Minneapolis-based company said it had profit of 83 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and costs related to mergers and acquisitions, were 96 cents per share.
Experts reviewing Minnesota's civil commitment program for sex offenders issued dozens of recommendations in a report issued Tuesday, including individual evaluations of each resident to ensure compliance with the criteria for confinement.
The attorney for a Wisconsin girl accused of repeatedly stabbing a classmate to please a fictional horror character is expected to tell a judge whether the defense will challenge a doctor's claim that the 12-year-old is mentally fit to stand trial. A Waukesha County judge is scheduled to hear from the defense Tuesday afternoon.
When you have lemons, you make lemonade. When you have a garden full of tomatoes, you make salsa ... lots of salsa. Lisa Nicholson first lugged 120 cans of the homemade stuff to the Farmer's Market. When a vendor didn't show, she got in.
