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As many as six people are displaced Monday morning after a house fire in north Minneapolis. Crews were called to the 3900 block of Emerson Avenue North just after midnight on a report of a fire in a bedroom.
Many communities in Minnesota take pride in their oversized attractions. Red Wing, for example, has the world's largest leather boot while Darwin has the largest ball of twine. But fewer know about Fountain's claim to fame: the number of spots where the ground has collapsed.
It's clear that alcohol and excessive drinking played a role in the behavior of some of the people in the crowd in Dinkytown Saturday night. But what else may have led them to throw bottles at police, set a couch on fire, or vandalize a car?
This weekend Republicans in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District nominated Tom Emmer to succeed Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who is retiring.
Starting in mid-June, you can dance like an animal – for free – to local music at Como Zoo's Groovin' In The Park weekly concert series.
After a central Minnesota man repeatedly shot a teen who entered his home, he dragged the boy's bloodied body into a basement workshop, authorities say, sat down — and waited. When another teen began descending the stairway minutes later, Byron Smith fired again.
Gov. Mark Dayton plans to sign the minimum wage bill into law on Monday, bringing one of the country's lowest rates to one of the highest in the nation.
The Gopher men's hockey team didn't take home the national championship but that didn't stop hockey fans from causing another rowdy night in Dinkytown.
Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway has made a name for himself by making big plays on the field. Off the field, he's making a big impact with families who find themselves in the Twin Cities for medical treatment. His "Lead the Way Foundation" focuses on helping support chronically-ill children and their families.
Authorities are investigating after a body was found in a wooded area around 3:20 p.m. Saturday afternoon in Maplewood, Minn. The body was identified as a middle-aged, white female. According to Maplewood police, the body was found roughly 30 yards from a paved walking path near Hazelwood Street and Beam Avenue.
A Winona environmental group is recommending that air monitors be installed around the city to measure the effect that the processing and shipping of sand used in fracking has on air quality. The Winona Citizen's Environmental Quality Committee recommends installing four or five air-quality monitors along truck routes in the city, the Winona Daily News reported Saturday. The committee also suggests placing monitors near places where frack sand is loaded, transported and processed.
Roughly 300 University of Minnesota and city of Minneapolis police are patrolling Dinkytown Saturday evening preparing for any outcome of the final game of the NCAA National Championship game. The Gopher men's hockey team will take on Union College in the final game of the NCAA Frozen Four tournament.
Republicans made their choice of who should take Michele Bachmann's seat in Congress Saturday. Tom Emmer is a former state lawmaker who narrowly lost the governor's race to Mark Dayton in 2010. He celebrated his party's endorsement for Congress Saturday in Monticello, Minn. getting 76 percent of the vote.
After the long, cold, snowy winter it would be hard to blame anyone for avoiding weekend chores and picking up a fishing pole, and that's what thousands of eager Minnesota anglers did on Saturday. The annual trout fishing season got underway Saturday under cloudy, yet mild conditions.
