Wander Minnesota: Spring Festivals
This is one of the quieter months for festivals in Minnesota. But never fear--as spring fully arrives with the promise of summer ahead, the busiest festival time of the year is not far away.
Watch CBS News
This is one of the quieter months for festivals in Minnesota. But never fear--as spring fully arrives with the promise of summer ahead, the busiest festival time of the year is not far away.
A 37-year-old man had to be rescued from Lake Minnetonka on Saturday after his snowmobile went through the ice, according to the Carver County Sheriff's Office. Authorities received several 911 calls just before 9 p.m. that a snowmobile and its rider had fallen through the ice at the southern end of Smithtown Bay on Lake Minnetonka.
Minnesota's unemployment rate has climbed slightly to a seasonally adjusted 4.8 percent, with employers cutting 100 jobs. The rate for February was one-tenth of a point higher than January's figure.
After 16 years, Fleetwood Mac is back in full -- and to celebrate, they're kicking off a multi-city tour in Minneapolis this fall.
Hotels now want to treat you like a storage unit full of crappy furniture -- they bid on YOU!
"Sometimes It Snows In April," and sometimes the Purple One shows up to "Play in the Sunshine" at Paisley Park in March. Prince is planning a big party at Paisley Park this weekend called "Paisley Park After Dark."
Authorities said nobody was injured but a family might have lost some pets in a house fire Wednesday night in the north Twin Cities metro. Crews were called to a house fire at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on the 8800 block of North Highway Drive in Lexington.
The University of Minnesota is hosting a celebration of the 100th birthday of Norman Borlaug, one of the school's most celebrated graduates. Borlaug's pioneering work on plant breeding helped Mexico, India and Pakistan become self-sufficient in wheat production.
Most of us would just call it separation or divorce, but Gywneth Paltrow calls it "conscious uncoupling." On Tuesday, she and her husband, Chris Martin, announced they're splitting up after more than a decade of marriage.
Graham Fowler, of Fridley, Minn., is a 10-year-old with an extremely disease called Spitzoid Melanoma. He's being treated at the Mayo Clinic and has had eight surgeries. Yet, he's found a colorful way to help other people heal in the midst of his own sickness. "He was a healthy little boy, and he had a mole on his arm. Now he's had eight major surgeries and his life's completely changed," said Brittany Fowler, his sister.
There will be no felony charges filed against the driver of the car that plunged into a retention pond in St. Louis Park last fall, killing two young children, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.
Prosecutors say they want St. Paul Police to reopen a sexual abuse case against Archbishop John Nienstedt, but not because of any new evidence. The Ramsey County Attorney's office told WCCO that it doesn't want reports from the Nienstedt case being made public yet because of other elements that need to be investigated. They say those other elements don't have anything to do with the archbishop.
Three people involved in a drive-by shooting in downtown Minneapolis early Saturday morning have been charged with weapons and riot offenses. According to the Hennepin County Attorney's office, Michael Rolack Jr., TyLynne Wilson and Loretha Peoples were charged in connection with a shootout that happened just before 2:30 a.m. on 2nd Avenue near 5th Street.
At the stables of We Can Ride -- a nonprofit that provides horses as riding therapy for people with disabilities -- keeping a healthy herd is vital to the operation.
Pearson's Candy has been a staple in St. Paul for a long time, but now it's got a new look, a new candy and some new jobs.
