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A key Minnesota lawmaker said Tuesday she doesn't see a path forward for legalizing medical marijuana after talks with law enforcement hit a standstill. Rep. Carly Melin said she had conceded to virtually all demands from law enforcement over the weekend but was still unable to get their support for her bill.
Fests are still playing out. Fantastic new works of art are still in theaters. (If you haven't caught "Stranger by the Lake" yet and you're open-minded, clear a spot on your calendar.) And the screenings just keep coming! It's enough to make your head spin.
Lake Michigan's ice cover has set a record. The federal government's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor reports that ice spread across 93.29 percent of the lake's surface area on Saturday.
A 56-year-old man from Hayward was killed in a snowmobile crash late Saturday evening. According to the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office, the crash happened at about 10:30 p.m. on Spider Lake in the town of the same name.
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to reverse its approval for a variance that lets the Mesabi Nugget iron processing plant near Hoyt Lakes violate Minnesota water quality standards but said Tuesday that the state and company will get the chance to reapply.
On March 6, 2014 we received word from NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory that the Great Lakes were 92.2% covered by ice -- the second-highest ice cover on record.
Mike and Anne Howard share their thoughts on their 675-day honeymoon, traveling to six continents and 33 countries across the world.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the man who was found shot in North Minneapolis and later died over the weekend. Authorities say the incident happened around 11:40 p.m. Saturday at a home on the 1800 block of Hillside Avenue.
With each year, there seems to be a new wave of food trends. One foot item you may have been seeing pop up a lot more often is sprouted wheat. Not many are aware of what that even entails, so WCCO's Natalie Nyhus talked with dietician Christina Meyer-Jax to get a better feel for the grain.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is hosting a forum to talk about ways adults can help prevent drug and alcohol use among teens. The sheriff's office is teaming up with Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge and Shiloh Temple for the forum. It will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.
Educators use all kinds of incentives to motivate their students, but this may be the most extreme. Principal Kip Lynk, of Eden Lake Elementary in Eden Prairie, presented a challenge to his students.
Restaurant and resort owners were at the Capitol Monday, lobbying against the proposed increase in the minimum wage. They say most servers already make well over the minimum wage when you factor in tips. Some said the increase would force them to lay off employees and raise prices, and they are trying to get lawmakers to carve out exceptions to the current proposed increase.
It's the dream of thousands of runners: To qualify and finish the Boston Marathon. Last year that dream was cut short for many, after terrorists set off two bombs near the finish line. Elinor Scott of St. Louis Park was about three-quarters of a mile away from completing a life goal when the bombs went off.
Police in Minneapolis are looking for the public's help in solving a 20-month-old homicide.
It's been almost three days since a Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 passengers vanished over Southeast Asian waters. On Monday, at least 75 ships and planes from several countries have been searching a 115-mile area around where the Boeing 777 disappeared from radar.
