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Minnesota's unemployment rate continues to beat the nation by a wide margin. Job figures released Thursday show the state's seasonally adjusted unemployed rate held at 3.7 percent in February. That's compared to a 4.9 percent unemployment rate nationwide.
A federally funded effort in Boston, Los Angeles and Minneapolis to combat extremist recruitment has been slow to start since it was announced a year and a half ago.
The Minnesota State Patrol said more than two dozen people were injured in over 335 crashes and spinouts during Wednesday's snowstorm.
Some Minnesotans are digging out after getting a foot or more of snow in this early spring storm. The average amount of snowfall in March in Minnesota is 10 inches, so this is not uncommon. But some folks in Rochester are not welcoming this snow after a mild winter.
A central Minnesota woman has been extradited from Kentucky to face charges she fatally bludgeoned her father with an axe-like tool.
The state says Violent Crime Enforcement teams took 82,000 doses of heroin off the streets last year. That is a 125-percent jump in just four years.
A woman twice convicted of stealing from her elderly clients faces similar charges again. Lola Johnson-Mersha was prohibited from working with adults in 2009.
A 30-year-old man is in custody in connection to a double murder at a St. Paul motel Tuesday night. Police found one man dead outside of Midway Motel on Snelling Avenue just before 10 p.m.
A 39-year-old man found in a Savage pond earlier this month died in a drowning, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office.
The baseball team is taking steps to increase fan safety at Target Field. Workers are installing nets around home plate that extend to the end of both dugouts.
Minnesota Senator Al Franken announced Wednesday an expansion of a diabetes prevention program. The focus is on reducing Type 2 Diabetes in seniors as part of Affordable Care.
St. Paul police say a 9-year-old boy who had been missing since Tuesday night has been found and is safe.
Minnesota state leaders are showing support for Belgium and condemning anti-Muslim talk.
Luke Ringhand had last been seen on video leaving the St. Mary's University campus at about 4:30 a.m. Monday. Authorities said Wednesday Ringland was located in the Chicago area and is safe.
A 52-year-old Victoria man is recovering after being punched by a stranger while he walked in downtown Minneapolis' St. Patrick's Day Parade last Thursday. There is now a big reward to find the attacker who broke a bone in the victim's face.
