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Just over a month ago the MN DNR reversed course and announced it would work with local municipalities to ensure that the popular Gateway Trail would be plowed over the winter, much to the delight of pedestrians and cyclists alike. That announcement got me thinking about trail maintenance in the winter months.
It's time for a special session status check. Gov. Mark Dayton was set to meet with legislative leaders Thursday morning to discuss his hopes for an emergency session before the Legislature's scheduled March 8 return.
The "Flex Plan" consists of 20 tickets that can be used in any increment for any games in 2016, excluding the home opener and a handful of Friday and Saturday games in the summer.
Some students in Wisconsin took a break from reading, writing and arithmetic for a lesson on internet safety. On Thursday morning, Google's Online Safety Roadshow made a stop at Hudson Middle School in Wisconsin.
Five Guys Burgers and Fries is expanding its reach in Minnesota. According to the Business Journal, the restaurant will be opening its first downtown Minneapolis location on the first floor of the RBC Plaza, located on 555 Nicollet Mall.
The Burnsville Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in identifying a suspect involved in multiple instances of check fraud.
A priest is leaving a Battle Creek parish as some members of the southwestern Michigan diocese became angered to learn that he led a Minnesota archdiocese during a clergy sex abuse scandal.
Police are investigating a pair of armed robberies that happened near the University of Minnesota overnight. Police say the two incidents happened between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 a.m. Thursday, and in both cases the victim reported being approached by two people.
A 33-year-old man has been linked to the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in St. Paul back in 2003, according to charges filed Thursday in Ramsey County Court. Eric John Lavik has been charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct and first-degree burglary in connection with the June 2003 case.
Two more men have been charged in connection with a deadly home invasion in Maplewood, according to the Ramsey County Attorney's Office.
A man convicted of kidnapping and a brutal assault on the Red Lake Indian Reservation has been sentenced in federal court to 30 years in prison. Darrell Lussier was earlier found guilty of causing traumatic brain injuries, broken bones and other injuries to three people at the home of one of the victims on the reservation in February 2015.
A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge by environmental groups to Minnesota's plan for reducing haze over Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday let the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of Minnesota's rules stand.
The northeast Minneapolis storefront of The Herbivorous Butcher features a giant meat clever protruding from the façade, gleaming white butcher-style refrigerated cases inside. But there is no meat here.
A survey shows some bankers had a dire view of the rural economy in their 10 Western and Plains states.
Minnesota employers added 9,100 jobs in December, boosting the state's job gains for 2015 to over 42,000.
