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Police are investigating after a 4-year-old boy was found alone in the median of a road in Eagan. The incident happened Monday afternoon, according to the police report. An onlooker reported seeing a 4-year-old boy who seemed lost and was crying along the 760 block of Yankee Doodle Road.
Mills Fleet Farm was founded by Stewart Mills Sr. in Brainerd back in 1955. The company steadily grew into a chain of 35 retail stores in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and North Dakota. It gained retail success by appealing to both city and rural shoppers -- a niche that other stores did not offer.
A Minneapolis woman has been charged in the hit-and-run death of a mother of four on New Year's Eve. Aisha Freels, 37, was struck after leaving her home on the 3900 block of Lyndale Avenue North to get into a cab. Authorities said she died at the scene.
Preliminary figures from the state Office of Traffic Safety show 396 people have died so far on Minnesota roads last year. That's up from 361 traffic fatalities for all of 2014.
A 16-year-old St. Paul student was sentenced Tuesday to probation, anger management therapy and 150 hours of community service after pleading guilty last month to assaulting a teacher.
Five arrests were made recently after an operation that targeted men who were soliciting teenage girls for sex on Craigslist, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
National polls notwithstanding, Hillary Clinton is guarding against complacency as she travels along the snow-covered fields of Iowa.
Gov. Mark Dayton and House Republicans are clashing over how quickly to handle a dispute with the federal government over driver's licenses that could spell trouble for air travelers.
Seattle is used to its own types of weather extremes, but Minnesotans can't help but wonder whether they'll be ready for this one. Early forecasts call for temperatures significantly colder than they have been so far this winter to arrive just in time for Seattle Seahawks fans to arrive in Minnesota.
Police are investigating after a body was discovered on the University of Minnesota's west bank. The university police department reported Tuesday morning that a body had been discovered near West River Parkway and Washington Avenue.
Wisconsin's railroad commissioner has resigned, weeks after it emerged that he softened letters of reprimand given to two workers found to be carrying on an affair at the office.
Officials in St. Cloud are seeking the public's help in finding a missing woman and a blue pickup truck as part of a suspicious death investigation.
A man in a motorized wheelchair that was struck and killed by a Blue Line Light Rail train Sunday has been identified. Authorities said 61-year-old Daniel Wease, of Minneapolis, died of blunt force injuries he suffered after being struck by the LRT.
A legislative committee is set to hold a public hearing on a Republican bill that would prohibit people from owning dangerous exotic animals. The measure includes a list of dangerous exotic animals that includes lions, tigers, polar bears, apes and crocodilians.
Some members of Minnesota's Muslim community are lashing out against a terror recruitment video released on New Year's Day.
