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Police say the suspicious packages that prompted an evacuation of three dorms at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse were suitcases left behind by a couple of bus passengers and were not a threat. UW-La Crosse police Detective Chris Schuster says a man and a woman were boarding a bus bound for Rochester, Minnesota,
Kentucky State Police have found a body that is believed to be connected to a Wisconsin homicide inside a box alongside a Bell County road.
A previously convicted rapist is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in south Minneapolis early Sunday morning, according to charged filed by the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.
A man already serving a life sentence has been acquitted of murder in the shooting death of an aspiring teacher during an iPod robbery in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the jury found Marcellus Jones not guilty of all charges Wednesday, including murder and conspiracy to commit robbery, in the death of 23-year-old Beau Zabel.
Seventy percent of private insurance buyers so far on Minnesota's health insurance exchange have qualified for federal tax credits. Officials with MNsure released updated statistics Wednesday on insurance shopping as open enrollment nears a big deadline. People who want insurance in place by Jan. 1 have until Tuesday to sign up.
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says it's calling on federal authorities to investigate the arson of a Somali restaurant in North Dakota as a hate crime.
The Minnesota United FC announced Wednesday that Mortenson Construction will be the manager for the team's new stadium, which will be built in St. Paul.
Lyle Hoffman has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for the armed robbery of a bank in Blaine.
The Minneapolis police department has a new approach to strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the community. City leaders, including Mayor Betsy Hodges, heard the plan Wednesday morning.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office has released the mug shots of four men arrested in connection to a shooting that injured five at the 4th Precinct last month.
A federal judge has rejected the key claims in a lawsuit that sought to block a capacity expansion on the Alberta Clipper oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.
One man is dead after a shooting at a popular resort on Minnesota's North Shore Wednesday. According to the Cook County Sheriff, the shooting took place early Wednesday morning outside Bluefin Bay Resort in Tofte, Minn.
Christmas came early for some Minnesota children and their families Tuesday night. The children from Make-A-Wish Minnesota took a flight to the North Pole to see Santa.
Sheriff's officials say a man has died in a house fire he intentionally set in northwestern Wisconsin. The Washburn County Sheriff's Department says deputies were called to a house in Minong about 11:30 p.m. Monday on a report of gunshots.
From a new study on how much we use the Internet to flooding in the Pacific Northwest, here are the four stories to know for Wednesday, Dec. 9.
