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State officials say they've made the first discovery of emerald ash borer in northern Minnesota — an infestation in Duluth. Minnesota Department of Agriculture staffers found larvae of the destructive tree pest in ash trees on Park Point. Entomologist Mark Abrahamson says the area has been a focus ever since the discovery of EAB just across the border in Superior, Wisconsin, in August 2013.
Authorities have made a couple arrests in connection with a fatal shooting in Winona that took place over the weekend. Police say 23-year-old Lonnie Lavonte Keymone Hudson was arrested in Wausau, Wisconsin Thursday night after a brief foot chase.
In Turkey, there are an overwhelming amount of Golden Retrievers without homes. But some of those Golden Retrievers now have homes here thanks to Retrieve A Golden of Minnesota (RAGOM).
There's a lot of stuff that works on paper in Raul Garcia's "Extraordinary Tales." The project is a collection of famous stories from Edgar Allen Poe, adapted into animated shorts and narrated by the likes of the late Christopher Lee and celebrated filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro. Yet despite how good Lee's voice sounds when he speaks Poe's lyrical prose, the shorts don't come together into a compelling whole.
A student who brought a loaded gun to his high school in St. Paul told police he was trying to protect himself from gang members. The 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty Thursday in juvenile court to felony possession of a dangerous weapon on school property.
The Renville County West football team is having a season to remember. They are now just one win away from going to the state tournament. "It's a great way to feel. We're right there. One win away," senior Brady Holwerda said.
According to the Pew Research Center, 44 percent of us sleep with our cellphone nearby, or even in our beds. Almost one-third of people say they, "can't imagine living without it." So, are we addicted to our cellphones?
St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman and Minnesota United FC owner Bill McGuire are gearing up for a big announcement on Friday, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
When you think of bees, do you think of downtown Minneapolis? The chefs at the Marquette Hotel do. They started keeping bees on the roof three years ago. Thursday was the day to harvest some of this year's honey, and check on the bees before winter.
Hundreds of people are paid their respects Thursday in Aitkin for a sheriff's investigator killed in the line of duty. Aitkin County Sheriff's Deputy Steven Sandberg, 60, was guarding patient Danny Hammond at St. Cloud Hospital Sunday when the man grabbed his service pistol and fatally shot him.
The Democratic governor on Wednesday said BNSF railroad did not properly notify the state that it is transporting highly flammable crude oil from North Dakota through downtown Minneapolis while it reconstructs railroad tracks elsewhere.
Rep. Paul Ryan is formally declaring his candidacy for speaker of the House after getting unified support from across the Republican conference.
According to a press release from the Inver Grove Police Department, officers responded to a report of a distraught female on the 6900 block of Claude Avenue at around 3:00 p.m. Upon arrival, police determined the 50-year-old woman fired a gun in the house.
Rain is in the forecast for most of Minnesota on Friday, and it couldn't come at a better time. It's been a dry October, so dry that about seven percent of Minnesota is in a drought.
A man is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a St. Paul woman. Alvin Bell is accused of shooting Sarah Wierstad outside her home on Sunday evening near the corner of Bedford and Beaumont streets.
