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Betsy Hodges, a Democratic member of the Minneapolis City Council, emerged as the winner of the race for mayor of Minnesota's largest city Thursday night. Hodges received the most votes of the 35 candidates in Tuesday's race but fell shy of an outright majority. Minneapolis uses ranked-choice voting, which allows people to make up to three choices of candidates on their ballots. Ballots are reassigned as candidates are deemed out of contention.
A legislator has taken to the Michigan Senate floor to apologize for putting false information about the sighting of wolves outside a day care center in his resolution urging Congress to strip gray wolves of endangered species protections.
Fourth-grade students in Minnesota scored at the top nationally in math and above the national average in reading, according to national test results released Thursday.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is joining those urging former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to try for the presidency in 2016. Dayton on Thursday signed onto the "Ready for Hillary" group that is trying to lay the groundwork for a Clinton campaign. She hasn't said whether she will make a second try for the White House.
Minnesota's fourth and eighth graders scored at the top nationally in math and above the national average in reading in newly released national tests. The National Assessment of Education Progress was released Thursday.
Making his first public appearance in two weeks, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says a medical procedure on his ailing hip has relieved the pain. Dayton gave a health update during a news conference on education Thursday at the Capitol. He says he is walking without pain for the first time in four months.
A Republican state representative who broke with most in her party to support legalizing gay marriage says she won't run for re-election next year. Rep. Andrea Kieffer of Woodbury said in a prepared statement that she was honored to serve but that she never intended the Legislature to be her career.
More vote counting is expected at Minneapolis City Hall as the state's largest city looks to crown a new mayor. Democratic City Council member Betsy Hodges held a wide lead but there was still not a final vote Thursday morning.
Betsy Hodges' face is one Minneapolitans will be seeing much more of, and her personality is one her husband insists they'll get a kick out of. "She can tell really good jokes," said Gary Cunningham, Hodges' husband. "We laugh a lot."
More rounds of vote counting are underway at Minneapolis City Hall as the state's largest city looks to crown a new mayor. Democratic City Council member Betsy Hodges held a wide lead but was still short Wednesday of the threshold needed to win.
Drive down any residential block in Minnesota and the hidden risk of radon is there. That's because according to state health experts, 40 percent of all homes have radon levels above the danger threshold.
Voters in Minneapolis have sent a Somali-American to their city council for the first time, a sign of the immigrant community's growing strength in the city. Abdi Warsame took 64 percent of the vote in Tuesday's election, well ahead of incumbent Robert Lilligren.
Wisconsin's largest wolf-hunting zone is about to close, leaving only a single zone open just three weeks into the season.
An official involved in the Minnesota Vikings stadium project says a goal for getting key elements of the financing locked in this week won't be met.
The Minnesota American Indian movement announced Wednesday it's planning a march downtown Thursday before the Vikings play the Washington Redskins at the Metrodome. The group also took legal action Wednesday, petitioning the state to look at stopping funding for the new Vikings stadium if the word "Redskins" is going to be used there.
