Obama And Minn. 'Beer Guy' Bond Over Home Brew
A business trip to the small town of Knoxville, Iowa, gave one Bloomington man "the surprise of his life" – a chance encounter with President Barack Obama.
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A business trip to the small town of Knoxville, Iowa, gave one Bloomington man "the surprise of his life" – a chance encounter with President Barack Obama.
Governor Mark Dayton hosted U.S.Interior Secretary Ken Salazar for a boat ride on the Mississippi River on Friday. Salazar is on a multi-state tour highlighting national conservation efforts, as well as talking about how President Obama wants to encourage outdoor recreation opportunities and create jobs.
The 2012 Presidential campaign set a record this week, but it's one that calls for a Reality Check. The campaigns and their supporters have already spent as much money so far – it's only mid-August -- as they did for the entire 2008 campaign.
Two days after embattled House Democrat Kerry Gauthier was admitted to St Luke's Hospital on Wednesday for unknown reasons, top House Republican and the Republican Chairman of the Public Safety Committee on which Gauthier is a member says the Duluth Representative should be removed.
The U.S. Small Business Administration has granted a disaster declaration for three Minnesota counties and an Indian reservation that will give home- and business-owners who lost property in June's floods access to low interest loans.
The Minneapolis City Council approved a resolution on Friday calling on Village Voice Media to end publication of its online classified section that facilitates the trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation.
Election-day voter registration will continue in Minnesota this year after a federal judge rejected a lawsuit that sought to end it.
The New Hampshire home where Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack's family lives is worth as much as $500,000, according to a congressional disclosure statement.
The New Hampshire home where Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack's family lives is worth as much as $500,000, according to a congressional disclosure statement.
Minnesota's flags are flying at half-staff this Friday by order of Gov. Mark Dayton, part of Remembrance and Reconciliation Day marking the U.S.-Dakota War 150 years ago.
A Minnesota State Representative was allegedly involved in a sexual act at a public rest room near Proctor, Minn., according to recently released police documents.
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is in a "deep" depression and has a "lot of work" ahead of him on the road to recovery, former Rhode Island U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Thursday after visiting the hospitalized Chicago Democrat.
The Freedom to Marry campaign is releasing its first ad against the November marriage amendment.
A Minnesota court panel has slashed the legal bills for those who sued over this year's political redistricting.
The campaign trail is heating up all across the nation as we get closer to the November elections, and two big names are headed to Minnesota next week.
