ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — Bail has been set at $100,000 for a California man charged with causing a deadly van fire while camping in a Minnesota Walmart parking lot. Prosecutors say the carelessness of 70-year-old Roberto Lino Hipolito, of Long Beach, California, was to blame for Tuesday's fire in ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minneapolis police officers have been fired over a racist Christmas display. The department says Mark Bohnsack's last day was last Thursday while Brandy Steberg's was Monday. They were put on leave in December after a photo surfaced on social media of a Christmas tree ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz says the state has signed a $33.9 million contract with an outside vendor to replace its troubled Minnesota Licensing and Registration System, known as MNLARS. The contract goes to Fast Enterprises. The governor's office said Thursday that Fast ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a black man who was killed by Minneapolis police in 2015 in a case that triggered mass protests reached a tentative $200,000 settlement with the city Thursday. David Suro, the lawyer for Jamar Clark's father, told the Star Tribune the settlement was reached ...
BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The house where Jayme Closs was kidnapped and her parents were fatally shot has been torn down in northwestern Wisconsin. The bank that owns the house near Barron had it demolished Tuesday after consulting with relatives about the property. Barron County Sheriff Chris ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A Bloomington man is charged with fatally stabbing his wife. Fifty-six-year-old John Lawler is facing a second-degree murder charge and is expected in court Wednesday. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says prosecutors are seeking bail of $1 million. A criminal ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told nervous Midwestern farmers on Wednesday that he's confident that they'll eventually regain the markets they've lost in the Trump administration's trade war with China. Perdue appeared at Farmfest, an annual trade ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A fish collected by a North Dakota State University graduate student from a Minnesota lake has been verified as the oldest freshwater fish ever taken. Radiocarbon dating verified that the female bigmouth buffalo fish taken from Crystal Lake near Pelican Rapids in Otter ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has denied requests to reconsider the tailings dam permits that it issued for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine. The DNR said Wednesday that opponents did not raise any new issues that materially affect its 2018 ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 70-year-old man camping in a Walmart parking lot put a hot cook stove in his van, causing it to catch fire and spread to another van, burning two young sisters and killing one of them, authorities said Wednesday. Prosecutors charged Roberto Lino Hipolito of Long Beach, ...
LITTLE CANADA, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have made an arrest in a fatal stabbing in Little Canada. Ramsey County sheriff's officials say a 30-year-old woman, found covered in blood at her residence, was arrested early Monday. A woman about the same age was found dead outside the home about 10 ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz says he'll seek hearings on gun measures this fall after the latest mass shootings in Ohio and Texas. Democratic leaders and gun safety advocates in Minnesota have for years pursued universal background checks and "red flag" laws, which let police take ...
FRIDLEY, Minn. (AP) — Two young sisters suffered critical burns Tuesday when two vans caught fire in a Walmart parking lot, and the owner of one of the vans was arrested. The girls, 6 and 9, were alone in their van about 7:15 a.m. as their mother shopped. A van next to theirs caught fire, ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A state appeals court has blocked a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday stayed the project's water quality permit. Minnesota Public Radio News reports environmental groups and the ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — State officials are working to stem a rise in hate crimes in Minnesota. President Donald Trump called for legislation imposing the death penalty in cases of hate crimes and mass shootings following deadly attacks in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The suspect in El ...
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz says he wants Minnesota farmers to know his administration is taking steps to ease their financial worries during the U.S. trade war with China. Walz headed to the annual FarmFest near Redwood Falls on Tuesday. The Democratic governor intends to use ...
VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK, Minn. (AP) — Crews have rescued a Minneapolis woman who got lost for several hours in Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota. St. Louis County sheriff's authorities say the 64-year-old woman called dispatchers Saturday, saying she had left the Kettle Falls ...
Cody Nelson Minnesota Public Radio News SCHROEDER, Minn. (AP) — Northern Minnesota once boasted stands of massive white and red pine — giants that lived up to 350 years, with trunks 4 or 5 feet in diameter. When they were logged out, trees with shorter life spans, like birch, took their ...
By BECCA MOST The Minnesota Daily ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Hidden within the small grove of quaint shops and gardens in Milton Square in St. Anthony Park, Lady Elegant's Tea Room transports its guests to another century. With white paper doilies, floral wallpapers and long tables of dainty ...
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Rapidly rising water levels in the Great Lakes are damaging shorelines and creating uncertainty for lakeshore residents. Duluth has dealt with three major storms on Lake Superior in less than two years, with the latest hitting last October. The city's construction ...