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State urges motorists to park cars until air quality improves
An air-pollution health advisory for the Twin Cities metropolitan area and Rochester has been issued for today and Tuesday by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), prompting officials to urge motorists to park their vehicles and turn to alternative ways to get around whenever possible.
Reporter's Notebook: A seedy solution
Bus crash investigation
From the scene of tour bus accident 
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Reporter's Notebook: Judge vs. juror
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What would Grandpa want? Open spaces
Andover's first purchase under a program to preserve open land is 38 acres full of wildlife, woods and memories.
More North Metro News
- Cities cashing in on lower project costs
- Brooklyn Park fire takes hours to control
- American Red Cross chapter gets new director
- St. Anthony-New Brighton schools consider ways to spend leftover funds
- VA clinic finalists expected by next week
- Alleged Ponzi scheme items to be auctioned
- 'Person of interest' not involved in death of man found in pickup
North Metro prep sports
- Eden Prairie takes red-eye flight
- Class 4A: Totino-Grace 35, Mankato West 0
- Saturday's prep hockey results
Today's North Metro events
East Metro
Video advances are a big crime-solving aid in metro area
Criminals beware: Surveillance cameras show faces clearer than ever, and the eyes are everywhere.
More East Metro News
- Holiday lights: Send us suggestions
- Teacher guilty of sexual contact with girl
- Robbery, arson defendant gets 26 years
- Man's use of credit card numbers gets attention of Woodbury police, Crime Stoppers
- Maple Grove man sentenced for beating girlfriend's cat
- 'Person of interest' not involved in death of man found in pickup
- A new generation of high school sports coverage
East Metro prep sports
- Eden Prairie takes red-eye flight
- 4A semis: Sartell-St. Stephen 31, St. Thomas Academy 29
- State swimming: Hutchinson tries to reclaim top spot
Today's East Metro events
South Metro
Teacher guilty of sexual contact with girl
The former teacher and coach gave conflicting accounts about the nature of her relationship with a teen athlete.
Photo right: Melissa Diana Koehn
More South Metro News
- Scott County: Infrastructure, transit top issues
- Eagle Ridge to be the site of gifted program
- Bloomington day-care provider says supervision was adequate
- Montgomery-Lonsdale undertakes info blitz to get school buildings fixed
- Guilty plea in high-tech cattle rustling
- State medical board reprimands 2 doctors
- Missing pilot's body found in wreckage
South Metro prep sports
- Saturday's prep hockey results
- Nine-man: Nicollet 36, Ada-Borup 35
- Thursday's prep results and Friday's schedule
Today's South Metro events
West Metro
Miracle Boy has a miracle surgery
After harrowing turns with a potentially fatal heart ailment, little Stellan had an emergency operation - and it's a "home run."
More West Metro News
- Wilf accuses commission of avoiding stadium issue
- One dead in two-car crash in Eden Prairie
- Pair charged for attacking Bloomington disabled man
- Bloomington day-care provider says supervision was adequate
- Losing trees but saving 'hoot' habitat
- Bending the waters of Nine Mile Creek
- With contract talks stalled, Chaska schools, union turn to mediator
West Metro prep sports
- Eden Prairie takes red-eye flight
- Saturday's prep hockey results
- Friday's prep results and Saturday's schedule
Today's West Metro events
8 charged with terrorism in missing Somalis case
The eight Minnesotans were also charged with providing financial support and fighting for Al-Shabaab, designated by the U.S. government as a terrorist group with ties to Al-Qaida.
A 'national crisis' of student suicide touches Minnesota
Colleges are straining to help young people who are struggling with depression and mental health issues.
Suspended lawyer Garcia misses court date -- he's in federal custody
Suspended lawyer Al Garcia didn't make his Hennepin County hearing today on a felony charge of witness tampering because he is in federal custody.
Video advances are a big crime-solving aid in metro area
Criminals beware: Surveillance cameras show faces clearer than ever, and the eyes are everywhere.
Women's dispute goes from 'Judge Judy' to Apple Valley bar fight
Former Eagan roommates who squared off on national TV's "Judge Judy" ended up in a barroom fight, leading to one of the women having her mug photographed in jail and the other woman with a cut on her mug.
Retired St. Paul firefighter dies in line of duty -- 13 years later
The St. Paul Fire Department has lost one of its own, 13 years after contracting a disease while on duty.
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