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Williston, N.D., moves closer to banning man camps in city limits
Some people believe crew camps are unsightly and feed crime problems in the city.
Big bass fishing tournament heads to Mille Lacs Lake
A major bass fishing tournament is heading to Mille Lacs Lake next year amid ongoing concerns about its walleye population.
Wisconsin convent says prayer has gone on nonstop since Aug. 1, 1878
Flooding, snowstorms, a flu outbreak, even a fire — any of those might have slowed a group of Wisconsin nuns who say none of it has kept their order from praying nonstop for hundreds of thousands of people over the last 137 years.
Business
Target closing 13 stores nationwide citing falling profits
Target plans to close 13 stores nationwide, including one in New Ulm and two others in Milwaukee and Superior, Wisconsin.
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Minn. Supreme Court declines to hear Ely bear researcher's case
The Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to reconsider a decision barring wildlife researcher Lynn Rogers from putting radio collars on black bears.
Police make arrest in fatal St. Paul bridge shooting
St. Paul police say they've made an arrest in a fatal shooting on a bridge in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood.
Bumper corn, soybean crops forecast in Minnesota, Wisconsin
Forecasts are calling for a bumper crop of soybeans and corn for Minnesota and Wisconsin farmers this year.
Ex-Sen. Coleman says he has throat cancer; 'positive' prognosis
Norm Coleman says he isn't commenting beyond the social media post that recounts initial shock and fear about the diagnosis.
Man found with girlfriend's body in car charged in Goodhue Co. with murder
A man accused of killing his girlfriend near Red Wing then driving her body to Wisconsin before calling police is now facing murder charges in Minnesota.
Investigators say cause of north Mpls. fire that killed 3 undetermined
Minneapolis investigators say the cause of a fire that killed three young children has not been determined.
Wisconsin students criticize plan to lift out-of-state cap
University of Wisconsin-Madison students ripped a plan to lift the school's cap on out-of-state undergraduates Tuesday, saying the move will lead to larger classes and justifying the change as a way to pump new talent into state's workforce makes no sense.
Search resumes for 3 missing boaters on Lake of the Woods
A search resumed Monday for three missing men on a northern Minnesota lake near the Canadian border, but searchers were finding no trace of the men, a sheriff said.
Minnesotan changes plea to guilty in Islamic State case
A Minnesota man admitted Friday that he was threatening U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch when he fired off an angry tweet after federal prosecutors charged six men with conspiring to join the Islamic State group.
Fight over Minn. political space heats up amid latest bill for $100M in repairs
Another squabble is shaping up over offices for Minnesota politicians.
Woman sentenced for shoplifting after taking limo to Rochester mall
A woman who authorities say shoplifted at a Rochester mall after arriving in a limousine has been sentenced to 50 days in jail.
Hikers from Minnesota find body at base of Michigan cliff
Two hikers from Minnesota discovered a body at the bottom of a steep cliff along Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula while going through photos one of them had just taken.
Fierce response to Walker plan to bar federal public unions
Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker is hoping to pull his campaign off the mat by taking on unions — a familiar foe for the Wisconsin governor — in a sweeping plan to upend pillars of organized labor nationwide.
Republicans sorry for saying ranger lied about making out
Two Republican lawmakers whom a park ranger cited for making out in a public park apologized Monday for accusing that ranger of lying and stepped down from a Minnesota House ethics panel in an apparent effort to head off a complaint from Democrats.
Politics
Minn. legislator cited for making out 'changed her tune,' sheriff says
The sheriff who handled the case of Minnesota lawmakers cited for making out in a park says one legislator "changed her tune" after initially thanking the park ranger for intervening.
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