Guthrie Theater plans 9th floor initiative, with $9 tickets
The Guthrie Theater said Wednesday it plans to make its ninth-floor theater into a hub that could host gatherings aimed at engaging underserved members of the community.
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Judge grants new lawyers in North Dakota death penalty case
A federal judge says a new legal team he approved for a man who killed a University of North Dakota student in Minnesota is needed to cut down on expenses for the defendant's appeal of his death sentence.
Donald Trump eyes shift to policy 'meat' as convention fight looms
Republican Donald Trump declared it's "great to be home" at a massive rally in the New York City suburbs Wednesday, shrugging off a defeat in Wisconsin a day earlier and instead, predicting victory in his delegate-rich home state.
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Dense fog advisory in Minnesota, governor's flight canceled
Thick fog has enveloped much of Minnesota and canceled Gov. Mark Dayton's air travel to a water quality forum.
Minnesota state park campsites go to all-reservation system
All campsites at Minnesota state parks soon can be reserved, a significant change for a system that used to hold back up to a third of campsites for walk-up visitors.
Source of bloodstream infection in Wisconsin unknown
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent additional investigators to Wisconsin to find the source of a blood infection that officials described as the largest outbreak of the bacteria now linked to at least 15 deaths.
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Deadline approaches to claim $1 million lottery prize
Someone who bought a winning $1 million lottery ticket in Wisconsin has just 17 days left to claim the prize.
Giffords targets Minnesota for gun control push
Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is bringing her fight to boost gun control to Minnesota, aiming to expand the state's background checks for gun sales and other measures that have been previously blocked, a spokesman told The Associated Press on Wednesday,
Fire causes $900,000 in damage to Duluth church
Firefighters say an early morning blaze caused an estimated $900,000 in damage to a church in Duluth.
Man's 2nd Polar Plunge is one he wasn't sure he'd live for
When Jim Roush jumps through a hole in the ice and lands in the frigid waters of Pleasant Lake on Saturday afternoon, it's going to be a shock.
Fiery crash on icy highway kills 2, injures 1
Two people have died and a third person has been injured in a fiery crash on an icy highway in Winona County.
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Ex-cop pleads guilty to killing woman, ditching body
A former suburban Milwaukee police officer accused of killing two women and ditching their bodies in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin highway pleaded guilty Monday in one of their deaths.
Archbishop Nienstedt leaves Michigan parish after backlash
A priest is leaving a Battle Creek parish as some members of the southwestern Michigan diocese became angered to learn that he led a Minnesota archdiocese during a clergy sex abuse scandal.
White Earth chairwoman resigns in dispute over tribe's constitution
The White Earth Tribal Council has accepted the resignation of its embattled chairwoman.
Burglary suspect dies in business fire in northern Minnesota
A northern Minnesota man died after authorities say he refused to leave a burning convenience store that they believe he entered illegally.
University professor pleads guilty to smuggling ivory
A college professor pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegally smuggling items made of elephant ivory and agreed to pay a $500,000 fine that prosecutors say should be a deterrent to such activity.
Authorities charge 4 Ojibwe treaty rights protesters
Authorities have charged four American Indians with fishing and wild rice harvesting violations stemming from a protest last summer to assert rights they claim they still hold under treaties from the 1800s, setting up a potential court test of how those treaties should be applied now.
Special session hung up over details _ or lack of them
Hopes for a quick special session faded Wednesday when Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt accused one another of acting in bad faith to solve the state's driver's license dilemma and assist sidelined steelworkers.
Shakopee inmate accused of fraud scheme
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is accusing a state prison inmate of trying to defraud the state's Medical Assistance program.
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Minnesota health officials warn of new norovirus strain
Health officials say Minnesota is getting hit by a new strain of norovirus, the most common cause of sudden intestinal illness.
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