Minnesota school districts use buyouts to shed bad apples
Districts say buyouts are cheapest way to deal with troublesome employees.
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Mobile charity steps in to offer relief to veterans who are hurting
Group rolls into church parking lots and shopping malls with state-of-the-art technology offering free treatments, such as muscle and nerve therapy and spinal balancing.
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In Minn. timber country, no love lost between logger and giant paper mill
A nearly two-year-old fight between a local businessman and the multinational corporate owner of an International Falls paper mill is distorting wood prices in northern Minnesota, upsetting other loggers and causing anxiety in the city as the mill's workforce shrinks.
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Charges: Extremely drunk mom drives off as pleading daughter clings to pickup
Girl escapes serious injury, calls mom a liar for denying drinking, charges say. Woman's BAC was .30%.
Twin Cities dentist says he wants to cooperate with hunting inquiry
U.S. wildlife officials say a representative for Walter Palmer contacted the agency late Thursday, before wildlife authorities in Zimbabwe called for his extradition to their country.
Teardown trend gets supersized around Lake Minnetonka
"A lot of people don't want to see those beautiful, old houses come down," Wayzata Mayor Ken Willcox said.
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I-394 work, delays flipping to other side
Starting today, traffic will be delayed between Hwy. 100 and downtown Minneapolis.
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Gallery: Woody Allen and jazz band
Woody Allen played clarinet with his jazz band at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on Sunday.
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Man's body recovered from lake in Little Canada
The man had been missing since shortly after 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Lake Gervais.
Big-game hunters find themselves in crosshairs after Cecil's killing
In the wake of the lion's killing by a Minnesotan in Zimbabwe, hunters defend their sport.
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Pontoon flips northwest of Willmar, fatally trapping man underwater
The incident occurred on what is known as Golden Pond, located in Kandiyohi County.
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Couple in 70s killed in crash after attending southern Minnesota county fair
The wife had just performed as a dancer at the Blue Earth County Fair.
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New Prague man missing for 2 weeks is found dead
"No foul play is suspected" in the death of Tony Slavik, 31, LeSueur County Sheriff David Tietz said in a statement.
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Out-of-state criminals bring cloned credit card schemes to Twin Cities
Police say the hundreds who have been targeted are evidence of the ongoing fallout from major retail data breaches.
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Twin Cities regional parks and trails drawing more visits
The metropolitan parks and trails racked up more than more than 48 million visits last year, about 1.5 million more than in 2013.
Financing tool for Southwest light-rail project questioned by GOP legislator
The obscure financial tool would provide bridge financing to aid in rail line's cash-flow problems.
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