North Metro
May 2, 2016
Students in the green room at Fair Oaks Elementary practiced yoga to help them focus as teacher Sarah Pinkerton guided them.

Osseo schools head off misbehavior before it starts

Tactics like yoga breaks, school mottoes and rewards are yielding results.
Local
May 2, 2016
Volunteer Tylan Velzke, 16, helped recipients with their donations at the food bank in Aurora. The food shelf fed 160 families in April alone.

On the Iron Range, prolonged downturn is taking its toll

More than a year since the first layoff notices went out across the Range, the job losses have cut across the region like a riptide.
Music
May 2, 2016
Prince during the "Lovesexy" Tour (info on where tk). Photo by Tom Wallace / Star Tribune. for prince special section. DO NOT USE before 3/14/2004

Dearly beloved: A variety of voices pay tribute to Prince

Tributes from our music critic and others Prince inspired
Local
May 2, 2016
Hwy. 280 closes for next six weeks

Hwy. 280 closes for next six weeks

The barricades went up just before sunrise on Hwy. 280 in Roseville and they'll stay up for the next 6 weeks.
St. Paul
May 1, 2016
Somali community leaders Imam Hassan Jamaica Mohamud and Sadik Warfa spoke to the media about the case 9/02/2015

St. Paul imam finds himself at the center of a storm over law and faith

Allegations about Mohamud's conduct triggered a wave of legal turmoil in the case involving young Twin Cities Somali-Americans.
Local
May 1, 2016
Barbara A. Wilson

Murder-suicide Mankato couple married less than a year

West Metro
May 1, 2016

Man who died after causing 3-car crash in Orono is ID'd; drinking suspected

Music
May 1, 2016

Photos: Prince Rogers Nelson's concerts

Pop music superstar Prince has died at his home in Chanhassen at age 57.
South Metro
May 1, 2016
State trooper Paul Kingery set an eagle free Friday near Hastings, nearly six weeks after he rescued the injured bird from along a Twin Cities interst

State trooper sets free the eagle he saved from certain death along I-494

The state trooper who gathered up the eagle from along the interstate was given the honor or setting the now-healthy bird free.
South Metro
May 1, 2016
U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced a federal indictment charging Eitan Benjamin Feldman, 28, for illegally dealing in firearms without a li

Unlicensed Twin Cities gun buyer pleads guilty; some were used in crimes

The St. Paul man bought 41 guns online. One was found at a drug crime scene in Bloomington.
Politics
May 1, 2016
Dana Bogema, a resident of St. Paul, recounts the trauma she experienced upon witnessing someone jumping from the High Bridge in St. Paul one afternoo

How investigators are using data to battle Minn. surge in suicides

Effort follows sharp increase in Minnesota deaths.
Music
May 1, 2016

Princely tour of the Twin Cities

Guide to the homes, hangouts and landmarks that Prince frequented and/or made famous.
Local
April 30, 2016

PACER Center awarded $1 million by Otto Bremer Trust

The largest donation the nonprofit has received since it was established almost 40 years ago will help serve those with special needs.
Local
April 30, 2016
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, APRIL10 AND THEREAFTER - In this March 16, 2016 photo, Chris Humor, a paramedic with Carle Arrow Ambulance in Champaign, Ill.,

Minnesota doctors question plan to let pharmacists prescribe Narcan

Local
April 30, 2016

Obituary: Jane Nelson Glaser Mooty leaves legacy of community service

West Metro
April 30, 2016
Hayley Hill, an interior design student at Century College, lays out flooring samples for approval. Hill and other students are redesigning a suite at

Century College design students tackle real-life project for Richfield senior care community

Designing for seniors is different, as a group of White Bear Lake students recently discovered.
West Metro
April 30, 2016

Inmate serving time for killing 2 while driving drunk is taken from Minnesota jail, dies

The prisoner was suffering from "a medical-related situation" before he was hospitalized and then died, the sheriff said.
Local
April 30, 2016

Metro briefs: New Brighton City Council rebukes member, removes her from positions

Local
April 30, 2016

State briefs: Army Reservists based in Willmar are deployed to Kuwait

St. Paul
April 30, 2016

Missing boater sought after falling in Mississippi River in St. Paul

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