Minnesota

Duluth is the latest city to consider banning conversion therapy aimed at changing a person's sexual orientation. A proposal to ban the practice was introduced at the City Council meeting Monday night.

By an 8-1 vote, councilors approved the $235,000 in aid to the financially beleaguered ski hill. Without the support, the Spirit Mountain Executive Director Brandy Ream warned the ski hill would have had barely enough to meet its payroll later this week and would have been forced to close its doors before even reaching the historically lucrative holiday season.

The International Institute of Minnesota has helped thousands of new immigrants resettle, learn English and train for jobs. As it celebrates 100 years this week, its leaders are working to navigate the agency through unprecedented changes in federal immigration policy.

Under guidance from the state, Minnesota county assessors are evaluating whether to treat some cabin or vacation properties as commercial for tax purposes, which could boost bills. It’s an issue zooming toward the Legislature for another look.

Medicaid, food assistance and other federal programs can help keep struggling immigrant families afloat. Many, though, increasingly fear being punished for seeking those benefits, and being labeled a “public charge.”

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a state law that makes it a crime to stalk someone by telephone is unconstitutional because it's too broad.

At Fort Hood, National Guard members gathered Sunday to remember Charles Nord, James Rogers Jr. and Kort Plantenberg. All three were killed in a helicopter crash near St. Cloud last week.

A revised environmental review of the proposed Line 3 replacement pipeline by state regulators says Lake Superior would likely not be threatened if the new line were to spill oil.

A 12-year-old boy from New Ulm died in a snowmobile crash on Saturday, authorities said.

The Minnesota Gophers football team will take on Auburn in the Outback Bowl on New Year's Day in Tampa, Fla.