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Minnesota OKs medical cannabis for chronic pain, eye disease
Macular degeneration and chronic pain will be added next year as conditions eligible for treatment under Minnesota’s medical marijuana program. The state Health Department also said it would allow more sites where patients can access medical cannabis.
Storm topples often-photographed sea stack at Tettegouche State Park
A beloved and often-photographed sea stack along the Lake Superior shoreline of northeastern Minnesota's Tettegouche State Park has been toppled by this weekend's winter storm.
Duluth, northeastern Minnesota dig out from nearly 2 feet of snow
Duluth and much of northeastern Minnesota continue to dig out from a mammoth winter storm that dropped more than 20 inches of snow in many areas.
Duluth bishop Paul Sirba dies at age 59
Sirba suffered cardiac arrest while at St. Rose Church in Proctor, Minn., on Sunday morning and was pronounced dead just after 9 a.m. at a Duluth hospital.
Two children fatally shot, two adults found dead in Minneapolis
Police found two children with gunshot wounds in a yard, then heard gunfire. After several hours, SWAT team members found a man and woman both dead inside a home. Police said there’s no further danger to the public.
Snow totals from around Minnesota
Snowfall reports from Minnesota, western Wisconsin and eastern North Dakota through 8 p.m. Sunday, reported by weather observers and relayed by the National Weather Service.
Blizzard closes highways, drops nearly 20 inches of snow on Duluth
Blizzard conditions continued to hammer the city of Duluth and surrounding areas late Saturday and early Sunday, forcing the closure of Park Point to non-residents and shutting down a stretch of Interstate 35.