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Greater Minnesota

Church bookkeeper charged with theft by swindle

Ryan McFarland transferred funds from St. Theodore Catholic Church and its school to her personal accounts in 2014 and 2015, according to a criminal complaint.
by The Associated Press

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Dilapidated tribal school in northern MN gets funds to rebuild

Dilapidated tribal school in northern MN gets funds to rebuild

Roughly $12 million in federal funds is headed to the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig tribal school east of Bemidji to fix its crumbling infrastructure.
by John Enger

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Federal judge throws out complaint over Red River diversion

A group representing about 20 upstream cities and townships in North Dakota and Minnesota filed a lawsuit in 2013 asking for a cheaper project that doesn't flood farmland.
by The Associated Press

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Evacuated residents head back to NW Minn. town after train-tanker crash

Evacuated residents head back to NW Minn. town after train-tanker crash

Callaway residents are back home after being evacuated Thursday following a collision between a train and a propane tanker truck that triggered a fire and explosion. No one was hurt.
by Dan Gunderson

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Commercial shipping season underway in Twin Ports

The Duluth Seaway Port Authority says the Edwin H. Gott left the Twin Ports early Tuesday and is en route to Two Harbors for a load of iron ore.
by The Associated Press

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Globetrotters in Minnesota, still playing after 90 years

Globetrotters in Minnesota, still playing after 90 years

The Harlem Globetrotters have been playing for 90 years. Their first of four stops in Minnesota is Tuesday in Bemidji.
by John Enger

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Warm weather brings Minnesota bears out early, DNR warns

Warm weather brings Minnesota bears out early, DNR warns

State conservation officials say they're already getting bear calls because of the early spring. They're urging Minnesotans who live near bear territory to check their property for food sources that could attract the critters.
by MPR News Staff

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