3 dead in domestic dispute SW of MankatoJanuary 18, 2010 7:10 AMA 28-year-old man who had a restraining order against him shot and killed the woman who took out the order, killed her stepfather, then took his own life Sunday at a home near Lewisville, southwest of Mankato, authorities said.
Red Bulls ready to return from IraqJanuary 18, 2010 12:00 AMBy Ambar EspinozaNational Guard members with the 34th Infantry Red Bull Division are coming home to Minnesota over the next few weeks, after spending the past year in Iraq.
Researchers offer a new idea for ditchesJanuary 16, 2010 12:00 PMA new research project in rural Adams will study how tweaks in ditch design affect the amount of sediment and nutrients leaving it. Known as a two-stage drainage ditch, it's said to be the first of its kind in southeast Minnesota.
North Star Foods won't rebuild St. Charles plantJanuary 15, 2010 6:11 PMBy Bill Catlin and Madeleine BaranNorth Star Foods has decided not to rebuild a meat and poultry processing plant in St. Charles that was destroyed by fire last year, eliminating 250 jobs.
State says atrazine rules are adequateJanuary 15, 2010 5:27 PMBy Mark SteilThe Minnesota Agriculture Department says no changes are needed in the state's regulation of the farm herbicide atrazine.
Panel sets a vision for Minnesota's arts and cultureJanuary 15, 2010 5:11 PMBy Euan KerrAn advisory panel appointed by the Legislature has outlined a 25-year vision for using Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Committee's bill would realign Minn. environmental departmentsJanuary 15, 2010 4:53 PMBy Tom RobertsonThe Minnesota Senate Environment and Natural Resources Policy Committee met in Bemidji Friday to hear feedback on a bill that would overhaul management of the DNR and other state agencies.
4-year sentence for Wadena man with DWI historyJanuary 15, 2010 3:15 PMA Wadena man with a history of DWI convictions has been sentenced to four years in prison for refusing a chemical test.
Minn. Red Cross says more money needed in Haiti, not peopleJanuary 15, 2010 2:59 PMBy Dan OlsonNews out of Haiti to Minnesota humanitarian groups is that one of major problems is getting supplies already in Haiti to people who need them.
Minneapolis service tonight for Haiti earthquake victimJanuary 15, 2010 1:57 PMBy Tim NelsonFriends and family plan to gather Friday evening in Minneapolis to remember a seminarian believed lost in the earthquake in Haiti.