Greater Minnesota

Minnesota Health Department officials are warning consumers about potential E. coli contamination in raw milk sold by the Hartmann Dairy farm in Gibbon.
Voters in the Lake Park-Audubon school district in northwest Minnesota have approved property tax increases that will allow the district to build a new high school and overhaul its elementary school.
DNR hopes for surge of sturgeon on St. Louis River
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources managers hope that for the first time in decades, sturgeon will be able to reproduce in the St. Louis River.
Federal agency will investigate alleged harassment against Somali students
The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into allegations of harassment of Somali students in St. Cloud and Owatonna, agency officials confirmed on Tuesday.
Polaris: Moving to Mexico to get closer to customers
Polaris Industries officials fleshed out the reasons behind its plan to shut down its parts plant in Osceola, Wis. The Medina-based company plans to shift much of the work -- and many of the jobs in Osceola -- to Mexico, primarily to save money.
Polaris to shutter plant in western Wis., cut 500 jobs
Polaris Industries announced Thursday it will shut down its plant in the western Wisconsin city of Osceola, putting more than 500 out of work. Polaris is headquartered in Medina, Minn. and saw its sales take a tumble last year.
Northern Minn. school struggles with turnaround plan
The 34 Minnesota school districts identified as the state's worst performing will spend the summer developing a turnaround plan to improve students' test scores. One of them is Waubun High School, which has a predominantly American Indian enrollment.
Sleepy Eye family faces another cancer diagnosis
A Minnesota man whose son fled the state because his parents wanted to avoid court-ordered chemotherapy said Wednesday that he has cancer but isn't ruling out chemotherapy.
No one was injured when an early morning fire forced the evacuation of about 30 people from a three-story apartment building in south Fargo.
A study published in a medical journal ranks the Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota as one of the top schools in the country for producing rural physicians.