Greater Minnesota

A Christian ministry that tends to spiritual needs of visitors to Duluth's port is celebrating the start of the city's 2010 commercial shipping season with a "blessing of the port community."
The Minnesota Commerce Department on Friday closed down State Bank of Aurora in Aurora. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over as receiver.
A Twin Cities man is in jail after police say a threatening message was posted on Craigslist about an upcoming Somali cultural event at St. Cloud State University.
The family of a man killed by a gunshot to the head offered forgiveness to the person who pulled the trigger during his sentencing in St. Louis County court.
From Olympic to amateur rinks, Shattuck-St. Mary's means hockey
Hockey is serious business at the elite boarding school, a powerhouse that produced National Hockey League giants, among them Zach Parise of the New Jersey Devils and the Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby.