Greater Minnesota

Several hundred walleye carcasses were dumped in a field near Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota. A neighbor found the heap of rotting fish, including hundreds of filleted walleyes and several whole northern pike, on Tuesday afternoon.
The third anniversary of the death of 27-year-old April Sorensen is Saturday and Rochester police are still looking for her killer.
Farm income in Minnesota dropped sharply in 2009
Minnesota farmers took a financial bruising last year after posting some of the highest income levels ever in 2008. Farm income in the state fell to an eight-year low in 2009, down by almost two-thirds from the previous year. That stress is showing up in farmhouses across the state.
A change in federal regulations on bovine tuberculosis is expected to benefit Minnesota cattle producers.
Small gestures help improve race relations in Bemidji
A year ago, Bemidji business owners began to display greetings and words of thanks written in the Ojibwe language. It was a simple, symbolic gesture, but the idea caught on.
Fish-killing virus found again in Lake Superior
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports that more fish infected with the fish-killing VHS virus have been found in Lake Superior.
Traffic snarls, headaches expected during $67M Duluth road project
Major re-construction begins soon on a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 35 through Duluth, and transportation officials warn that traffic will move slowly at times; and there's no good single detour to get around the mess.
A man collapsed and died after coming to the aid of a 12-year-old boy who was burned when a backyard grill exploded and caught fire in Moorhead.
Federal agent Darin Nemerow said the crackdown on guns and drugs in Duluth has taken criminals off the street all the way to Minneapolis.