Greater Minnesota

A welcome home for St. Cloud area veterans
The community of St. Cloud held a welcome-home event for veterans and their families on Sunday, March 28, 2010.
Hundreds of people getting nighttime cab rides in Duluth last year failed to pay for them, leading police officers to spend hours writing up reports and causing cab drivers to lose business time.
A man crashed his SUV into a car with a woman and three children inside at a Mankato park, then shot the woman, carjacked the SUV of a Good Samaritan who tried to help, and fled with the children in the stolen vehicle, authorities alleged Monday.
A Wabasha man has been charged in a Christmas Day head-on crash that left a Wabasha County sheriff's deputy severely injured.
Edgerton remembers its improbable 1960 basketball title
Fifty years ago today, the 1960 Edgerton boys high school basketball team became the smallest school ever to win Minnesota's state tournament.
Leech Lake tribal members try to break the cycle of obesity
In northern Minnesota, the Ojibwe are making some progress battling the unhealthy eating habits that are closely linked to higher rates of Type 2 diabetes.
Somali man released to halfway house
Another Somali man awaiting sentencing on a terror-related charge has been released to a halfway house.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded $4.8 million in stimulus money to increase broadband use in rural Minnesota.
The state Senate has passed a bill that would make it easier for students to transfer credits within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.