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Greater Minnesota

Duluth ecumenical center blesses shipping season

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."

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Boy killed in Pine River school bus accident

A 6-year-old boy has died in a school bus accident south of the central Minnesota town of Pine River.

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Minn. snowmobiler missing on Lake of the Woods

A Minnesota man is missing and presumed drowned after his snowmobile went through the ice on the Ontario side of Lake of the Woods.

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Court refuses second Asian carp injunction request

The Supreme Court has turned down a second request to immediately close shipping locks to prevent invasive Asian carp from infesting the Great Lakes.

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Regulators close NE Minn. bank

The Minnesota Commerce Department on Friday closed down State Bank of Aurora in Aurora. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over as receiver.

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New Hope man arrested for alleged Somali threat

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.

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Man sentenced for shooting into crowd, killing 1

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.

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From Olympic to amateur rinks, Shattuck-St. Mary's means hockey

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.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Bill would limit invasive species by limiting new boat ramps

Bill would limit invasive species by limiting new boat ramps

A state Senate committee considers a bill Friday that would ban new public boat ramps on some Minnesota lakes. It aims to keep invasive species out of lakes not yet infested by them.
by Bob Kelleher

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Commercial shipping starting early in Twin Ports

The Duluth Seaway Port Authority says the season will commence just after midnight Saturday when the James R. Barker departs from Superior, Wis., with about 65,000 tons of coal for power plants in Michigan.

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