Greater Minnesota

Red River's spring flooding outlook
The National Weather Service issues a new flood outlook today. One forecaster says it offers a ray of sunshine in a gloomy flood forecast for residents of the Red River Valley, but forecasters caution the situation is still precarious with the typically volatile spring weather season ahead.
Faribault manufacturing company gets gov't help to expand
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a $72 million loan guarantee to help Faribault, Minnesota-based SAGE Electrochromics build a new manufacturing facility.
Proposal to lift Minn. nuclear ban faces uncertain future
The nuclear bill that stalled in a Senate energy committe this week could still make its way to the House and Senate floor for a vote.
Cities along rivers in Minnesota should have a better idea of the spring flood threat when the National Weather Service releases an updated flood outlook Friday.
Man dies after being trapped in corn bin
Deputies say the man was trying to dislodge frozen corn inside the bin Thursday morning when the grain collapsed onto him and suffocated him.
A 27-year-old former corrections officer was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison for taking $6,500 from an inmate in exchange for smuggling contraband into the Federal Medical Center in Rochester.
Duluth public workers strike averted
A strike could have crippled Duluth snowplowing, clerical work, natural gas and water operations. Libraries would have closed.
The Minnesota Public Utilties Commission (PUC) has approved some key permits for the Mesaba Energy Project; a proposed coal-gasification power plant on the Iron Range.