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Greater Minnesota

Rep. Peterson says health bill's coverage of some areas lacking

Minnesota 7th District Congressman Collin Peterson's office says he voted against the health care bill in part because it would only cover about half the uninsured people in his district compared to the nationwide average.
by Elizabeth Stawicki

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Charges: Leader embezzled $50K from postal union

The former president of a postal union branch in St. Cloud has been charged with embezzling $51,000 from the organization.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Wrongful death lawsuit filed in bus crash

The family of a woman who died in a tour bus crash near Austin last November has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

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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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