Greater Minnesota

Minnesota conservation officers issued 129 citations and seized 140 firearms for baiting during the state's 2009 deer hunting seasons.
A St. Cloud man is recovering after falling through the ice on the Mississippi River in Sartell.
Reopened plants mark possible turnaround of taconite industry
Increased demand for steel is providing some welcome relief in northeast Minnesota, where taconite pellet plants are coming back online after one of the worst years in recent memory.
Minnesota Power has bought a high-voltage power line that it plans to use to deliver wind power.
A snowmobiler is accused of driving his sled while drunk and fleeing from sheriff's deputies down the main street of a small town in northern Minnesota.
A memorial service will be held Friday for a Hutchinson man who died about two months after being found unconscious in a northern Minnesota cabin where his parents died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz will be sworn in as the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Tuesday, she talked with Tom Crann about what Burnsville has accomplished and what challenges cities face in the coming years.
A Minnesota hospital and physician will pay more than $840,000 to settle allegations of filing false Medicare claims.
Duluth's Mayor is telling residents the city has turned a corner on its budget problems.