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Greater Minnesota

Former scout leader accused of abusing 4th victim

Forty-four-year-old Peter Robert Stibal II had already been charged with abusing three boys. The new charge filed Monday in Dakota County District Court brings the total counts up to seven.

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Faribault man dies in snowmobile accident

Faribault police say 48-year-old John O'Connor was driving on the Sakatah State Trail after 10 p.m. on Sunday night when his snowmobile left the trail, hit a tree and caught fire.

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Virginia, Minn., police ID fatal stabbing victim

Virginia police have released the name of a man who was stabbed to death in the Iron Range city over the weekend.

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Rural school districts using 4-day weeks to save funds

Rural school districts using 4-day weeks to save funds

Leaders in three rural Minnesota school districts are giving high marks to a big change they made this year -- four-day weeks. The districts say they're saving money with the move, but not enough to solve their budget woes.
by Tom Weber

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Minn. couple accused of kidnapping, sex assault

A Grand Marais man who discovered his wife was having an affair is accused of using a crowbar, knife and gun to force the other man to have sex with his wife.

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Minn. gypsy moth capture rose in 2009

Minn. gypsy moth capture rose in 2009

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture caught more than twice the number of gypsy moths this year over last year.

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Virginia, Minn., police investigate fatal stabbing

Virginia police are seeking another man in connection with a fatal weekend stabbing.

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Anonymous donor's $25K gift lights up St. Peter

An anonymous donor's $25,000 gift means it's beginning to look like Christmas in downtown St. Peter for the first time in years.

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St. John's Abbey to return $2 million from Petters

The abbey received the donation from the Tom Petters Foundation for the construction of the Petters Pavilion in May 2007. The pavilion is an expansion of the Abbey Chapter House.
by Ambar Espinoza

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Mountain Iron councilor sues city over street tax

Mountain Iron councilor Ed Roskoski is suing his city over a nearly $3,000 special assessment on his property for a street reconstruction project.

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