Greater Minnesota

Coldwater Spring, near Mississippi River, to become parkland
A former federal research site along the Mississippi River that contains a 10,000-year-old natural spring will be opened to the public as parkland, the National Park Service announced Monday.
Many Minnesota schools seeing enrollment increase
Many school districts in Minnesota have more students in kindergarten this year, and it appears to be the beginning of a rebound from years of steady decline in enrollment.
Police have arrested the son of a St. Cloud day care provider in the alleged molestation of a 5-year-old girl.
Thousands of Minnesota property owners will face big property tax increases next year, and a change in state law is causing sticker shock for many. Among the hardest hit are lake cabin owners and farmers.
A Minnesota man Tuesday sued the Order of St. Benedict at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville over alleged sexual abuse.
Steele County authorities have charged a 21-year-old man in the brutal stabbing death of his estranged girlfriend last week.
A Webster, Minn., man pled guilty in federal court Monday to bilking more than $7 million from at least 15 real estate companies.
Minnesota vineyard grows in former cornfield
What once was corn and soybean ground now has more than 4,000 grape vines growing on it.