Greater Minnesota

Rural transit to be among hot topics at public hearing
State transportation officials are likely to get an earful at a public hearing Thursday afternoon on transit in greater Minnesota from outstate transit agencies worried about money.
St. John's Abbey gets Upper Midwest's largest solar farm
The largest experimental solar farm in the upper Midwest will sit on land that belongs to St. John's Abbey of Collegeville.
Supporters said the resolution, included in a defense spending bill approved late Tuesday, was a symbolic gesture meant to promote a renewed commitment to tribal communities.
MnSCU enrollment up nearly 7 percent in recession
Enrollment increases were particularly high at the system's 25 community and technical colleges. Thirteen of them reported double-digit enrollment growth.
Two Princeton High School students have been charged with placing six homemade bombs around their city last week, the same day school was canceled because of an investigation into three suspicious packages.
St. Cloud's mayor leaves for the Czech Republic on Tuesday to promote his central Minnesota city.
Duluth-based health insurance program expanding
A small Duluth program providing subsidized health insurance for low-income workers is expanding into much of Northeastern Minnesota.
Richfield police say a third person has been charged in a pawn shop robbery and homicide.