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Hastings mom says H1N1 flu led to son's death

A Hastings woman said her 11-year-old son died after a swine flu infection led to a fatal case of pneumonia, which if confirmed would make him the 11th person in Minnesota to die from the outbreak.

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Coverage prompts more tips on Wetterling case

Coverage prompts more tips on Wetterling case

Stearns County authorities have received about 30 more tips in the Jacob Wetterling case in the past week or so as his family marked the 20th anniversary of his abduction.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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PolyMet takes next steps for controversial mine

PolyMet takes next steps for controversial mine

Plans are moving ahead for a copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, a type of mining new to the state, but in other parts of the world similar mines are polluting rivers and lakes.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Duluth police asking for help in search for missing man

Duluth police asking for help in search for missing man

The Duluth Police Department has asked for the public's help in locating a 72-year-old man who has been missing since Sunday.
by Madeleine Baran

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SBA disaster loans available in Minnesota

The Small Business Administration says disaster loans are available in some eastern Minnesota counties because of the drought that began earlier this year.

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Man pleads guilty to DWI in a motorized La-Z-Boy

Man pleads guilty to DWI in a motorized La-Z-Boy

A criminal complaint says 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told police he left the Keyboard Lounge in Proctor on his customized La-Z-Boy after drinking eight or nine beers.

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Fargo-Moorhead grapples with prospect of $1 billion flood diversion plans

Fargo-Moorhead grapples with prospect of $1 billion flood diversion plans

Many Fargo-Moorhead residents favor a diversion ditch to route part of the Red River around the two cities. The ditches could be from a quarter- to a half-mile wide and 15 to 20 miles long.
by Dan Gunderson

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Doctor says TVs at sex offender facility are not the problem

Doctor says TVs at sex offender facility are not the problem

State lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are decrying the purchase of about 25 plasma televisions for a sex offender treatment facility in Moose Lake. Dr. Michael Farnsworth, who had initially helped design the treatment program, says the uproar over the TVs obscures larger issues with the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.
by Steven John

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Hundreds strip-searched in Meeker County to be compensated

Hundreds of low-level offenders who had been strip-searched while being booked into the Meeker County jail will begin receiving their shares of a $1.75 million settlement with the county beginning next month.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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