Greater Minnesota

All ten candidates seeking the DFL endorsement for governor will be in Rochester on Wednesday for a forum, Olmsted County DFL party officials said.
A consortium led by the University of Minnesota will receive up to $8 million in federal funding for wind energy research and education, university officials announced Tuesday.
An Austin, Minn., man bought the pet wolf after seeing an ad for it on Craigslist. But it's illegal to own a wolf in the city, so he must find another home for the animal.
Wearing a mask apparently didn't stop a former employee from being recognized during a robbery at a Culver's restaurant in Marshall.
Funeral for Minn. soldier killed in Afghanistan
Spc. George W. Cauley of Walker died Oct. 10, three days after being wounded when insurgents attacked his vehicle with a homemade bomb in Helmand province.
Officials outline top solutions for Fargo-Moorhead flood control
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has identified several possible solutions to the chronic flooding in Fargo-Moorhead, including a diversion plan that officials said had it been in place last March, the millions of sandbags and emergency dikes would not have been needed.
Rural Minnesota has the largest percentage of unbelted traffic deaths, according to government data released Thursday as a part of a seat belt enforcement campaign.
A Twin Cities vicar was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth Thursday.
Flood-control projects hinge on economic impact numbers
The Army Corps of Engineers has identified 14 options in Fargo-Moorhead for flood control, but there's a catch. For a plan to gain federal approval, the benefit to taxpayers must be greater than the project cost.
The sister of a Thief River Falls woman who had been missing for nearly a year says her body has been found inside a car that authorities pulled from a river in her hometown.