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Mpls settles another police misconduct suit
The Minneapolis City Council Friday approved another six-figure payout to settle a police misconduct lawsuit. The settlement has fuled criticism of Police Chief Tim Dolan's performance.
Minnesota lawmakers will consider how to help soldiers returning from war.
The Minnesota Health Department is warning that it's the time of year when the norovirus peaks in the state.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air pollution health alert for the Twin Cities and Rochester through Saturday.
A former mail carrier has been sentenced to eight months in prison for stealing mail from the Ronald McDonald House and other addresses in Minneapolis.
Xcel Energy says it has completed a preliminary survey of sewer lines in homes around the scene of a natural gas explosion in St. Paul last week.
Gay rights supporters are rallying at the Capitol to push for gay marriage in Minnesota.
An anti-war group is planning to march in downtown Minneapolis on Thursday to protest the growing U.S.
The head of the Minneapolis division of the FBI says the new terrorist threat to the U.S. is coming from what he calls "self-directed groups" that are inspired by al-Qaida but are not strongly connected to it.