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Allegations that a 26-year-old Chanhassen man lied about a cross-country road trip with a group of friends last week have made some Somali-Americans worry that even more young Minnesota men are still trying to join the escalating warfare in their homeland.
The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Wednesday announced plans to cut about 200 jobs over the next nine months.
The Republicans and Democrats running for governor share similar concerns about hunger and poverty, but they're offering sharply different solutions.
A Minnesota-based packaged ice company has agreed to pay a $9 million criminal fine for allegedly conspiring with a competitor to divide up the ice market in the Detroit area and southeastern Michigan, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
The Hennepin County medical examiner's office has released the name of the 32-year-old Lakeville man who was killed over the weekend when his car hit a traffic light in Minneapolis.
A 26-year-old Chanhassen man has been charged with lying to federal agents who are investigating ties between Minnesota and a Somali extremist group.
President Barack Obama Tuesday nominated Sharon Lubinski, a 20-year veteran of the Minneapolis police department, to the post. Obama said Lubinski has dedicated her career to protecting her fellow citizens.
Cargill using soybeans to lower oil use in foam
Cargill, the Minnetonka-based agricultural giant makes a soybean-based chemical used to produce furniture-grade foam, reducing the need for petroleum to make the foam we sit and sleep on.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will speak at an event in the Twin Cities in November.