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Hennepin Co.: 'Staggering' number of inmates are opioid abusers
One in five inmates at the Hennepin County jail last December self-reported a history of opioid use or abuse; an "astonishing" number said they'd overdosed, Sheriff Rich Stanek said Tuesday.
Trampled by Turtles made a surprise appearance last night at the Pizza Luce in Duluth.
In the Dark Season 2: Man tried 6 times for the same crime
This season of In the Dark, back Tuesday, is about the prosecution of a Mississippi man who's been tried six times for the same crime and the prosecutor who's spent two decades trying to execute him.
House passes tax plan; Senate on deck
The state House passed a rewrite of the state tax code that supporters say will cut taxes for millions of Minnesotans. The Minnesota Senate is set to roll out its plan Tuesday, but each differs in several key ways from DFL Gov. Mark Dayton's tax proposal.
More homes, more bikes, fewer cars: City Council president looks to rebuild Minneapolis
Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender got her start in politics in 2009, lobbying the city for more bike lanes. Now, she's leading the city's effort to make over the zoning laws that dictate what does and doesn't get built.
Superior firefighters recount battling major fire at oil refinery
"It started rather quickly and spread. When you get a large amount of heat like that, we had wind," firefighter Dan Sertich recalled. "All the elements were there to really get that going. And for us, you don't know what's burning."
Willie Nelson has a new album which comes out today. The country music legend is 84-years-old now and many of the songs on this record deal with mortality.
Our monthly average temperatures were about 9 to 12 degrees lower than average.