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INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. (AP) – Here’s a sign of hope for Minnesotans tired of winter. All trails in Voyageurs National Park in far northern Minnesota have closed for the season because of warm weather. Park …
24 Apr 13
NEW PRAGUE, Minn. (AP) — An attorney says a 12-year-old boy and his family have apologized for a prank 911 call that prompted a school lockdown in New Prague. Defense attorney Marsh Halberg tells KARE-TV …
23 Apr 13
PINE CITY, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a Minnesota snowmobiler missing in the St. Croix (kroy) River for two months. The Pine County sheriff’s office reports two Wisconsin DNR wardens located …
23 Apr 13
ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of killing a young Minnesota woman whose body was found in a towed car is charged with first-degree murder. An Anoka County grand jury indicted 23-year-old Alberto Prece …
23 Apr 13
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An ex-convict accused of pulling off “Man in Black” bank robberies across Minnesota has pleaded guilty to one bank robbery. Mark Wetsch pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to holding …
23 Apr 13
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A central Minnesota school district that was the site of a school shooting in 2003 is getting a new device designed to help keep kids safe: bulletproof whiteboards. The Rocori School District …
23 Apr 13
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is not seeing the passenger delays some other airports are experiencing as a result of federal budget cuts. Spokesman Patrick Hogan says so far, the airport is not …
23 Apr 13
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A teenage driver was killed as an April snowstorm made a slippery mess of Twin Cities roads. The Minnesota State Patrol says 16-year-old Jonathon Pohlen of Houlton, Wisconsin was killed Thursday afternoon …
19 Apr 13
Listen for details coming soon on KCHK’s Summer Prize Extravaganza! We’re going to give our listeners a chance to win a series of prizes over the Summer, June thru September. We can’t announce all the …
