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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota’s mining industry has rebounded in the last year, generating its highest employment and wages in more than a decade. Figures from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development show …
19 Jul 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – St. Paul’s police chief has suspended drug testing at the department’s crime lab following reports of shoddy procedures. The lab has lost its biggest customers, including the Minnesota State Patrol …
19 Jul 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he’s sorry he compared NFL players in trouble with the law to returning war veterans. The first-term Democrat apologized Thursday in a statement that said …
19 Jul 12
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) – A Rochester man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to stabbing a 2-year-old boy. Twenty-three-year-old Antonio Roebuck pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted murder for repeatedly stabbing …
17 Jul 12
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Sandwiches served to three Minnesotans were among five found with needles on board Delta Air Lines flights. Jim Tonjes of Plymouth and Jack Drogt of St. Paul say they found sewing needles …
17 Jul 12
NETT LAKE, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Historical Society has returned thousands of archaeological artifacts to the Bois Forte (boys fort) Band of Chippewa. The collection includes stone tools, arrowheads, ceramics and copper artifacts which …
17 Jul 12
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) – Police say two young children are in protective custody after their father fatally shot their mother before killing himself in Apple Valley. Capt. Mike Marben says relatives of the woman …
16 Jul 12
CANNON CITY TOWNSHIP, Minn. (AP) – Rice County sheriff’s investigators are working to identify a body found in a burned car. Authorities say the body was discovered Sunday in the vehicle in rural Cannon City …
16 Jul 12
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