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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority meets for the first time Friday to announce a chief executive and take other initial steps toward building a $975 million Vikings stadium. The authority’s five members …
22 Jun 12
DETROIT (AP) – A Detroit-area pizza chain is launching a new line of Great Lakes-themed pizzas to help support environmental efforts in the region. Buddy’s Pizza announced Thursday that $1 from each pie sold from …
22 Jun 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is closing three locks in the Twin Cities to recreational boats Friday because of rising water on the Mississippi River. The Corp says it …
22 Jun 12
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota man faces a murder charge in what authorities say is a bad batch of synthetic drugs circulating in the northern Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota. …
21 Jun 12
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) – A woman accused of fatally shooting her husband while he slept has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Blue Earth County. In a plea deal with prosecutors, 35-year-old Jennifer Nibbe (NIB’-ee) …
21 Jun 12
HAM LAKE, Minn. (AP) – A Minnesota woman has found a diamond ring worth at least $5,000 in a pair of secondhand pants, but says she can’t bring herself to keep it. Deb Thompson of …
21 Jun 12
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – The polar bear and seals that escaped their exhibits at the flooded Lake Superior Zoo have been moved to a St. Paul zoo. Animal care experts say the move to Como …
21 Jun 12
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – The National Weather Service says rainfall Tuesday and Wednesday in Duluth is a record breaker. National Weather Service meteorologist Kevin Kraujalis (kruh-JAL’-us) says it’s the wettest two-day period in Duluth history. …
21 Jun 12
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