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SPRING PARK, Minn. (AP) – It took until May 1, but the Hennepin County sheriff’s office has finally declared the 2013 “Ice Out” for Lake Minnetonka. The sheriff’s office officially determined the Ice Out at …
02 May 13
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – House Speaker Paul Thissen says the Minnesota House will not vote on any gun control bills this year. Thissen says Wednesday he decided to yank any gun bills from consideration …
02 May 13
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) – A man is accused of pretending to be a member of rock band Pink Floyd at a Minnesota hospital – and racking up as much as $100,000 in unpaid medical …
02 May 13
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP) – Authorities have found nothing in their first open-water search of a Twin Cities lake for the body of a missing woman. The Ramsey County Sheriff Office’s water patrol had a …
01 May 13
FRIDLEY, Minn. (AP) – The case against a former Minnesota high school football coach arrested in a prostitution sting will be dismissed if he meets conditions. Fifty-four-year-old Mark Mauer was ordered in Anoka County court …
01 May 13
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The federal government has charged a convicted con artist with escape for walking away from a minimum-security prison camp in Duluth. Sixty-seven-year-old Gerald Greenfield was charged Tuesday with one count of escape …
01 May 13
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Rural Democrats’ opposition to changing Minnesota’s gun laws casts doubt on what legislation, if any, will pass this year. A group of at least eight House Democrats from outstate Minnesota …
01 May 13
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The political group pushing to legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota is airing a new statewide television ad urging supporters to contact their legislators. Minnesotans United said the ad would start …
01 May 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 …
