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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Authorities in Ramsey County say at least 14 people have gone to hospitals with life-threatening conditions in recent days after consuming methamphetamine that was apparently tainted. Some of the patients …
15 Apr 13
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minneapolis police say a standoff with a man in north Minneapolis has ended peacefully. The standoff started early Sunday and went on for roughly seven hours. Police Sergeant Stephen McCarty says police …
15 Apr 13
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson says she doesn’t know why black students are being suspended at a much higher rate than their white peers, but she says it is a disturbing …
15 Apr 13
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Department of Revenue says southern Minnesota residents who were affected by spring storms will have an extra few days to file their state income taxes. Revenue Commissioner Myron …
15 Apr 13
BARNESVILLE, Minn. (AP) – Authorities in northwestern Minnesota were busy rounding up pigs along Interstate 94 after a semitrailer crash closed part of the highway. The crash on Sunday happened near Barnesville and involved three …
15 Apr 13
WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) – Residents in Nobles County may be without power through Friday, after a spring snow and ice storm knocked down power lines in the area. Nobles Cooperative Electric says Sunday that crews …
15 Apr 13
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Legislature has passed a bill to rename 11 miles of State Highway 23 after slain Cold Spring police officer Tom Decker. The Senate and House passed the bill …
12 Apr 13
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Coon Rapids man has pleaded guilty to stealing prosthetics and other medical supplies from the hospital where he worked and selling them online. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 52-year-old Peter Stasica …
12 Apr 13
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