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SHELL LAKE, Wis. (AP) – A 24-year-old snowmobiler died when he ran into a barbed-wire fence and trees in northwestern Wisconsin’s Washburn County. The Star Tribune reports Ryan Anderson of Sarona died Sunday in an …
17 Jan 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Senate Republican Caucus has named former Minnesota House Speaker Steve Sviggum as its executive assistant and communications director. Senate Majority Leader David Senjem announced Sviggum’s appointment on Monday. Senjem …
17 Jan 12
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) – The brother of a man shot dead in Superior says he suspects drug activities were involved. Antron Cooper, of Minneapolis, says his brother Toriano Dawen Cooper had a drug problem much …
17 Jan 12
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) – American Crystal Sugar Co. has rejected a proposal to end the cooperative’s lengthy lockout of its union employees. The company posted a statement Monday calling the union’s proposal a “publicity stunt” …
17 Jan 12
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) – With the lockout of union employees in its sixth month, officials at American Crystal Sugar Co. are advertising for local replacement workers. And the Grand Forks Herald reports Monday that the …
17 Jan 12
FOREST LAKE, Minn. (AP) – Homeowners who took in two deer in Forest Lake are angry that police shot and killed the animals without warning over the weekend. But the Department of Natural Resources says …
17 Jan 12
A Savage police officer critically injured in a crash last week has been upgraded from critical to serious condition and friends and family say he is making progress and is now able to talk. Frank …
12 Jan 12
There was a mix of optimism and skepticism at the State Capitol yesterday as Shakopee Mayor Brad Tabke introduced his idea for a Vikings stadium site at the intersection of Highway 169 and County Road …
12 Jan 12
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 …
