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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The mother of Minnesota Gophers football player Gary Tinsley is expected to accept her late son’s bachelor’s degree Thursday. The starting linebacker was found unresponsive in his dorm April 6 by his …
10 May 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A new study finds that despite housing improvements on Minnesota’s Indian reservations, homelessness still persists. Researchers with the nonprofit health and human services organization Amherst H. Wilder Foundation visited eight …
10 May 12
WACONIA, Minn. (AP) – Waconia is set to welcome the 2012 Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener. Gov. Mark Dayton plans to attend Friday’s community picnic in Waconia, then fish Lake Waconia at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, and …
10 May 12
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has been granted citizenship in Switzerland. Bachmann’s spokeswoman Becky Rogness says the congresswoman has been eligible for dual citizenship since she married her husband of Swiss descent in …
10 May 12
GOODHUE, Minn. (AP) – A Goodhue County coroner’s report says the death of a 10-year boy climbing a tree at his house was accidental. A funeral service for Derek Strickland will be held Thursday at …
10 May 12
Well that certainly was true for Susan Midtvedt of New Prague and her children; Wyatt, Grace, Sophia, and Libby during Easter Church service at New Prague Lutheran Church. With over 550 in attendance for worship …
