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DILWORTH, Minn. - The city of Dilworth in northwestern Minnesota is considering scrapping its police force and contracting with the Clay County Sheriff's Office. Dilworth currently has six full-time officers Sheriff Bill Bergquist says if the city council decides to use deputies...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A 27-year-old South Dakota man accused of killing the two-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has pled not guilty. Joseph Patterson is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault and aggravated battery in...

ST. PAUL - The state's top elected officials have voted to grant mineral leases to several companies who want to explore for non-ferrous metals in parts of northern Minnesota. The vote was 4-1 in favor, with State Auditor Rebecca Otto the lone dissenting vote. Otto says she's...

More than 22,000 pounds of chicken, ham and beef products sold in Minnesota and 26 other states are being recalled because of possible Listeria contamination. The USDA says the potential contamination was discovered by testing at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and there...

STILLWATER - The president of a Twin Cities-area university was found dead in his home of an apparent gunshot wound Tuesday morning. 58-year-old Jeff Nelson had been the head of Northwestern Health Sciences University university for just six months. University officials are not...

STILLWATER - The president of a Twin Cities-area university was found dead in his home of an apparent gunshot wound Tuesday morning. 58-year-old Jeff Nelson had been the head of Northwestern Health Sciences University university for just six months. University officials are not...

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. - A construction worker is dead after the crane he was operating tipped over at a church in Maplewood yesterday afternoon. Maplewood Police say 34-year-old Cory Lewellin of Ogilvie was killed when the crane tipped on it's side as he tried to move a large beam...

MEMPHIS - Mayors of cities along the Mississippi River say they're in dire need of more federal money for projects that will keep commerce flowing. T The Delta Regional Authority and the Mississippi River Cities-and-Towns Initiative agreed to do what they can to reduce freight...

WINONA - Another 15-year-old southeast Minnesota high school student is in trouble after being caught with a weapon on school grounds, and while he is facing charges officials say it was an accident. The 15-year-old Winona High School student was stopped and asked to empty his...

ST. PAUL - A woman identified only as Jane Doe 20 is suing a St. Paul priest and professor for alleged sexual abuse the victim says began when she was 13 years old. The civil lawsuit against Reverend Michael Keating of the University of St. Thomas accuses him of "unpermitted,...

ST. PAUL - A whistleblower who raised concerns about the Minnesota Department of Human Service's payment practices claims he received a threatening phone call at home -- and, according to his caller I.D., the call was made from his desk at work. State Patrol confirms it's investigating...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Disability or pension payments for nearly 67,000 Minnesota veterans might not be sent out in November if the government shutdown doesn't come to a quick end. And nearly 10,000 Minnesotans take advantage of GI Bill education benefits to go to college. Andrew...

ST. FRANCIS - Former U.S. Senator Rod Grams died late last night at the family farm where he grew up in Crown Township near St. Francis, following a long battle with cancer. He was 65. Grams represented Minnesota's 6th District in the U.S. House from 1993 through '95. He served...

A Minnesota Army Ranger was critically hurt when a bomb exploded in a house in Afghanistan during a fight between insurgents and NATO-led coalition forces. A Taliban spokesman says there was also a suicide bomber in the house, who caused a second explosion when coalition forces arrived...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- A newlywed duck hunter was shot and killed by his hunting partner when the other man lost his balance and the shotgun he was holding discharged. Hubbard County Sheriff's officials say 23-year-old Adam Poole of Nevis and his friend both stood at the same...