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MINNEAPOLIS -- A former Mayor of Stillwater and two St. Paul brothers are facing charges following allegations they defrauded the government of over ten-million-dollars. Minnesota's U.S. Attorney's Office says Ken Harycki is accused of ubmitting phony tax forms to help Thurlee...

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. - Police responding to a murder at a rest area on Interstate-94 in Maple Grove early this morning chased a suspect at high speed for miles on I-694 until the driver crashed the car, got out brandishing a gun and officers shot him dead. Authorities closed...

LORAIN TWP., Minn. - Around 7,500 five-week-old turkeys are dead after an overnight fire at the Meyer Turkey Farm in southwestern Minnesota. Round Lake Fire Chief Mike Smith says the barn was fully engulfed when they arrived just before 1 a-m (Tue) and flames were shooting through...

DULUTH The St. Louis County Attorney's Office plans to charge 35-year old Jesse Dahlstrom of Duluth with premeditated first degree murder in the stabbing death of Sally Pionk. Dahlstrom will be arraigned today and the case will be presented to a grand jury for the first degree...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Millions of Target customers whose personal information was stolen by hackers just before Christmas last year may not get a judgment in their favor if the court sides with corporate lawyers, who are citing a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The high court ruled...

WASHINGTON D.C. - Republicans John Kline and Erik Paulsen were the only members of Minnesota's delegation to vote "yes" on the one-point-one-trillion-dollar spending bill passed by the U.S. House. GOP Representative Michele Bachmann and Democrat-Farm Laborers Collin Peterson,...

CLOQUET - Investigators continue to look into the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a Cloquet motel. The Cloquet Area Fire District says crews were dispatched to the Golden Gate Motel just before 2:00 Thursday morning. First arriving firefighters say they found heavy fire...

AURORA, Minn. -- A northeast Minnesota man reported missing has been found safe near his residence in Aurora. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office says 75-year-old Willie Salo was located this morning just before a rescue squad arrived. Salo was last seen Tuesday morning...

MAPLE PLAIN, Minn. - Local and state police are investigating a deadly crash in Maple Plain. The West Hennepin Public Safety Department says two pickup trucks collided head-on yesterday afternoon on Highway 12, just east of County Road 83. One of the drivers was pronounced dead...

MAPLE PLAIN, Minn. - Local and state police are investigating a deadly crash in Maple Plain. The West Hennepin Public Safety Department says two pickup trucks collided head-on yesterday afternoon on Highway 12, just east of County Road 83. One of the drivers was pronounced dead...

WINONA -- Police in Winona are investigating a robbery and shooting last night that sent a 22-year-old Lakeville man to the hospital. The victim told officers he went to a residence to retrieve some of his belongings when a man stuck a revolver in his back and told him not to...

MINNEAPOLIS - Monday afternoon was a busy one for Minneapolis firefighters. Just before 3:00 p.m. they were called to a highrise building on Grant Street, where heavy black smoke was pouring from an apartment on the fifth floor of the building in the Loring Park neighborhood....

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. -- A Litchfield man is dead after a head-on collision Sunday night on icy Highway 12 in Meeker County. The State Patrol says a pickup driven by 37-year-old Fidencio Ramirez Rojas crossed the centerline and was struck by another car on the passenger side....

MINNEAPOLIS -- Authorities are still searching for the man believed to have abducted a seven-year-old girl in north Minneapolis. Police say the unidentified girl was playing outside with a friend when a stranger approached and asked her to help find a lost puppy. The girl went...

MAHNOMEN, Minn. -- A man was airlifted to a Fargo hospital with injuries after his truck crashed into a home near the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Doug Krier says 31-year-old Dustyn Gjesvold of rural Waubun lost control of his truck, it jumped a...