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CANNON FALLS, Minn. -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating a work place death in Cannon Falls. Eighty-one-year-old John Schafer of Goodhue died last Thursday at the O'Reilly Auto Parts store. OSHA spokesman James Honerman confirms they...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota lawmakers get the legislative auditor's report this afternoon on the troubled MNsure health insurance exchange. As the report comes out, Republican Representative Greg Davids of Preston is asking MNsure's CEO why eleven managers received pay raises in 2014...

CLOQUET, Minn. -- A Cloquet woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning at the junction of Interstate 35 and Highway 33 in Carlton County. The State Patrol says 24-year-old Autumn Martineau was a passenger in a car that was broadsided by an SUV. Martineau died at...

CHANHASSEN, Minn. -- A winter weather advisory is in effect for all of central and southern Minnesota through this evening. National Weather Service Meteorologist Tony Zaleski says in the southern half of the state there will be a mixture of sleet, light snow and freezing rain...

MINNEAPOLIS - A number of students at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities are expressing their concerns with the school's diversity. A group of students calling themselves Whose Diversity? staged a sit-in yesterday at the office of University President Eric Kaler in Minneapolis....

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A northside Rochester apartment was hit by gunfire early this morning. Police received 911 calls about the shooting around 12:30 at the Villages at Essex Park complex in the Officers later discovered two bullets had gone through the wall of an apartment that...

HASTINGS -- A Dakota County judge sentenced Brian Fitch to life in prison plus 144 years for the murder of Mendota Heights Police Officer Scott Patrick and the attempted murders of eight officers trying to take him into custody after the July 2014 incident in West St. Paul. Patrick's...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Michelle Patrick appeared to forgive Brian Fitch after he was convicted in the murder of her husband, Mendota Heights Officer Scott Patrick. She fought back tears while speaking to reporters in St. Cloud, saying, "God bless Fitch...I hope he can come to the...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- The prosecution presented its closing arguments in the Brian Fitch murder trial this (Monday) morning in Stearns County court. Prosecutors recapped the events the day before and the day of the deadly shooting of Mendota Heights Police Officer Scott Patrick...

PEQUOT LAKE, Minn. -- More reminders that ice on Minnesota lakes is never 100-percent safe. The Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office reports a vehicle broke through the ice Thursday on Pelican Lake. The three occupants were able to escape uninjured before the vehicle sank in...

ST. PAUL -- Now that the first new case of measles has been confirmed in Minnesota, some adults are wondering if their M-M-R (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccination is up-to-date. Lynn Bahta with the state Department of Health says the recommended two-dose vaccination has been...

ST. PAUL - The Builders Association of the Twin Cities is taking the state to court over the new fire sprinkler law. The law requires a sprinkler system for all new homes more than 4,500 square feet. Clay Dietrich of the Homebuilders Association of Fargo/Moorhead has worked...

MINNEAPOLIS - The blizzard on the East Coast is affecting some flights today at Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport. Officials say there have been 47 cancellations, minimal flight delays and very few stranded passengers. Travelers should contact their airline ahead of...

WINONA - Police in Winona are investigating a stabbing at a local bar that seriously injured a Minneapolis man. Officers called to MC's Bar early Sunday found a 25-year-old victim who apparently suffered a stab wound to his back in the bathroom. The man was taken to a Winona...

ORR, Minn. -- A Cannon Falls man is dead after a snowmobile crash last night near Orr in northeastern Minnesota. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office says 51-year-old Richard Schaefer's sled left the Arrowhead Trail and ended up in a wooded area. Schaefer was located a short...