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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...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's unemployment rate fell another tenth of a point in December to 3.6 percent, while at the same time employers in the state cut 5,200 jobs last month. Meanwhile, November's job gains were revised upward by four thousand. DEED Commissioner Katie Sieben...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- Opening statements in the trial of accused cop killer Brian Fitch have been delayed in St. Cloud. A female juror reportedly feared for her life, saying the news media had released her identity and address. She was dismissed from the jury and several other...

WELCH, Minn. - A Prairie Island Police officer escaped injury Sunday night when he was involved in a crash during a traffic stop. Minnesota State Patrol says the officer had pulled over a driver on County Road 18 near Red Wing when a car driven by 84-year-old Jeanne Schadt hit...

DULUTH -- There's a suspect in custody following a Saturday morning homicide in the Central Hillside neighborhood in Duluth. According to police, first responders found the alleged victim, who has not been identified, dead with a head injury while on a medical call. Investigators...

WINONA -- The teen suspect in an Illinois murder was arrested yesterday at Winona High School. Winona Police say a detective with the Maywood, Illinois Police Department called them Wednesday, believing the 16-year-old murder suspect was in town. Local officers searched all...

ST. PAUL - Authorities in St. Paul are investigating an officer-involved shooting early this morning that left a suspect dead. Officers were called to a University Avenue apartment after receiving a report that a man was sending death threat text messages to a woman. Police were...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Authorities continue to investigate a deadly house fire in South Minneapolis. The fire started Monday night in a home on Pleasant Avenue South. An unknown man was found injured in the home and he died at the Hennepin County Medical Center. The cause of the fire...

MANKATO - Mankato police are asking the public for help locating a missing vulnerable adult. 33-year old Jessica Ann Scofield of Mankato was last seen just before noon Monday at 201 North Victory Drive. She is five-foot, seven-inches tall and weighs 145 pounds, with blond hair...

LAKE PARK, Minn. - Embattled Lake Park, Minnesota Mayor Aaron Wittnebel has resigned. Monday night, the city council officially accepted his resignation. Wittnebel has been a no show at council meetings for the past five months. He had been under fire since last summer when...

TALKEENTA, Alak. -- Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre has become the first person to reach the summit of Alaska's Mount McKinley alone in the month of January. The 53-year-old from Grand Marais, Minnesota sent out a GPS spot signal from the 20,237-foot Denali summit last night...