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ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Republicans have opened their 2014 state convention at the Mayo Civic Center. The big battle was over the state GOP endorsement for U.S. Senate which is still ongoing as of Saturday morning. State Senator Julianne Ortman from Chanhassen was generally acknowledged...

ST. PAUL - Governor Dayton has signed the bill legalizing medical marijuana in Minnesota. The path to passage was hard fought, with some lawmakers concerned that medical pot would open the door to increased recreational use. In the end, though, the bill passed in both the Senate...

NICOLLET, Minn. -- There was a brief lockdown Tuesday morning at Nicollet Public Schools. Superintendent Jack Eustice says the emergency plan was activated after students found a shotgun cartridge in a boys' locker room. Authorities determined there was no threat to students...

WARREN, Minn. -- Hundreds of homes and businesses are still without natural gas service, after a pipeline explosion in northwestern Minnesota. The underground gas line ruptured in a rural area near Warren, causing a fire that took two hours to extinguish. Several homes were...

ST. PAUL - The body of a 14-year-old boy was recovered from the Mississippi River early this morning in St. Paul. According to Washington County Sheriff's officials the boy was cooling off in the river Sunday afternoon near Lions Levee Park when he was swept under. More than...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has lifted burning restrictions statewide. Jean Goad with the DNR's Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids says you do still need to obtain a burning permit. They are available from state and federal foresty...

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota-based Target Corporation is reporting a 14-percent decrease in first-quarter earnings. The drop is blamed on the massive data breach during the holiday shopping season and the retailer's costs of expanding in Canada. Target earned $418-million in the...

ST. PAUL - The so-called "man in black" bank robber has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. Fifty-one-year-old Sheikh Bilaal Muhammad Arafat, formerly known as Mark Wetsch, pleaded guilty to six counts of bank robbery. He admitted to robbing a total of 31 banks in southern...

MAPLE GROVE, Minn -- Amy Sue Pagnac's mother and police investigators say the missing girl could still be alive. Susan Pagnac says there is no evidence that her daughter is dead, and Maple Grove Police Captain Keith Terlinden has asked that the girl, now in her late 30's, get...

ST. PAUL - An $846-million-dollar bonding bill easily cleared the Minnesota State Senate Friday following an early morning vote in the House. The legislation now goes to Governor Dayton who's expected to sign it. Lawmakers generally had good things to say about the bill, but...

MANKATO, Minn. -- Twenty-one-year-old Trevor Shelley of St.Peter is now charged in Sunday's attack on former MSU-Mankato football player Isaac Kolstad. Shelley is accused of sucker punching Kolstad and fleeing the scene before ex-University of Minnesota quarterback Philip Nelson...

LAKE CITY -- Highway 61 in southeastern Minnesota was temporarily closed north of Lake City due to a fatal crash Monday. MnDOT had to detour northbound and southbound traffic as the State Patrol completed its investigation. Troopers say the collision involves two vehicles and...

MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee-based Roundy's Incorporated has announced it is selling 18 Rainbow grocery stores in the Minneapolis/St. Paul market to Twin Cities-based Supervalu and Lunds Ten of the Rainbow stores will become Cub stores. And the Rainbow's in Woodbury and Eden Prairie...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Investigators are trying to determine what caused a partial building collapse this morning in south Minneapolis. A third story wall under construction collapsed at the Karmel Mall and fell down onto the sidewalk. Minneapolis Police Inspector Todd Loining says...