The state still has a projected budget surplus plus a rainy-day fund it could use to cover federal food stamp and energy ...

Both Purdue and Minnesota are coming off ugly losses last week, and both are hoping to get back in the win column on Saturday. The two teams didn't play last season, so it will be the first meeting ...

Love it or hate it, snow is one of the certainties of life in Minnesota, but with the changing of the seasons, comes ...

ROCHESTER — Micaella Weerts was ready to take a positive step forward in her life. After completing "about 15 months" of recovery and putting her life back together at Doc's Recovery House following ...

A treasurer of a nonprofit in Isanti County, Minnesota, is accused of using her position to steal nearly $100,000. The 61-year-old woman was a board member of the Isanti County Sheriff's Foundation ...

We're getting a look at some new technology that could change how wildfires are spotted in Minnesota. FBI investigates hunting stand with sight line to Trump's Air Force One exit area at Palm Beach ...

Some legitimate would-be recipients of state assistance, such as Doc's Recovery House in Rochester, are paying the price for endemic fraud estimated to have robbed state programs of millions. Tori ...

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Financial fraud is getting more sophisticated and expensive. The FBI is warning the public about a "phantom hacker" scam that's drained more than $1 billion from seniors' retirement accounts. The ...

Philip John Fleck Jr., the veteran coach for the Minnesota Gophers, should be much in demand to lecture at summer clinics on a special element of football.

HUGO, Minn. — Xcel Energy has announced plans to install 38 cameras that will help detect wildfires across Minnesota. Right now, the utility company has installed two cameras, one in Clear Lake and ...

Israel today pulled its soldiers out of Joseph’s Tomb, a tiny enclave that had come under steady fire from Palestinian gunfire for the past week. A top Barak adviser said it was simply not worth ...