Daily Globe

ST. PAUL -- The races for Minnesota House and Senate have attracted at least $5.1 million in spending from outside groups seeking to influence voters’ choices in November. That number will only grow in the final weeks before the election. The early Minnesota fundraising reports,...

ST. PAUL -- Heavy rains over the last two months are challenging the capacity of manure storage basins. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is asking farmers to communicate proactively with the State Duty Officer to report if their basin is full or near full. County Feedlot...

WORTHINGTON -- The Nobles County Senior Concerns Committee’s survey, which asks residents about what aging issues matter to them most, will be open until Oct. 14. The survey can be found at the Nobles County Library and the A.C.E. of Southwest Minnesota in Worthington, or online...

WORTHINGTON -- The Credit for Military Service in a Combat Zone for service in 2012 will expire for most qualifying service members Oct. 15. The Minnesota Department of Revenue is reminding Minnesota service members to take advantage of the refundable tax credit before it expires....

ST. PAUL -- The investigation into the shooting death of Philando Castile by a St. Anthony police officer has been turned over to prosecutors. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension announced Wednesday morning that it turned over its findings to the Ramsey County attorney’s...

ST. PAUL -- A conservative group says Minnesota's taxes are the 46th most competitive in the country. The Tax Foundation reported on Wednesday, Sept. 28, that when considering corporate, individual income, sales, property and unemployment insurance taxes, Minnesota finished near the...

Accidents WORTHINGTON -- The Worthington Police Department investigated a crash reported at 4:14 p.m Tuesday. WORTHINGTON -- The Worthington Police Department investigated a car-vs.-pedestrian crash reported at 3:43 p.m. Wednesday from the 1100 block of Sunset Road. Police SIBLEY,...

WORTHINGTON -- Buildings, bonding and roads and bridges generated much discussion during a nearly three-hour Nobles County Board work session Wednesday. Though no official action could be taken, it appeared commissioners were split on some issues, including future ownership of the...

WORTHINGTON -- All community members are invited to “Coffee with a Cop,’ a Worthington Police Department event set for Oct. 11 at Panaderia Mi Tierra. The goal of the event is to answer community concerns while enjoying a warm cup of coffee with an officer. The event will be...

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Health’s top spokeswoman has resigned over comments she inadvertently posted from the department’s official Twitter account during Monday’s first U.S. presidential debate, calling it a “dreadful mistake.” “It’s inconvenienced...

WORTHINGTON -- I just need to let the community of Worthington know that my friend Mike Patrick peacefully died with his family surrounding him on September 20, 2016 at Regency Hospital in Golden Valley, Minnesota. He requested no obituary, pomp and circumstance and no service of...

WORTHINGTON -- I just need to let the community of Worthington know that my friend Mike Patrick peacefully died with his family surrounding him on September 20, 2016 at Regency Hospital in Golden Valley, Minnesota. He requested no obituary, pomp and circumstance and no service of...

ST. PAUL -- Unionized home care attendants want the state to increase their base pay to $15 an hour and fund for more training, even as some of their colleague seek to disband the union. Contract talks with the state begin Friday, Sept. 30. Workers and their clients told reporters...

DULUTH, Minn. -- Predictably toeing a DFL party line, Gov. Mark Dayton sought to sway voters — at both at the presidential and state levels — during a Tuesday morning appearance at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, where he delivered the keynote address at the Minnesota...