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    Tracy Norman Brant
    Father charged with murder in death of 3-year-old western Minn. boy
    BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. – Wilkin County prosecutors have charged with murder the father of a 3-year-old Breckenridge boy who died April 10, according...
    news/crime-and-courts1 hour 41 min ago
    Dr. Maureen Hackett
    Q&A with Howling for Wolves Founder Dr. Maureen Hackett
    A Twin Cities wolf advocacy group said there are other ways to co-exist with wolves without using lethal methods to control populations, and...
    news/science-and-nature5 hours 45 min ago
    April 18, 2018
    Data: April 19, 2018
    Ambulance 1:10 p.m. Wednesday, 600 block of Ash Road, Worthington, adult female not feeling well. 2:21 p.m. Wednesday, 400 block of Ninth Avenue, Worthington, adult female with severe foot and leg pain. Fire 3:39 p.m. Wednesday, 27000 block of 198th Street, Reading, Wilmont Fire...
    news/crime-and-courts16 hours 2 min ago
    Reasons for increased violence at Minnesota prison unclear
    ST. PAUL—One of Minnesota's toughest prisons has seen a recent increase in attacks on employees and inmates. In a single weekend in March, assaults by inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights sent 10 employees to the hospital — more injuries than...
    news/crime-and-courts16 hours 40 min ago
    Northwest Minn. man held woman captive, threatened to 'cut her into pieces' with machete
    WARREN, Minn.—An Oslo, Minn., man was ordered to spend almost two years behind bars for holding a woman against her will, holding a machete...
    news/crime-and-courts16 hours 58 min ago
    William Hillman
    Suspect in double homicide near Perham spent over a year in a mental hospital
    PERHAM, Minn. — William Hillman, the 21-year-old jailed in the deaths of a rural Perham mother and son this week, was declared mentally...
    news/crime-and-courts17 hours 23 min ago
    The Minnesota state Capitol. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    With new details out, the battle over taxes heats up at the Minnesota Legislature
    ST. PAUL—Sparring over how to best align Minnesota's tax code with recent federal changes began in earnest this week, quickly illustrating...
    news/government-and-politics18 hours 27 min ago
    Governor Mark Dayton
    Governor skeptical about vet home proposal
    ST. PAUL—A GOP House plan to fund new veterans homes in the state, including one in Bemidji, would tap excess funds from U.S. Bank Stadium,...
    news/government-and-politics19 hours 10 min ago
    State Auditor Rebecca Otto, pictured here in a file photo from 2017, sued three Minnesota counties for using outside auditing services. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Minnesota Supreme Court allows counties to pick financial auditors
    ST. PAUL—The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld a 2015 law that lets counties save money by bypassing the state auditor's office and hiring...
    news/government-and-politics19 hours 18 min ago
    Name released in fatal crash near Lismore
    LISMORE — A 26-year-old Worthington male died Wednesday as a result of an early morning crash in Nobles County. Carlos Cordero Alvarez, 26, was driving a 2007 Toyota Rav4 southbound on Minnesota 91 near 160th Street, just northeast of Lismore. The vehicle lost control on the snow-...
    news/accidents19 hours 34 min ago
    U.S. Reps. Tim Walz, left, and Collin Peterson of Minnesota talk Aug. 3, 2017, at Farmfest. On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, they spoke against a Republican-written farm bill that they said could cut people off food stamps. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Partisan split threatens federal farm bill
    WASHINGTON — The 2018 federal farm bill passed its first major hurdle with a decidedly partisan split over issues not directly agriculture...
    news/government-and-politics20 hours 28 min ago
    Community groups suggest District 518 space-needs solutions
    WORTHINGTON — An intermediate school, $30 million limit and an August referendum were among some of the recommendations District 518 Board of Education heard Tuesday from two community-based groups.
    news/education22 hours 57 min ago
    An image from a video uploaded to Facebook, which shows a man punching a Metro Transit bus driver in Minneapolis on April 11, 2018. (Courtesy of Cyncere Davis)
    Twin Cities man charged with assault after allegedly seen on video beating up bus driver
    A Minneapolis man was charged in the beating of a Metro Transit bus driver last week, leaving the driver bloodied and temporarily vision-impaired,...
    news/crime-and-courts23 hours 2 min ago
    District 518 commits $2 million to WELL project
    WORTHINGTON — The WELL (Welcome, Education, Learning and Livability) collaborative project received another piece to its puzzle during Tuesday night’s District 518 Board of Education meeting.
    news/education23 hours 11 min ago
    Former Republican Party Chairman Keith Downey, shown here at the Minnesota State Fair in 2016, has dropped out the race for governor. (Forum News Service file photo)
    Candidate Downey out after Pawlenty raises $1 million
    ST. PAUL — A former Minnesota Republican chairman and lawmaker has ended his campaign for governor, saying Tim Pawlenty's entrance in the race...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 18, 2018 - 11:48am
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