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MINNEAPOLIS -- Tim Garry finished his high school career on top -- in more ways than one. A senior on Granada-Huntley-East Chain's boys' basketball team, Garry scored a game-high 25 points Saturday afternoon to lead the Mustangs in a 62-54 overtime victory over Ellsworth in the Class...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota leaders applauded President Barack Obama's decision to grant the state's request for federal disaster aid as Red River Valley communities fight rising floodwaters. The federal declaration, sought by Gov. Tim Pawlenty in a Wednesday letter to Obama, is important...

ST. PAUL -- State officials are ramping up their Red River Valley flood assistance and asking the federal government for similar efforts. As northwestern Minnesota communities fought rising floodwater amid rain and a snow storm, Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Wednesday sought an expedited...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Jackson's National Guard Armory will receive $170,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to install backup heating units. The funding was announced Monday. St. Peter's National Guard Armory was also funded in Rep. Tim Walz's congressional district. "This...

Minnesota cities want to keep their local government aid, and Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants to cut it. So when the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) helped launch a new initiative last week to promote the importance of LGA, Pawlenty took the opportunity to blast CGMC itself. "The...

ST. PAUL - Minnesota budget writers are thanking Washington today as finance officials announce the state deficit actually dropped from what was expected - thanks to an economic stimulus package. The deficit now is expected to be $4.57 billion in the two years beginning July 1 -...

ST. PAUL -- Cities across Minnesota launched a public relations campaign to save state aid they receive, saying proposed budget cuts would cost police, fire and library jobs. Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who wants to reduce those payments, said that cities could save some of those jobs by...

Minnesota's budget deficit is overwhelming, to be sure, and it may get even worse. Last week, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said the deficit could be as much as $7 billion, which would leave him and state legislators with an even more uphill battle in balancing the budget. Pawlenty's current...