By foot, canoe and car, Riley Smith scours Minnesota in search of monster trees.
by Dennis McGrath5/22/2015 2:21:56 PM
Minneapolis council member Andrew Johnson, who says reading the city code late at night has become a hobby, is tackling dozens of outdated laws.
by Randy Salas5/22/2015 2:41:36 PM
Twin Cities man joins Twitter backlash to President Obama with noose image, says he gets visit from Secret Service in response.
by Colleen Kelly5/22/2015 3:04:53 PM
Proposed $19 million data breach settlement between Target and MasterCard is voided.
by Randy Salas5/22/2015 3:17:41 PM
It could take months to find cause of California coastal oil spill: "What we see from this event is that the industry still poses enormous risks to an area we cannot afford to lose," one official says.
by Randy Salas5/22/2015 3:36:41 PM
To encourage more women hunters, Wisconsin legislator preparing to unveil bill legalizing blaze pink for hunters.
by Randy Salas5/22/2015 3:53:44 PM
1st batch of Clinton e-mails to be released shortly. Expect redactions.
by Dennis McGrath5/22/2015 4:22:20 PM
Michael Sam, first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, signs two-year contract with Montreal of Canadian Football League.
by Star Tribune sports5/22/2015 4:34:33 PM
Clinton e-mails start to roll out: She got now-classified Benghazi info on her private e-mail account.
Minneapolis council member Andrew Johnson is working to repeal outdated city ordinances, including a ban on wearing hats in movie theaters. He says the updates can help streamline city enforcement and ease the burden on small business owners.
More zebra mussels found in Christmas Lake despite costly treatment.
by Colleen Kelly5/22/2015 6:48:37 PM
"We may never see Justin Morneau play baseball again ..." after he is sidelined by another concussion.
by Colleen Kelly5/22/2015 6:55:55 PM
“19 Kids & Counting” has been removed from TLC’s schedule, as one of the show’s stars, Josh Duggar, finds himself mired in a child molestation scandal.
by Colleen Kelly5/22/2015 7:03:13 PM
Former Hastings priest Francis Hoefgen takes stand to deny claims he sexually abused an altar boy. “I’ve waited 18 months for this day,” he said in Dakota County court.
by Marci Schmitt edited by Colleen Kelly5/22/2015 7:21:37 PM
Memorial Day weekend could see most road trips in years. Thanks to lower gas prices and a stabler economy, many say they will make trips they would have passed up in recent years.
by Colleen Kelly5/22/2015 9:19:57 PM
The Minnesota Swarm pro lacrosse franchise, which came to Minnesota in 2004, announced Friday it is leaving for a yet-to-be-determined location next season.
by Vince Tuss5/22/2015 11:23:25 PM
A woman in Maryland was found pushing her dead 3-year-old son in a park swing, and authorities say she may have been there for hours, even Thursday.
by Vince Tuss5/23/2015 12:13:34 AM
A Blaine man who ejaculated into co-worker's coffee gets 45 days in the Ramsey County Workhouse. The victim successfully lobbied for new legislation to make such acts criminal sexual conduct.
by Vince Tuss5/23/2015 12:34:35 AM
A White Bear Lake man is charged with abusing his 1-month-old son so severely that the baby needed to be revived and was left with "permanent disabilities," the complaint says.
by Vince Tuss5/23/2015 12:43:12 AM
Firefighters from across the west-metro were responding to a large house fire in Orono. Story to come.
by Vince Tuss5/23/2015 12:48:44 AM
No injuries reported at large Orono house fire, which left the garage in ashes and spread to the roof of the home, which dispatchers say wasn't occupied at the time.
by Vince Tuss5/23/2015 1:21:25 AM
“Overall, children in Minnesota are going to be safer because of this," Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson said of a series of child protection reforms signed into law by Gov. Mark Dayton.
by Vince Tuss5/23/2015 1:28:03 AM
On 62-37 vote, GOP-led Senate approves President Obama's request for enhanced trade negotiating authority.
by Vince Tuss5/23/2015 1:34:29 AM
A motorcyclist was killed Friday night after a crash with an animal on Hwy. 52 north of Rochester, the State Patrol said. News reports out of Rochester said the motorcycle hit a deer.
The Republican-led Senate has blocked a House bill that would have ended the National Security Agency's bulk collection of domestic phone records.
by Vince Tuss5/23/2015 4:57:08 AM
Both sides in Ireland's gay marriage referendum say 'yes' side has won resounding victory.
by Randy Salas5/23/2015 12:11:19 PM
Morning forecast: Looks as if today will be the nicest day of the holiday weekend before rain moves in Sunday and Monday. Cloudy and cooler, with a high near 70.
by Randy Salas5/23/2015 12:26:00 PM
Myanmar's president has signed off on a law requiring some mothers to space their children three years apart despite objections that it could be used not only to repress women, but also religious and ethnic minorities.
by Randy Salas5/23/2015 12:47:40 PM
General Mills pulls ads from '19 Kids and Counting' after molestation scandal.
by Randy Salas5/23/2015 1:00:33 PM
"If we were a company, we'd be bankrupt," one senator says over Congress' inability to come up with anything but short-term fixes for long list of problems.
by Randy Salas5/23/2015 1:22:09 PM
Yes, Randy Moss was at a small-town Minnesota graduation Friday.
by Randy Salas5/23/2015 2:56:59 PM
Cleveland patrolman found not guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of two unarmed people in a 137-shot barrage.