ST. CLOUD, Minn. They call themselves gearheads, the GraniteCity gearheads to be exact. Its a team of students from the St. Cloud School District including Apollo, Tech, and Cathedral High Schools, all joining forces for a common goal. “Joining this team was a good thing to do. I made a lot of friends and learned a lot of stuff. All [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s budget chief will likely wait until summer before deciding whether to activate so-called blink-on revenue options for the new Vikings football stadium. Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter encountered sharp questions Monday from lawmakers who are worried that general tax dollars will be needed to compensate for poor results from expanded gambling. Finance [...]

Over he next three days, the House of Public Safety Committee will be discussing various gun laws, ban, and policies.

A man is sentenced to prison after leaving his wife helplessly trapped beneath a 700 pound totem pole.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota prosecutor has been ordered to stay away from a 17-year-old girl and her parents after being accused of an improper relationship with the girl. Cook County Attorney Tim Scannell (SKAN’-uhl) is the subject of a restraining order. The girl’s parents say Scannell was a longtime family friend who told them this summer that he had [...]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indiana Fever made it their mission to get Tamika Catchings a WNBA championship. Catchings had won three Olympic gold medals and an NCAA championship at Tennessee in 1998, but never one in the WNBA. She scored 25 points to help the Indiana Fever win their first WNBA title with an 87-78 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on [...]

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – We had a taste of fall today, but don’t be fooled, cooler temperatures are in the future. And it’s not too early to prepare yourself for winter.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Candace Parker banked in a 3-pointer from 30 feet, giving the Sparks a two-point lead late and sending their fans into a tizzy. ”I said to myself, ‘We’re OK, we have time,”’ Minnesota’s Maya Moore said. ”We don’t get too high, we don’t get too low.” The Lynx got where they wanted in the end, claiming an 80-79 victory for [...]

NEW YORK CITY, NY The National Hockey League announced today the cancellation of the 2012-13 regular-season schedule through October 24.  A total of 82 regular-season games were scheduled for Oct. 11 through Oct. 24. The cancellation of the schedule includes three Wild home games and two road games. The cancellation was necessary because of the absence of a Collective Bargaining [...]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Detroit Tigers finally have a little bit of breathing room in what has been an air-tight AL Central title race. Miguel Cabrera has no such luxury as he tries to become the first Triple Crown winner in 45 years. Prince Fielder hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift Detroit to a 2-1 victory [...]