ST. PAUL, Minn- A pay raise plan for Minnesota elected officials is a part of a House-Senate negotiation on a state agency budget bill. The state Senate approved its bill that included pay raises for legislators, the governor, and agency commissioners. The House didn’t discuss the lawmaker pay topic when passing its bill. A conference committee hearing on Thursday will be [...]

FARGO, N.D.- The Red River in Fargo is beginning to recede. On Wednesday, the river peaked at an unofficial 33.32 feet, that is nearly 4 feet below what was predicted on Sunday. The National Weather Service measured the river at 32.81 feet on Thursday morning. The weather service says that the river should fall below major flood stage of 30 feet [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn- On Wednesday, the Minnesota House rejected an effort to give liquor stores permission to be open on Sundays. The measure went down on a 106-21 vote. Supporters of the blue law tried to add the measure to another bill dealing with liquor licenses. Supporters say consumers should be allowed to make liquor purchases at stores on Sundays because [...]

A Roseville police dog has died at age eleven. Major, a German Shepherd, was euthanized this week after an active law enforcement career. According to his handler, Officer John Jorgenson, Major had been injured and near-death several times during his career. Major had contracted a bladder infection and pneumonia. He was also partially paralyzed after a suspect repeatedly stabbed him [...]

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. CLOUD, Minn. – For Minnesota baseball fans, it’s hard to deny a trip to target field, to watch the Twins play. Whether it’s the hot dogs, the service, or just the game, with the Twins, it seems you should expect it double!

ST. PAUL, Minnesota — Stock up on booze on Saturday. The Minnesota House on Wednesday resoundingly rejected an effort to give liquor stores permission to open on Sundays. The measure went down on a 106-21 vote. Supporters of relaxing the long-standing blue law tried to attach the measure to a broader bill dealing with liquor licenses. The defeat was even [...]

ST. PAUL, Minnesota — Computer glitches are prompting the Minnesota Department of Education to give schools more time to complete spring testing. The deadline for schools to administer Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, or MCAs, was May 10. But dozens of districts delayed testing after computer glitches kept thousands of students from completing their MCAs in recent weeks. Charlene Briner, chief of [...]

DULUTH, Minnesota — Even though the calendar says spring, the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for northern Minnesota. The spring storm has produced about 8 inches of snow in Two Harbors, 6 inches in Breckenridge and 5½ inches in Park Rapids. Authorities round up pigs along Interstate 94 near Barnesville, Minn., Sunday, April 14, 2013 after [...]

ST. PAUL, Minnesota — Hospitals and clinics are replacing paper files with sophisticated electronic health records. And although some systems can’t share information with each other, which could be a serious problem in an emergency, smartphones are starting to bridge that electronic gap. That capability is already available to Medicare patients and veterans. The Medicare Blue Button and a similar [...]