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 [...]

Tickets were hard to come by over the weekend as fans filled the X-Cel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul to witness the final games of a long last college hockey tradition.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Hopes dimming for a wide-ranging bargain, the White House and many congressional Republicans are setting their sights on a more modest deal that would extend current tax rates for most Americans, raise rates for top earners and leave other, vexing issues for the new year. President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met late Thursday for [...]

By ARON HELLER, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In his most detailed plea to date for global action against Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the world has until next summer at the latest to stop Iran before it can build a nuclear bomb. Netanyahu flashed a diagram of a cartoon-like bomb before the U.N. [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — President Obama has welcomed the reigning WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx to the White House. It’s been nearly a year since the Lynx won the championship, but the team’s visit was delayed by the Summer Olympics and President Obama’s busy schedule. Obama told team members they are great ambassadors for the game and strong role models [...]

ST. CLOUD, Minn.- Once again it’s time for the NFL’s favorite off-season event, the NFL Draft. All thirty-two teams will have three days to try and find future players to build their teams around.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – It’s that time of year again. It’s March and bringing along with it is March Madness and the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Fans, co-workers and relatives alike compete in pools to see who can best predict the national tournament.

NEW YORK – Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter died Thursday following a long battle with brain cancer. He was 57. Carter is best known for his role on the 1986 World Series champions Mets, and for his 10-year run with the Expos. Carter has been battling cancer since May 2011 when doctors discovered tumors in his brain and diagnosed [...]

President Barack Obama gave the U.S. military the go ahead Monday to rescue two aid workers being held captive in Somalia. Forces carried out the raid early today, freeing American Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted, a Danish citizen. Both were working with the Danish Refugee Council when they were kidnapped by pirates in October. The council had been trying to negotiate with Somali [...]

The Minnesota Wild will be taking on the Los Angeles Kings tonight while trying to extend their 5 game winning streak to 6. Last time these two teams met, was back in early November where the Kings crushed the Wild with a score of 5-2. With Backstrom and Harding on a day-to-day basis with their injuries, Hacket is the sure [...]