ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Mark Dayton is making an endorsement in the race for Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District.

STEARNS COUNTY, Minn. – Stearns Electric is reporting power outages to more than 200 customers who live in four townships.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -In celebration to the 165th annual Independence day, a student from St. Cloud State University gives insight to what happens on this day. The celebration for the big event will happen in the Twin Cities, as Liberians from all over Minnesota and from other states come to celebrate. There will be food, music, traditional attire and soccer. [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Health officials expect the number of whooping cough cases could be unprecedented this year in Minnesota. The state projection mirrors a national trend with the number of cases rising at an epidemic rate. Nearly 18,000 cases have been reported so far. Minnesota Department of Health immunization director Kris Ehresmann says by the end of year, whooping [...]

NETT LAKE, Minn. — The Minnesota Historical Society has returned thousands of archaeological artifacts to the Bois Forte (boys fort) Band of Chippewa. The collection includes stone tools, arrowheads, ceramics and copper artifacts which were excavated in 1948 from tribal land in Koochiching (KOO’-chih-ching) County without the band’s permission. Archaeologists say the more than 7,000 items are 800 to 3,000 [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney says he wasn’t criticizing Palestinian culture at a fundraiser in Jerusalem on Monday. Palestinian officials accused the Republican presidential candidate of racism for suggesting that culture helps explain the economic disparity between Israelis and Palestinians On Tuesday, Romney told Fox News that he wasn’t specifically talking about Palestinian culture and doesn’t plan to during the [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney says he wasn’t criticizing Palestinian culture at a fundraiser in Jerusalem on Monday. Palestinian officials accused the Republican presidential candidate of racism for suggesting that culture helps explain the economic disparity between Israelis and Palestinians On Tuesday, Romney told Fox News that he wasn’t specifically talking about Palestinian culture and doesn’t plan to during the [...]

ST. CLOUD, Minn.- Local farmers in St. Cloud talk about the possibility of a price increase on crops. They believe that it’s a win/lose situation. Because corn is used to feed some of the animals on the farm, profit isn’t really made.

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Maybe the Minnesota Twins should wait until the night before to tell Brian Duensing he’s starting. This short-notice outing sure went well. Justin Morneau hit a two-run homer, Duensing threw six smooth innings as a late fill-in for Francisco Liriano and the Minnesota Twins finished a 3-game sweep of the Cleveland [...]

ST. CLOUD, Minn- Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City is planning a soda pop ban. He is attempting to adopt the 16 oz container as a standard size soft drink.