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Now it’s on to Colorado, Minnesota, and Maine. With back-to-back victories fueling him, Nevada the latest, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is looking toward the next states that hold GOP nominating contests as main rival …
06 Feb 12
McKaia Ryberg is now a seventh grader at St. Mary’s School in Bird Island, and she and her classmates had the opportunity to play host to the governor of Minnesota today. Two years ago the …
03 Feb 12
Governor Mark Dayton is scheduled to visit an elementary school in Bird Island today (Friday)…weather permitting. Governor Dayton is making good on a promise to visit St. Mary’s student McKaia Ryberg, who had invited the …
03 Feb 12
The City of Hutchinson is hoping that it may have found a new home for the Farmers Market that everyone can agree on. The Hutchinson Farmer’s Market has generally been located on First Avenue just …
03 Feb 12
Hennepin County has charged a man with eight counts of prostitution in a case that originated in St. Cloud. 30-year-old Akmal Saleem Karon was charged with prostituting young girls in an investigation that began in …
03 Feb 12
Authorities in Lac qui Parle County said late Thursday afternoon that all the cattle missing in an alleged theft Saturday from a rural Madison feedlot have now been accounted for. According to the Lac qui …
03 Feb 12
BENSON — The company that put Benson on the map as a distiller of fine spirits and Shakers on store shelves as an ultra-premium vodka has filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition. The West Central …
02 Feb 12
The Golden Valley man accused of killing a 19-year-old Henderson woman pleaded guilty to 1st-degree murder on Tuesday in Blue Earth County Court and was sentenced to life in prison. 19-year-old Christopher Tillman admitted to …
02 Feb 12
Next year’s Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener will be held in the Brainerd Lakes Area on May 8-11, 2014. Explore Minnesota Tourism, the state’s tourism promotion office, organizes this event each year in coordination with a host …
