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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two men who left Minnesota to join the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia were sentenced to three years in federal prison Tuesday, getting reduced sentences for their...

LAKELAND, Minn. -- Washington County authorities are investigating human remains found Tuesday along the St. Croix River in Minnesota. According to a news release from the sheriff’s department, officers received...

FARGO – A Long Prairie, Minn., truck driver will serve about two months in jail after pleading guilty to misdemeanor aggravated reckless driving in a fatal crash with a motorcycle...

COSMOS, Minn. -- A 5-year-old girl was seriously injured Sunday in an ATV accident near Cosmos and a rural Darwin man is in jail on charges of second-degree driving while...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who authorities say played a key role in funneling young men from Minnesota to the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia has been sentenced to 20...

A former corrections officer was sentenced Monday to 5-plus years in jail on charges he had sex with an inmate at a Minnesota facility, James Allen Bongaarts, 57, of Tower,...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen has ruled out a run for the U.S. Senate or for governor of Minnesota, saying he plans to seek a fourth term...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have added four more northern Minnesota counties to the long list of counties where spring burning restrictions are in effect. The latest restrictions took...

A moose that had hung around Crookston for about 10 weeks in the winter and early spring is back. Authorities believed they had finally shooed the yearling of town for...

FARGO -- Police are investigating the death of a man who died this week after hitting his head in a scuffle with an employee at a strip club last month...

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The operator of a tractor has died in an accident in Blue Earth County. Sheriff's officials say 70-year-old Paul Andreszcuk was killed when his tractor rolled...

THOMSON, Minn. -- Damage from last year’s historic flooding in the northeastern Minnesota will likely mean an increase in electric bills for Minnesota Power customers to cover $35 million to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Talk about high expectations for a newborn: King and Messiah are among the fastest-rising baby names for American boys. They're just a little behind Major, the boy's...