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CROOKSTON — Minnesota District Judge Kurt Marben sentenced Ismael Hernandez to 12 years in prison in court here today for what Polk County Attorney Greg Widseth called a “heinous crime”...

EAST GRAND FORKS - Two people were burned in a weekend accident at the American Crystal Sugar factory in East Grand Forks. Two unidentified men were taken to Altru Hospital...

CHICAGO (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say Mexican drug cartel operatives who once stuck close to the U.S.-Mexico border are establishing a greater presence in the Upper Midwest. Cases involving...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Congressman Tim Walz are holding a Minneapolis press conference to discuss their legislation aimed at helping wrongly discharged military veterans...

COLD SPRING, Minn. (AP) — Four relatives of a Cold Spring police officer killed while on duty in November are squabbling about who should control the money donated to his...

DULUTH (AP) — The two inmates who disappeared from a low-security prison camp in Duluth over the weekend are still missing. The inmates are 64-year-old Michael Krzyzaniak and 67-year-old Gerald...

HAWLEY, Minn. -- Roz Randorf didn’t worry about her long-term boyfriend, Kevin Ferris, piloting small planes from their home in Duluth to Moorhead. But Friday afternoon, she got the call...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of a St. Paul man charged with killing his wife, who remains missing. Thirty-nine-year-old Jeffrey...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - New Hampshire’s motto may be “Live free or die,” but North Dakota is better at letting people follow the first part of the credo, a new...

FARGO - A student at North Dakota State University who arranged for a man to pretend to rape and kidnap her to satisfy her “rape fantasy” -- then told police...

PARKERS PRAIRIE - Minnesota officials have reduced their estimate of how much Canadian crude oil spilled Wednesday when a train derailed in Otter Tail County, Minn. And the track was...

GLYNDON - When someone’s house catches on fire, it’s important to get the fire chief on the phone right away. It’s especially important when the house happens to be owned...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The mayor of Minneapolis and a man injured in the September mass shooting in town are calling on Minnesota Rep. Erik Paulsen to help pass...

BYRON, Minn. (AP) — A benefit in honor of a southeastern Minnesota teenager killed in a traffic crash has been expanded to help her family who this week lost its...