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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota parents are being warned that their children may receive lower test scores now that the state has adopted new national benchmarks known as the...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A western Minnesota man has pleaded not guilty to illegal weapons charges in a case that the FBI called a foiled terror plot. Buford Rogers made a...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man has been charged with stalking for allegedly striking up an online relationship with his ex-wife using a fictitious persona with borrowed photographs...

MANVEL, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Minnesota construction worker who died while working on a northeastern North Dakota highway. The Highway Patrol says 58-year-old Otis Gohman, of Clear...

Some information about the schedule of events for the Kraus-Anderson Walleye Classic that appeared on the front page of Friday’s Pioneer was incorrect. Here is the correct schedule of events:...

By Brett Neely MPR News 91.3 FM Washington — The farm bill passed a major procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate Thursday when a vote to end debate won approval...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Theft 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, 700 block of 38th Street Northwest. Prescription medication was reported stolen. 2:53 p.m. Wednesday, 2219...

By Dan Kraker MPR News 91.3 FM DULUTH — A new kind of first aid class is soaring in participation across Minnesota and the nation, as tens of thousands of...

BEMIDJI — Administrative changes at Sanford Health in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., won’t have an effect on personnel in Bemidji, according to the local region’s interim president. Forum...

FARGO – A woman who was rescued from the Red River early Monday morning died Thursday afternoon. Sabrina Quintana, 41, of Fargo died at 12:40 p.m. at Sanford Health, according...

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities said one person was killed and two others were hurt in a boating accident on the Wisconsin side of the St. Croix (croy) River. The...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota is weeks away from having the nation's 6th highest tax on cigarettes when the new $2.83-a-pack charge kicks in. The Minnesota Department of Revenue...

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Police in Mankato say they're investigating the death of a woman as a homicide. Public Safety Deputy Director Matt Westermayer says a man has also been...

MANVEL, N.D. - A 58-year-old worker from Clear Lake, Minn., was killed this morning in a construction zone accident on Interstate 29 in Grand Forks County. It happened about 8...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A mother who allowed her developmentally delayed teenage daughter to be prostituted has been sentenced to six months in the Ramsey County Correctional Facility. Prosecutors...