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MOORHEAD (AP) — State transportation officials are opening some western Minnesota highways that were closed due to the snow storm. Highway 10 between Moorhead and Audubon reopened Monday, as well...

Question: Is there still such a thing as a farm license? I remember some of my friends having one, but that was a long time ago and they basically used...

BEMIDJI - The Minnesota Department of Transportation advises no travel in northwest Minnesota due to accumulating heavy snow, increased winds and reduced visibility. In a statement issued late Sunday afternoon,...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota has hired an outside consulting firm to analyze the university's administrative costs and report to state lawmakers. Regents on Friday discussed the hiring...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The recovery of the bald eagle shows how endangered species laws can work, and now a pair of the iconic birds will be help get...

BENSON, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers are being asked to provide more support for sexually-exploited children, specifically housing that is an alternative to juvenile detention. One such place is the...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin-based school software provider has filed a protest with the state over its losing of a $15 million contract to a Minnesota company. Skyward Inc...

By Danielle Killey, Forum News Service ST. PAUL – University of Minnesota students and officials pushed state lawmakers Thursday to fund a plan to freeze undergraduates’ tuition. The tuition hold,...

ST. PAUL – The message from Minnesota’s rural Democratic senators about this week’s gun-bill flurry is simple: Don’t expect a warm reception in the Senate. “The Senate has always been...

By Danielle Killey and Don Davis, Forum News Service ST. PAUL — Minnesota legislators are considering raising cigarette taxes and the cost of little cigars by classifying them cigarettes, which...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A new report says Minnesota hospitals provided $1.5 billion in uncompensated care in 2011. The Minnesota Hospital Association says that's 26 percent more than the previous year...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A Grand Forks man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for having sex with two mentally disabled girls over a period of two...

ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — An Anoka mother is sentenced to four years in prison in the death of her 3-year-old son. Prosecutors say Elizabeth Moorman failed to call police when...