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Investigating claims of child abuse, especially sexual abuse, is sensitive issue

FARGO, N.D. - In a small, blue-walled room furnished with two lounge chairs and a coloring table, the forensic interviewer lays out the rules for the suspected child abuse victim...

news Sun, Mar 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Tips for talking to kids

Fargo Police Detective Paula Ternes has been a trained forensic interviewer since 2006, specializing in crimes against children. She gives the following advice for parents when talking to their children...

news Sun, Mar 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Minnesota Sen. Geoff Michel testifies Friday as the Senate ethics committee considers whether he mishandled the announcement of an affair between the then-Senate majority leader and a Senate employee. With him is his attorney, Robert Maher. DON DAVIS | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Ethics panel split on Sen. Michel issue

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Senate Ethics Committee stalled along party lines Friday when trying to decide if a senator breached legislative ethics in dealing with an affair between the...

news Sat, Mar 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Senate approves voter photo ID

ST. PAUL -- Showing photo identification before voting may be inconvenient, but the senator sponsoring a proposal to require voter photo ID says it is worth it. "I will willingly...

news Sat, Mar 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Rep. Rod Hamilton of Mountain Lake studies paperwork Tuesday night as fellow House members debate a bill requiring Minnesotans to show a photo ID before voting. DON?DAVIS | BEMIDJI PIONEER

GOP pushes voter ID through House

ST. PAUL -- Republicans held strong through hours of state House debate Tuesday night, maintaining it is critical to shore up Minnesota's election process by requiring votes to present photographic...

news Thu, Mar 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Rep. Tom Rukavina of Virginia Wednesday explains his proposal, accepted by a House committee, to require new state construction to include electricy-producing solar panels. DON DAVIS | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Voter photo ID spotlight moves to Senate

ST. PAUL -- The question of whether to require voters to produce photo identifications is in the hands of Minnesota senators. The Senate rules committee Wednesday advanced to the full...

news / local Thu, Mar 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Business tax cuts advance in House

news / business Thu, Mar 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Rep. Larry Howes of Walker looks through a report about renovating the state Capitol building Tuesday before the committee he leads approved spending $221 million on the project. DON DAVIS | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Lawmakers back Capitol fix, but other projects more controversial

ST. PAUL - Fixing the Minnesota Capitol building's crumbling outside walls and aging interior won easy approval from a key House committee Tuesday, but funding other public works projects around...

news Wed, Mar 21, 2012 - 12:00am

Anna Kleen tells a Minnesota Senate committee Monday night that people with injuries like she suffered in a car wreck when she was 16 would benefit from a heated therapy pool in a proposed community center. Her mother, Kathy Kleen, watches. Pioneer Photo/Don Davis

Wadena seeks aid to rebuild facilities lost in tornado

ST. PAUL -- Wadena is losing residents and businesses, city leaders told a Minnesota Senate committee Monday night in seeking state aid to rebuild facilities lost in a 2010 tornado...

news Tue, Mar 20, 2012 - 12:00am

Matt Carlyle of Minneapolis is, simultaneously, a metal worker, artist, builder and naturalist.
Photo Courtesy Brandon Ferdig

The people in my neighborhood: The Character

The three-story, blue-gray home stands on the corner of 31st and Portland. If you drive by on the one-way heading south, nothing would stick out about this particular property. Walking,...

news / local Sun, Mar 18, 2012 - 12:00am

Capitol Chatter: Bud Grant scores touchdown with senators

ST. PAUL - The past week was full of big news under the Minnesota Capitol dome, everything from hundreds of workers protesting a proposal that would make joining unions optional...

news Sun, Mar 18, 2012 - 12:00am

House Speaker Kurt Zellers, who predicts a late-April finish to the Minnesota legislative session, has concerns about the much-discussed Vikings stadium proposal. DON DAVIS | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Path to ending Minnesota Legislature fuzzy

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's legislators want to go home for the year in a month, or a little more, but the crystal ball showing how to get there is murky...

news Sat, Mar 17, 2012 - 12:00am

White Earth Ojibwe tribal members Mary and Andy Favorite, seen here in a March 6 photo, have very personal ties to wolves. Some Ojibwe in Minnesota are worried about the fate of the state's wolf population as state lawmakers consider a hunting and trapping season for the animals. TOM ROBERTSON | MPR News 91.3FM

Looming wolf hunt bothers some American Indians

WHITE EARTH INDIAN RESERVATION, Minn. (AP) -- Some Ojibwe in Minnesota are worried about the fate of the state's wolf population as state lawmakers consider a hunting and trapping season...

news Sat, Mar 17, 2012 - 12:00am

Legislative notebook: Ag community debates ethanol

ST. PAUL -- A new way to turn corn into fuel prompted a Thursday debate about giving ethanol a continued priority in state law. Representatives of the Luverne, Minn., Agri-Energy...

news Fri, Mar 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Peterson optimistic sugar program will be in next farm bill

GRAND FORKS, N.D. --U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said Wednesday that he is optimistic the U.S. sugar program will be continued in the next farm bill, but he said he...

news Thu, Mar 15, 2012 - 12:00am

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