It’s really unfortunate that, as the school board and administration discuss with Johnson Controls the millions of dollars that need to be spend at the local public school buildings, the pool is not only lumped into that conversation, it actually dominates the conversation more often than not. Sure, kids learn how to swim in that building,...
Minnesota's new online health insurance exchange is hiring people to help residents sign up for its health plans. But advocates say the system is unfair because consumer assistants will be paid less for helping poor applicants who are reliant on Medicaid.
Grand Forks has become the first city in North Dakota to protect city employees and city job applicants from discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
There was a toast and an apology this weekend as the Leinenkugel brewery's fan base grew to include a Minnesota politician who once insulted the Wisconsin beer.
The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who know 94-year-old Michael Karkoc. World War II survivors in both the U.S. and Europe harshly condemned the news and prosecutors in Poland have said they'll investigate.
No Minnesota governor in almost two decades has won with a majority of the statewide vote, thanks mostly to a plucky third party whose candidates have been difference makers or, in the case of Jesse Ventura, the stunning victor.
Living 116 years is an accomplishment, but one has to wonder if living this long brings about a question of quality verses quantity? If you think about it, there are both pros and cons to such a lengthy life.
“The Sound of Music” popped into my head the other day, specifically, one of the songs from the soundtrack, “My Favorite Things,” sung by the leading actress, Julie Andrews. Then I started thinking about that song, and for a couple of weeks the verses and the chorus have echoed in my mind, and as a result some other...
A 27-year-old man says he will sign a plea agreement in a wide-ranging synthetic drug investigation that began a year ago after the overdose deaths of two teens in the Grand Forks area.
The call center for Minnesota's new health insurance marketplace will be operational Sept. 3 to help prepare consumers for buying coverage when open enrollment begins a month later, officials said Wednesday
"The father was caring for his children. There were a total of six under the age of 7 he was responsible for," Moorhead Police Lt. Tory Jacobson said Wednesday. "Ultimately he forgot and left his youngest child in the car for an extended a period of time."
Consumers hoping for official quotes on how much they might have to pay for health plans sold on Minnesota's health insurance exchange, dubbed MNsure, are going to have to wait.
When Fire Chief/Emergency Manager Tim Froeber recently briefed city officials and Crookston City Council members on what went well and what didn’t go so well during the 2013 spring flood fight with the Red Lake River, when it came to what didn’t go well, he kind of beat around the bush.
A former student who says he was sexually abused by a teacher at Shattuck-St. Mary's sued the southern Minnesota prep school on Monday, claiming some administrators received reports about "naked dance parties" and other inappropriate sexual conduct with students, but did nothing about it and allowed him to continue teaching.