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Negotiations for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium are ongoing. Team owner Zygi Wilf met with Governor Dayton and chief authors of the stadium bill on Tuesday. Vikings Vice President Lester Bagley says there are “complicated …
22 Feb 12
A Gaylord contractor accused of forging documents and failing to pay a subcontractor is scheduled to be in court later this week. Karl Richard Kuphal, of Kuphal Construction, has reportedly admitted to forging 2 bank …
22 Feb 12
Today (TUE) is the day that a Minnesota court panel is set to release plans for new congressional and legislative districts that will set the boundaries in the fight for political control of the state …
21 Feb 12
Four Minnesotans, all students at North Dakota State University, were killed in a car crash west of Alexandria on Monday. The car driven by 18-year-old Lauren Peterson of Prior Lake crossed the median on a …
21 Feb 12
The freezing rain and snow that fell across much of Minnesota on Monday led to multiple crashes and car accidents around the state, including on Highway 22 in Nicollet County where a semi-truck was involved …
21 Feb 12
A 20-year-old man from Gibbon faces multiple criminal charges following a 2-vehicle crash just east of Fairfax early Sunday morning. The crash happened at approximately 3:42am on Sunday on Highway 19 about two miles east …
21 Feb 12
A home in North Mankato was heavily damaged by a fire late Sunday night. Fire crews responded to the rental property on Webster Avenue in North Mankato at around 11:30pm Sunday, and were on the …
21 Feb 12
Two women convicted of abusing residents at an Albert Lea nursing home have been released after serving 42 days of their 180-day jail sentences. Brianna Broitzman and Ashton Larson were each sentenced to three separate …
21 Feb 12
The warm, dry weather of the past week gave farmers their best opportunity yet for fieldwork this season. Around 5 days were suitable for fieldwork last week in Minnesota. That let corn planting advance by …
