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Patricia Woodford doesn't like to see a good piece of jewelery go to waste. At least that's what she told police when they busted her for stealing a ring from an acquaintance's corpse this summer. ... More >>
Michael Brodkorb's Twitter feed is getting too strange to ignore.Brodkorb, a longtime powerhouse of Minnesota's Republican Party, lost his positions with the GOP senate communications staff and Sen. M... More >>
A drug plot that involved flying hockey bags full of weed into the Twin Cities using a single-engine plane has led to five men being indicted, according to federal court records unsealed this week. ... More >>
For Maran Wolston, learning she had developed Multiple Sclerosis was frightening enough. But the treatment was a horror in itself. Wolston, a Ph.D candidate at the University of Minnesota, believes s... More >>
Marcus Bachmann has given up on his quest to collect a $150 no-show fee from an activist who infiltrated his clinic with hidden cameras earlier this year. A billing representative from Bachmann &... More >>
Officials from Rosemount High School are apologizing for a so-called "prank" that will almost surely lead to a lifetime of awkward family gatherings and thousands of hours of therapy for the students ... More >>
The mystery behind the discarded communion wafer that ominously turned blood red in a St. Paul church has been solved. When the strange event occurred at St. Augustine Church in south St. Paul this s... More >>
Ever since he lost the gubernatorial race last year, Tom Emmer has been having a tough time trying to land a new career. Earlier this year, Emmer, also a lawyer and former state representative, lost ... More >>
Up 6-2 with less than two minutes to go, it looked like the Gophers had effectively clinched a clean comeback against Michigan Tech Saturday night at Mariucci Arena. As it turned out, the game was jus... More >>
Michele Bachmann is now the fifth Republican candidate to announce she will not participate in the December 27 debate in Des Moines, Iowa, and Donald Trump is not taking it well. Trump, who is slated... More >>
Twin Cities motorcycle king Michael Hudalla pleaded guilty to two felony counts of racketeering last week in Hennepin County court. Hudalla's plea came just before jury selection was scheduled to beg... More >>
In our November 9 cover story, "The Banishing," we examined violent crime on the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe reservation, and law enforcement's struggle to control it. In 2008, in an attempt to rid r... More >>
Michele Bachmann must be getting sick of kids trying to challenge her political ideology. Last May it was Amy Myers, the high school girl from New Jersey who wanted to debate Bachmann. Now we have ... More >>
Gary Jenson, a 52-year-old rural Wisconsin man, is facing felony charges for drunkenly ramming his car into a Christmas parade this weekend. Jenson crashed his Dodge Neon into a float carrying "seve... More >>
Things are about to get pretty terrible around here. A confluence of global weather patterns has perfectly aligned to make this winter a living hell by way of abnormally frigid temperatures, accordin... More >>
It's been little more than two weeks since foes of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker began petitioning for a recall, and they've already surpassed 300,000 signatures -- more than half of the 540,000 needed ... More >>
Sean Casey sounds like he knows how to have a good time. This weekend, the 21-year-old was enjoying an evening at the Freight House bar in downtown Stillwater when he decided to strip off his clothe... More >>
Hey everybody, check it out: Tim Pawlenty came in first place at something. Our former governor took the number-one spot in GQ's list of the top 25 least influential people on planet earth, right up... More >>
Stillwater blogger and notorious Michele Bachmann foe Karl Bremer has a new enemy: The New Republic. Bremer recently filed a lawsuit against the Washington, D.C.-based magazine for using a photo he t... More >>
Joe Nathan is officially heading for a warmer climate. Nathan, who turns 37 today, is signing with the Texas Rangers for a two-year, $14.5 million contract with a 2014 option. That brings to an end ... More >>
One month later, Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook is finding himself in even more trouble for allegedly attacking and trying to strangle his girlfriend. The Hennepin County Attorney's Office a... More >>
It was still dark when Steve Feldman headed to work down Interstate 94 Thursday morning. Around 6:30 a.m., the freeway near Seventh Street in Minneapolis was busy with morning commuters, all moving ... More >>
Hours after what sounds like a gruesome suicide, Interstate 94 in Minneapolis is open again. Around 6:30 this morning, a woman walked onto the freeway near 7th street and lay down in front of traffic... More >>
Michele Bachmann's campaign ads have continued to be a mind-boggling facet of this presidential race. A couple months ago, she released four minutes of what looked like a bad Power Point presentation... More >>
In an unusual invasion of privacy case, a Prior Lake man was ordered to pay $65,000 last month for intruding on two women living in his house. Keith Dodson entered the rooms of two live-in nannies hi... More >>
