This spring, a letter sent to parents from Red Wing High School admonished seniors to forgo "skip day" and gave details about the school's upcoming graduation ceremony. Plus, principal Beth Borgen reminded families that they were responsible for paying $25 for caps and gowns.

Two farmers are charged in cases that pit health claims vs. protecting the public.

For three years, the vacant lots seemed to taunt Josh Berger.

As it turns out, Van Halen has not broken up -- not yet, anyway.

CHATFIELD — A 50-year-old man from Gays Mill, Wis., was injured in a rollover on U.S. 52 in Fillmore County on Saturday evening.

The man was southbound on a two-lane

Boy was headed to his 4th birthday party when he was struck.

Hundreds of people walked around Mill Pond in Austin to support the Ehmke family after the death by suicide of Kasson-Mantorville Middle School student Rachel, 13, in April.

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ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- Supporters of maverick Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul are seizing control of Minnesota's state Republican Convention. The Paul backers scored a major victory Saturday

About 100 students are now joining the working world after receiving their diplomas Saturday. Our world now greets the next generation of doctors and scientists as Mayo Clinic holds its spring graduation.

Saturday is certainly a day to be spent outside, and hundreds of people in Byron took advantage of the day by going to the zoo.

St. Paul area Lutherans are now on record against changing the state Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and woman.

Firefighters are still working on extinguishing hot spots of a wildfire in northeastern Minnesota, but most of it has been contained.

The state has halted a plan to put on hold payments to jobless people because they failed to register with the Wisconsin Job Service.

WINONA — Crews are still looking for a Winona man who went missing after he fell off a boat into the Mississippi River.

Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand has said two men were

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis officials plan to plant a tree in the yard of a woman whose husband died in the 2011 tornado to mark the first anniversary.

A call that came in to Austin Police dispatch Thursday evening of a robbery at Dairy Queen turned out not to be the case.

"There was no robbery," said Austin Police Capt. Dave McKichan.

ST. CLOUD — Republicans rallied behind a high school economics teacher on Friday, endorsing Kurt Bills for U.S. Senate.

Bills enjoyed strong support from Ron Paul supporters, having received the Republican presidential candidate’s endorsement. Rochester

Drivers will need to muster their patience to navigate around the closures of freeways through downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A spill at a sand mining facility in Wisconsin has dumped an unknown amount of sand and other sediment into the St. Croix (kroy) River and wetlands near the Minnesota border. Wisconsin

About 370,000 CenterPoint Energy customers will get a small refund.

For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S.