ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Top officials at two state agencies share the blame for the botched rollout in 2017 of a new driver's license and vehicle registration system, Minnesota's legislative auditor said in a scathing report Thursday. The more than $100 million and nine years devoted to ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former manager of a western Minnesota grain elevator pleaded guilty Thursday in a swindle that cost his employer millions of dollars so he could pay for hunting safaris, taxidermy services and real estate. Jerry Hennessey, 56, of Dalton pleaded guilty Thursday to ...

OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) — Officials placed a southern Minnesota school on lockdown and called police when tensions over racist comments posted on social media boiled over. Owatonna Senior High School officials say a large group of students started shouting at each other in a commons area Monday ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Investigators say they now know the name of a young woman found dead in an abandoned home in north-central Minnesota nearly a half-century ago. Using a DNA match to family members, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified the woman as 18-year-old Gloria ...

A Minnesota sheriff says a dog named Donald Trump wasn't shot and killed over a political rivalry, despite false claims circulating on social media that have spurred "violent threats" against some county residents. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office concluded the person who shot Donald Trump ...

MINNEOTA, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota high school suspended three basketball players after one of the players improperly shot free throws for two teammates. Minneota High School reported the infraction in its Jan. 31 game against MACCRAY to the state high school league and then suspended senior ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — DNA helped lead investigators to a suspect in a 25-year-old cold case murder investigation in Minneapolis, police said Tuesday. The Minneapolis Police Department and the FBI announced the arrest in the 1993 killing of 35-year-old Jeanne Ann Childs of Minneapolis. Childs ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar's campaign says the Democrat raised more than $1 million in the 48 hours after launching her presidential bid. Klobuchar kicked off her candidacy Sunday during a snowy rally in Minneapolis. Her campaign says the money was raised from "online and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar's apology for suggesting that members of Congress support Israel because they are being paid to do so was "lame" and that she should resign. In a pair of tweets over the weekend, the Minnesota Democrat, who ...

ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — Bail is set at $1 million for a 46-year-old man charged with killing his wife in a northern Minneapolis suburb. Matthew Lynn Jansen of Blaine was charged Monday in Anoka County with second-degree murder. According to the complaint, Jansen called 911 on Friday night and ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota needs to take comprehensive action this year to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease, lawmakers and hunters said Monday as they promoted legislation aimed at stopping the outbreak of the fatal brain disease before it becomes endemic in the state's ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar "unequivocally" apologized Monday for tweets suggesting that members of Congress support Israel because they are being paid to do so, which drew bipartisan criticism and a rebuke from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The Minnesota Democrat ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar has relished the attention attached to becoming one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, eagerly engaging with supporters and critics on social media. But Omar's quick thumbs also have caused problems for herself and Democratic ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Many Minnesota farmers who have suffered years of low crop prices are taking on more debt to begin spring planting while trade tensions and tariffs drag on, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' survey. Poor crop prices and trade woes "dealt a financial ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — On a day the NWHL wanted to keep the focus on its All-Star celebrations and a record crowd for a professional women's hockey game in the United States, Lee Stecklein couldn't help but look beyond to what the future might hold. It was a vision of one combined league, ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Sunday joined the growing group of Democrats jostling to be president and positioned herself as the most prominent Midwestern candidate in the field, as her party tries to win back voters in a region that helped put Donald Trump in the White ...

By FRANK JOSSI of Energy News Network. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota utility's proposal to offer renewable natural gas under a voluntary green tariff pilot program faces opposition from state officials and clean energy advocates who see better ways to decarbonize the economy. If ...

By DEANNA WENIGER, Twin Cities Pioneer Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Myron Peterson lifted his Minnesota Twins baseball cap with one hand and wiped the sweat off his face with his big red hankie, squinting his eyes at the bright fluorescents lighting the classroom at Christian Heritage ...

By MATTHEW STOLLE, Post-Bulletin ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — More than six months after being forced to absorb a 7 percent cut in public funding, Rochester area disability organizations are coping with crisis-level staffing shortages. Officials at Ability Building Center and Hiawatha Homes say ...

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a 46-year-old man has been arrested in connection with his wife's death in a north Minneapolis suburb. The Star Tribune reports that a man called police in Blaine Friday night and reported that he had killed his wife. Police say the women's death remains ...