Michael OlsonA Minnesota judge has ruled that core services and local aid must continue to be funded in the event of a government shutdown. Ramsey County Judge Kathleen Gearin is ordering Minnesota budget officials to keep paying for “critical core functions” in a shutdown and has appointed former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz as Read more →
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Dan Gunderson
The Souris River is slowly retreating in Minot, N.D., where the river peaked early Sunday at levels not seen in more than a century. About 4,000 homes are flooded and a quarter of the town’s 40,000 residents are displaced.
Efforts to sway farmers to make own fuel falling flat
Mark Steil
The Jackson City Council voted Tuesday to disband the city police department and contract with the county sheriff for its law enforcement.
Heavy rains flooded streets in St. Cloud last night. Residents are concerned about additional precipitation in the forecast.
New census data shows some of the state’s poorest counties are in northwestern Minnesota, where living wage jobs are limited and geography isolates rural residents.