Illinois

A 20-year-old college student has died while snowboarding on a hill at Duluth's Spirit Mountain.

Jordan Murphy had 17 points and 17 rebounds while Nate Mason added 17 points and 6 assists as Minnesota defeated Illinois 77-67 on Wednesday.

An Illinois father and stepmother are charged with first-degree murder in the starvation death of their 6-year-old boy, who authorities said weighed 17 pounds.

Kobe McCrary ran for 153 yards and the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, and Rodney Smith added 103 yards rushing for Minnesota as the Gophers beat Illinois 24-17 victory on Saturday.

A Mayo High School student was killed in a single vehicle crash Friday in Illinois.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.(Gophersports.com) -- Rodney Smith rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns and Minnesota turned a pair of early Illinois turnovers into scores on the way to a 40-17 win Saturday.

St. Paul, MN (Learfield Wire Services) --  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say there have been 40 confirmed cases of the Zika virus in Minnesota.

Horsham, PA (KROC AM News)  – The Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall involving a snack product that was sold in Minnesota.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier says its longtime sportswriter died of an apparent heart attack just after completing work on the newspaper's sports pages.

Preston, MN (KROC AM News)  - An Illinois woman has been charged with six counts of criminal vehicular homicide, one count of manslaughter and ten other charges in connection to a traffic wreck in Fillmore County earlier this year.