the associated press

Three western Minnesota counties are exploring converting part of a former prison into a center to care for people who have the new coronavirus.

Officials with the St. Paul District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say they are lowering reservoir elevations within the Red River Basin based on recent snow measurements, in order to prepare for potential spring snowmelt.

Authorities have identified a man who was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Lakeville.

Authorities have identified a man who was found dead at the scene of a northeast Minneapolis structure fire.

The Roman Catholic archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis is asking priests in Minnesota to forgo voting in the presidential primary election on Tuesday over concerns about the privacy of voter party preferences.

Two former owners of a Maplewood funeral home are accused of stealing almost $44,000 over a 20-year period from customers who applied for burial insurance.

A group of convicted sex offenders is challenging an Apple Valley ordinance that they contend effectively bars them from living anywhere in the Minneapolis suburb.

A man has been rescued after his snowmobile broke through thin ice on a lake in northern Minnesota.

Minnesota state Sen. Susan Kent defeated longtime Sen. Tom Bakk in an election for the leadership of the DFL Senate caucus.

Authorities have released the name of a 4-year-old Minneapolis girl who died two days after being found in a swimming pool at a Mounds View hotel.

Authorities in northern Minnesota say a man is dead after a snowmobile crash.

Court documents accuse a man of scaling a fence at a Minneapolis-area hospital and shutting off oxygen to the entire facility.

Authorities in northern Minnesota say a 9-year-old boy has died in a farm accident.

Authorities have released the name of an 80-year-old woman who died in a fire at her home in Maple Grove.