MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A recent ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court saying doctors can be sued for malpractice even if they're not directly treating a patient is causing angst in the state's medical and legal communities. The high court said in its ruling last month that the decision was ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A 4-year-old child with autism has been rescued from the Zumbro River in Rochester. Olmsted County sheriff's officials received a call about 3 p.m. Sunday from someone along a bike trail who spotted a child in the river. Shortly after the call, police got a call from ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered in the steady rain at Fort Snelling National Cemetery for the annual Memorial Day observance. The state's largest military cemetery is home to 180,000 graves dating back to the Civil War. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar noted during Monday's ...

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — Police say three people shot inside their home in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park are expected to survive. Police say the shooting happened at about 4:45 a.m. Sunday and the victims drove themselves about a mile to seek help before encountering officers ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a woman has died after being stabbed in downtown Minneapolis. Authorities say the stabbing happened just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday night. The woman's name has not been released and police have not made an arrest. Police have not yet publicly identified a suspect ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The finish was messy and long negotiations behind closed doors stirred up indignation, but Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota legislative leaders found a way to work together for deals on taxes, spending and policy to finish the essential work of the 2019 session. The ...

By MARIANNE COMBS Minnesota Public Radio News MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Most of our current ideas about Vikings are based on the stereotype of the warrior savage, raping and pillaging from coast to coast during the early Middle Ages. That reputation doesn't do justice to the Vikings' rich culture ...

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The finish was messy and long negotiations behind closed doors stirred up indignation, but Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota legislative leaders found a way to work together for deals on taxes, spending and policy to finish the essential ...

COOK, Minn. (AP) — A woman in northern Minnesota has donated a kidney to a volunteer firefighter who was the first responder when she and her child needed help, and the two have become firm friends. Their paths first crossed in 2016 when Becca Bundy's 1-year-old daughter Hadley was having a ...

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Superior is running the only Great Lakes land-based facility that tests the success of technologies designed to prevent the spread of invasive species through ships' ballast water. Matt TenEyck, the director of the university's Lake Superior ...

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature ended its special session Saturday after approving a $48 billion budget to fund state government for the next two years. The House and Senate pulled an all-nighter to pass their budget bills and adjourned ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials say a Minneapolis landlord has agreed to pay $37,000 to a tenant and her attorney for allegedly trying to coerce sexual favors from her in exchange for cheaper rent. The Star Tribune reports that landlord David Sheets also will temporarily turn over management of ...

By The Associated Press BARRON, Wis. (AP) — Jayme Closs' statement at Friday's sentencing for Jake Patterson, the 21-year-old man who killed her parents and kidnapped her last October, holding her captive for 88 days before she escaped. Closs did not appear in court, and her statement was ...

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature convened Friday for a special session to finish crafting a $48 billion, two-year state budget, with House Republicans threatening to draw out the proceedings because of their objections to the way top ...

BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The latest on the sentencing hearing for a Wisconsin man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents (all times local): 5:05 p.m. The family of Jayme Closs says they are satisfied that the man who kidnapped her and killed her parents will be ...

By AMY FORLITI and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press BARRON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents after the girl told the judge that she wanted him "locked up forever" for trying to steal her. Jake ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a 5-year-old boy who survived after being thrown from a third-story balcony at the Mall of America in Minnesota says he will undergo further medical procedures. The Woodbury family posted Thursday evening on a GoFundMe page that the procedures are "non-life ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis man is suing a former police officer recently convicted of murder for allegedly pointing a gun at him during a traffic stop. Brian Oman contends former Officer Mohamed Noor and another officer wrongfully pulled him over in May 2017. Oman says Noor pointed ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A popular Minnesota state park will remain closed through Memorial Day weekend and the month of June. The Department of Natural Resources says Fort Snelling State Park will remain closed because of flooding and damage from a hefty winter snowpack and heavy spring ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has called lawmakers back for a one-day special session after he and top legislative leaders reached agreement Thursday on the last of their major budget bills. Walz called for the special session to convene at 10 a.m. Friday so that legislators ...