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Updated: Mauer agrees to contact with Minnesota Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — AL MVP Joe Mauer has agreed to an eight-year, $184 million contract extension to stay with the Minnesota Twins.March 21, 2010
Minn. police use stun gun on naked man on freeway
FOREST LAKE, Minn. - Forest Lake police say they used a stun gun on a naked man who ran in a freeway median claiming to be God and the devil.March 21, 2010
State approves longer flood emergency
ST. PAUL — A state board approved a 30-day emergency flood declaration Friday, a day before the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator begins several days looking into area flooding.By Don Davis , March 20, 2010
Many tools but no guarantees in flood forecasting
FARGO, N.D. — A year ago, weather forecasters changed their estimate late in the game of just how high the Red River would rise, stoking an 11th-hour sandbagging flurry in Fargo that proved unnecessary in the end because the new prediction was wrong.March 20, 2010
Budget fix disliked by all
ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers on Monday will debate budget bills no one likes.March 20, 2010
State declares 30-day flood emergency declaration
ST. PAUL - A state board approved a 30-day emergency flood declaration this morning, a day before the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator begins several days looking into area flooding.March 19, 2010
MnDOT closes U.S. Highway 10 north of Little Falls due to flood damage
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has closed U.S. Highway 10 near Little Falls because Mississippi River flooding has severely damaged approaches to a bridge.March 19, 2010
GOP Minn. gov. candidates Emmer and Seifert get testy in debate
PLYMOUTH, Minn. - Reflecting their tight battle, Republican gubernatorial candidates Tom Emmer and Marty Seifert scraped Thursday over voting records and policy proposals as they sought to pull party support their way ahead of a state endorsing convention six weeks away.By Brian Bakst , March 19, 2010
Goodhue ends BLH’s season
MINNEAPOLIS — It was an historic day for the communities of Buffalo Lake and Hector, which sent its first team ever to a state basketball tournament.
March 19, 2010
Flood-stranded farmer rescued in LqP County
MADISON — A Minnesota State Trooper rescued an 86-year-old farmer who drove his tractor into a flooded field in Lac qui Parle County on Thursday.
March 19, 2010
Cannon Falls man pleads guilty in poaching case of record
RED WING, Minn. — A Cannon Falls, Minn., man accused of poaching a world-class buck was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail and had his hunting privileges suspended for five years.By Mike Longaecker , March 18, 2010
Trooper rescues flood-stranded farmer in Lac qui Parle County
A State Trooper tied himself to an inflatable raft and rescued a Lac qui Parle County farmer who had become stranded after driving his tractor into a flooded field on Thursday.
March 18, 2010
MnSCU board urges further tobacco bans
Further smoking restrictions might be coming to many of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities’ 54 campus.By News-Tribune staff , March 18, 2010
Move to debate federal health care fails in Minnesota Senate
ST. PAUL — A Republican move to force a Minnesota Senate debate on the federal health care overhaul has fallen short.March 18, 2010
Stillwater builds flood levee to protect downtown
STILLWATER, Minn. - City crews have built a 1,700-foot levee of concrete barriers to protect downtown Stillwater from the rising St. Croix River.March 18, 2010
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