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MINNEAPOLIS — A former youth pastor in Cottage Grove, Minn., is heading to prison for sending sexually explicit images of children to others on social media sites, authorities say. William Leonard Helker, 47, of Pine City, was sentenced in federal court in Minneapolis this past...

WILLMAR — An 11-year-old boy at Willmar's North Central Learning Center has been suspended from school, accused of threatening to bring a gun to the school to shoot people while videotaping it. No firearm was recovered on the student after the Monday threat, Willmar Police...

ST. PAUL — A child is in critical condition after being struck by a school bus in St. Paul Thursday morning, police said. The incident happened around 7:15 a.m. at the intersection of Maryland Avenue and Dale Street, St. Paul police spokesman Steve Linders said. The student was...