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A few years ago, on a hunch, a Morris man started to seek help in finding out if his late brother could be one of the most infamous criminals in U.S. history.

A former St. Paul Park, Minn., man is accused by prosecutors of producing pornographic videos of girls at his former residence. Jose A. Soto, now a resident of Texas, was indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on 17 counts of production of child pornography. Soto...

WILLMAR -- The City of Willmar Public Works Department is declaring a snow emergency in the central business district at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. The area affected will be from First Street to Seventh Street Southwest and from Trott Avenue to the bypass. You may use city parking lots...

A Hancock man faces charges related to an incident that began with a domestic disturbance investigation and culminated in an arrest for drug possession. Chad William Goldenstein, 28, was charged Tuesday in Stevens County District Court with fifth degree drug possession, interfering...

A rescheduling conflict of games at Canby tonight has been resolved. The MACCRAY boys varsity basketball team will be playing at Canby at 7:30 p.m. The B squad game starts at 6:15 p.m. The CMCS girls basketball game tonight at Canby has been moved to Jan. 18 as a doubleheader...

PIPESTONE -- Physical evidence at the scene of an alleged armed robbery is pointing in a different direction than the complainant may have intended.

WOODBURY, Minn. - The Home Depot here was one of 13 stores to receive threatening letters containing a nontoxic white powder substance in recent days, according to the FBI. The agency is investigating the mailings, which occurred between Dec. 31 and last Thursday, Ralph Boelter,...

A man and woman were found dead in their rural Carlton County home Sunday as a result of what authorities are calling a possible homicide. Carlton County emergency dispatchers received a report of a man found dead in a residence on Krogh Road in Red Clover Township, about two miles...

A 19-year-old Hastings, Minn., woman, Aleeza Saande, died Sunday afternoon in a crash near Lake City. Saande was south of Lake City, traveling southbound on Highway 61, when her car crossed the centerline and was broadsided by a charter bus about 1:30 p.m. Saande was driving a 2002...