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WILLMAR -- Sen. Al Franken will visit Willmar on Tuesday to tour Rice Memorial Hospital and talk to area health care officials and employees about the workforce challenges facing rural health care. The visit will include a tour of the Rice Regional Dental Clinic, a joint program...

WASHINGTON - Sen. Al Franken has issued a video to explain how the recent mortgage fraud settlement will affect Minnesotans. The settlement is between 49 of the states and five of the largest mortgage banks in the country. "When I first wrote to the Secretary of the Treasury and...

WILLMAR -- Members of Sen. Al Franken's staff will meet Wednesday afternoon with local education officials and teachers to discuss education reform. The listening session will begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Little Theater of Kennedy Elementary School. Staff members will discuss...

WILLMAR -- The U.S. Senate has a bipartisan federal education reform proposal ready for consideration, but the next steps in the process will depend on what is developed in the House, Sen. Al Franken said Friday morning. There is agreement in both houses of Congress that No Child...

ST. PAUL -- U.S. Sen. Al Franken will speak Wednesday at Farmfest at the Gilfillan Estate near Redwood Falls. According to a news release from Franken's office, the Democratic senator will discuss his efforts on behalf of Minnesota's agriculture community in informal remarks from...

GEORGETOWN, Minn. - With Sen. Al Franken visiting Saturday, Georgetown Mayor Traci Goble took the opportunity to let him know exactly how flooding hurts this town of 129 people.

ST. PAUL -- Al Juhnke, a Willmar Democrat who served seven terms in the Minnesota House of Representative, will go to work for U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. Juhnke, defeated by Willmar Republican Bruce Vogel last November, will handle Franken's agriculture, energy and environmental...