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GRANITE FALLS -- More than two decades of work to clean up the Minnesota River has brought together a diverse partnership of stakeholders in the state's namesake watershed, and produced something once unimaginable. The river once derided as an open sewer is a candidate for designation...

WILLMAR -- Minnesota needs to work together again, says Mary Sawatzky, 51, of Willmar, the DFL-endorsed candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives District 17B. She said voters want an end to partisanship and are looking for a candidate who can hear and represent their...

MONTEVIDEO -- Uruguay is lauded as the most democratic nation in South America, and its people pride themselves on their involvement in politics in peaceful and respectful ways. That's from Mariel Doyenhart, who arrived in Montevideo, Minn., from her home in Montevideo, Uruguay,...

ST. CLOUD -- The 82-year-old rural Paynesville man convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for shooting an Albertville man to death last fall is now in the custody of the Department of Corrections. According to the State DOC website, Delbert...

There is heightened interest as Minnesota marks the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862. Hundreds of monuments and markers are scattered throughout southwestern Minnesota and the Minnesota River Valley to remember the tragic conflict. There are also historical...

The annual Fourth of July Parade is held Wednesday in Spicer, Minn.