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The current framework for the bonding proposal would put $1 billion toward state agency projects with an emphasis on preserving existing assets. Local projects would get $400 million. But with just hours before a deadline to pass any bills, no proposal had fully materialized.

The proposal would let the state's biggest breweries sell growlers from their taprooms and allow smaller breweries to sell four and six-packs of beer.

The Lakers had six runner-up finishes, while Osakis head coach Lee VanNyhuis lauded the way many of his young athletes stepped up in their first taste of a state meet.

Lawmakers had just hours left to finish $8 billion in spending and tax plans before a midnight deadline and several large bills had not yet been wrapped up.

The Cardinals won by 17 strokes in a two-day event that featured 11 of the top-20 ranked teams in the state.

A small county in Tennessee for much of the past year has reported the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in Tennessee and one of the highest in the South. If only it were true. The rate in Meigs County was artificially inflated by a data error that distorted most of Tennessee’s county-level […]

Photo of the Week of storm clouds in Miltona

The crash was staged on the public boat landing and featured two vehicles with several people in each vehicle.

In addition to spending, the higher education bill also includes a provision that would require all higher education institutions to include an affirmative consent standard as part of their sexual conduct policies.

The commissioning of USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the first ceremony like it in state history, packed the port with dignitaries, military service veterans.

Ellison received resounding support for his work over the last four years.

Simon and his wife, Leia, both delivered emotional speeches following the endorsement.

The compromise plan was announced Saturday, May 21, and could be the state's largest tax cut proposal in state history. Lawmakers would have to adopt it and the governor would have to sign it into law before the changes could take effect.

Kris Richard Severin was taken into custody on Friday morning.

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The key is to continually remind children and teens that they are cared for, and to help them get back into the structure and familiar activities that give them a feeling of accomplishment. That's the advice of two experts from Mayo Clinic.

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"Minding Our Elders" columnist Carol Bradley Bursack says there are times when a decision has to be made on behalf of a family member.

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After writing four editions herself, Anne Arthur invited her daughter Signy Sherman to collaborate on the the latest.

Complicating the shortage is a Minnesota DNR requirement that minnow dealers who trap spottail shiners in waters designated as infested with zebra mussels must remove their gear by Monday, May 23.

"Fielding Questions" columnist Don Kinzler also answers questions about spraying newly seeded grass and dealing with quackgrass in raspberries.

The call to defend abortion rights animates the DFL convention Friday night in Rochester.

Friends and colleagues attending the funeral for Blomkest firefighter Ryan Leif Erickson remembered him as a man who always “showed up” where he was needed. Erickson's funeral was Friday in Willmar.

Investigators at the scene identified the area outside where the confrontation occurred, finding the bat, scuff marks, a pool of blood and a small lock blade knife.

Both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature on Friday approved a plan to rewrite the state's liquor laws to boost the amount breweries can produce and still offer to-go sales from their taprooms.

The action last Saturday was fair – no surprise, considering the weather – but it was good enough to keep things interesting.

USDA surveys keep U.S. agriculture 'viable and capable,' official says

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Endangered bee pollinates tomatoes and eggplants.

A seemingly happy family ended in tragedy after the father bludgeoned his wife to death, suffocated his 9-year- and 22-month-old children, lit his house on fire and then hanged himself 38 years ago.

"Growing Together" columnist Don Kinzler says different strategies are required to deal with the weeds.

Humans have eaten venison from CWD-infected deer before and did not get the disease, but at a recent Minnesota legislative hearing on this year’s environment and natural resources bill, a leader in the state’s effort to trace CWD said the key to preventing a possible animal-human jump […]

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Alexandria Police sergeant Brian Kakach and Alexandria Technical and Community College law graduate Jack Anderson discuss training, responsibilities and conflicts of police officers in the latest episode of the Echo press' Talk of the Town podcast, a two-part series.

Alexandria Police Sergeant Brian Kakach and Alexandria Technical and Community College law enforcement graduate Jack Anderson sat down with the Echo Press to discuss the training and responsibilities of police officers while providing background on themselves.

On Wednesday, May 18, volunteers met at different sites to work on projects such as clearing brush, staining picnic shelters, raking the beach and painting murals.

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Dustin and Desiree Wiita, along with their four young children, were safe in the their basement under the stairwell in a storage space when the storm hit their neighborhood in northwest Alexandria on Thursday, May 11.

Sarah Lancaster hopes to use her newfound platform to advocate for more mental health services in schools and the important of teachers of color.

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The foundation’s goal is to generate and distribute resources to the Alexandria Public Schools that enrich teaching, inspire learning, and enhance opportunities for students.

The cost of student housing and meal plans will go up by more than usual next year — 3.7% on average, or $344.

The lot previously housed several businesses, including Raapers, a restaurant. Raapers, along with five other businesses, were all lost after a devastating fire tore through that part of the downtown area in February 2020.

A worker witnessed the woman drive through a barricade into the concrete on Seventh Street Northeast in Rochester.

Duluth is a hotbed of a growing national trend focused on moving preschool classrooms outdoors.

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A key piece of evidence in this case stemmed from the discovery of Pamela Dunn's engagement ring.

When a person goes missing, law enforcement is often stuck in a problematic position. Without a body, it can be difficult to prove a crime existed. That means justice, however obvious it may seem, is often not achieved. For the 2001 missing persons case of Pamela Dunn, that’s not exactly […]