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A school bus driver was shot in the head Tuesday after a traffic crash on a snowy I-94. It happened on westbound 94 near Chicago Avenue. Minneapolis Police spokesman John Elder says the shooting was possibly an act of road-rage, but could not confirm. "That's preliminarily what I'm believing,"...

In a letter written on the playerstribune.com, Lynx All-Star Maya Moore announced she will not play professional basketball in 2019. Moore says, "My focus in 2019 will not be on professional basketball, but will instead be on the people in my family, as well as on investing my time in some ministry...

Two bills aimed at increasing voter turnout in the state that usually leads in the nation in the category are moving on at the capitol. One would change to an opt-out registration system when people are renewing their licenses, essentially enacting automatic voter registration. Minnesota residents...

Selling Minnesota tourism can be challenging during our winter months. Especially, after the week we just survived with air temperatures in the Twin Cities dipping to -28 degrees. “I think what we find is people really enjoy the diversity that we have in this state,” said John Edman, Director of...

Two Minnesota women are behind bars after being stopped in Wisconsin with 16 pounds of Methamphetamine. The Wisconsin State Patrol reports that about 10:12 pm Sunday, troopers stopped a vehicle on Interstate 94 in Eau Claire County for a traffic violation. A canine then found a large duffle bag,...

Jayme Closs is slowly but surely healing from the horrible ordeal of being held captive for 88 days and witnessing the violent murder of her parents. Not long after Barron County, Wisconsin authorities found the 13-year-old girl's mother and father shot to death, Jayme's family came forward,...

A 70 degree difference in four days is welcome change, but not for homeowners dealing with frozen pipes. “We responded to 43 incidents of pipes bursting over a 24 hour period counting the ones we’ve gone today, it’s probably about 60,” said Assistant Fire Chief of Administration Bryan Tyner. Tyner...

By Jeff Diamond, former Vikings GM who hosted The Players Show with Mike Max and Harrison Smith (along with other Vikings players) this past season on WCCO Radio. Super Bowl Sunday is just ahead and there are storylines aplenty starting with the old school Patriots in their fourth title game in...

A jury awarded $3.68 million Friday to a woman who was sexually assaulted by a teacher at Children's Theatre Company in the 1980s, but CTC denies claims it failed to protect her. At the same time the number of women accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault began to swell, Laura Stearns said she...

The NBA has named Karl-Anthony Towns a 2019 Western Conference All-Star. The forward/center will be playing in his second NBA All-Star Game after appearing in the Rising Stars Challenge his first two seasons. Towns has appeared in every game this season and currently ranks 16th in scoring, 9th in...