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New Ulm Medical Center recently received the Innovation of the Year in Patient Care Award from the Minnesota Hospital Association for its social work services designed to provide better care coordination services to emergency department and clinic patients.

This month, Bluedog will be one of four bands competing in the final round of Battle of the Blues Bands on April 7th at Famous Dave's BBQ and Blues Uptown in Minneapolis.

Sensory overload is a way of life. Minnesotans are plugged in, turned on and always connected, but sometimes people just need to tune out and de-stress. KARE 11 asked its Facebook fans to weigh in on where they go to relax.

A fourth-grade field trip to a Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others.

Minneapolis is the 6th most creative city in the nation, according to the Creative Vitality Index's recently released 2013 report.

Three Minneapolis men have been charged, each with one count, of second-degree felony burglary in relation a May 15 incident in Maple Grove.

Americans across the country are reacting with shock to the devastation caused by a 2-mile wide Tornado in Oklahoma .

There have been five attempted luring incidents in Minneapolis' Fifth Precinct since May 2, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.

Minneapolis police Sgt. David Clifford was jailed Sunday, June 17, 2012, on suspicion of assault after a fight at Tanners Station bar in Andover.

The overhaul of St. Louis Park's Highway 7/Louisiana Avenue interchange is one of several items up for consideration as the City Council meets on Monday, May 20.

Fillmore County Veterans' Services Officer Jason Marquardt speaks to the veterans attending the forum.

The presidents of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber and Saint Paul Area Chamber on Sunday condemned the Legislature's inability to approve a dedicated funding source to expand Twin Cities transit.

A second teenager has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a 5-year-old boy who was killed by a stray bullet in north Minneapolis.

An appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of Timothy Bakdash of Roseville, who is serving 40 years for the booze-fueled hit-and-run killing of a Wisconsin man.

A man who fired numerous gunshots in a Minneapolis park where children were playing has been sentenced to a year in jail and eight years of probation.

To celebrate the passage of the marriage equality bill, Revolution Church pastor Jay Bakker served rainbow bread to congregants gathered at Bryant-Lake Bowl.

Police in Minneapolis are investigating and telling residents to be on alert after at least five luring incidents have been reported since May 2. Authorities said they've all taken place in the Fifth Precinct but it's unclear if they are related.

If you believe making a dowdy retailer into a brand new company will come without a few uncomfortable quarters, if not years, well, you've probably been living under a rock.

As the school year wraps up so does the first year of new national requirements for healthier school lunches.

Construction continues on a new transit station at 147th Street and Cedar Avenues, in Apple Valley.