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Twin Cities families are facing a perfect storm of lost jobs, lost housing and less help.

With 2009 being the year of the Ponzi scheme, I guess John Grisham has an easy route in writing his next lawyer style book.

U.S. attorneys Joseph Dixon, left, and John Marti listen as colleague Tim Rank, right, discusses Wednesday s verdict against Tom Petters outside the federal courthouse in St.

Jurors in the Tom Petters fraud trial finished their third day of deliberations Monday without reaching a verdict.

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. today announced that it has been selected to present at the Canaccord Adams 2009 Global Energy Conference.

While some Lutheran churches are suspending payments to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in protest of its vote to roster actively gay preachers, a Minneapolis church is going the other way.

The classical music season is in full swing, and that means you'll have to make choices again this weekend.

A woman was struck by a number of vehicles and died Monday night west of the Twin Cities.

The Edina Art Center's annual sale featuring one-of-a-kind items made by more than 50 regional artists runs through Dec.

Two unprecedented teachers' contracts approved by the ISD 2142 school board between 2002 and 2004 pushed salaries for the district's senior teaching staff to the highest levels in the state of Minnesota, and have played a major role in the district's dramatic financial slide.

It really is a dog's life at Pampered Pooch Playground . The eco-friendly doggie daycare limits the number of pets they take each day, so tail-waggers have more room to nap and chase bubbles.

A Minnesota businessman accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme testified Tuesday that he did not knowingly participate in the fraud and may have "trusted some people far too much." Tom Petters took the stand in the third week of his trial on 20 counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy and money-laundering and proclaimed his innocence.

Stander, who's always been active in arts himself during his many years with Isobel, took on a bigger role two weeks ago, accepting the position of director of the Elk River Area Arts Alliance .

More from West Metro To its Wayzata neighbors, Bushaway Road is a charming, oak-lined drive that's as old as the state itself and redolent of Lake Minnetonka's rich and colorful past.

Two long-time Minnesota businessmen told the jury in the Tom Petters fraud trial that Petters borrowed millions of dollars from them and then tried everything to get out of paying them back.

What: More than 80 realistic still lifes, impressionistic landscapes and portraits by a Wayzata native living in northern Wisconsin.

Birds of a feather flock together. Minnesota business by the numbers See Minnesota's top earning companies, CEOs and non-profits Charges: Andover printer ran a Ponzi scheme Project: The Tom Petters fraud case Petters trial at a glance More from Business Twin Cities restaurateur Dean Vlahos painted a trail of deception and betrayal Thursday by ...

Peterson WAYZATA - Marin Elizabeth Kirchner and Matthew Peterson was united in marriage Aug.

Is it fair or wise that Anoka Hennepin will be able to spend $165 per pupil, beyond what the state provides, South St.

Timothy Anderson was perturbed to get the following phone call on Election Day eve, when Wayzata had two school levy questions on the ballot: This is an automated phone call from Chace Anderson, superintendent of Wayzata Public Schools .