Minneapolis Metro News

One thing is for sure: Both potential first couples of the United States are well-dressed. John McCain and Barack Obama both appear to be going for a commanding presence, while at the same time competing to see ...

A Torah scroll valued at about $30,000 that was reported stolen from a St. Louis-area synagogue is one of a handful of Torah scrolls stolen in the past year in the United States, mystifying police and the ...

St. Paul, Minn. - A 27-year-old man is expected to be charged before noon today in the murder of a Hopkins woman.

A new bus service started operating in Sheboygan Thursday with destinations including Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Green Bay.

The Republican National Convention in early September in St. Paul could have an effect on air traffic in Eau Claire.

Dunn County chief medical examiner Chris Kruse reported in a press release Tuesday afternoon that all three UW-Stout students who died in a fire April 5 were under the influence of alcohol at the time of their ...

Toxicology results show the three UW-Stout students who died in a house fire had blood-alcohol levels between two and almost four times the legal limit to drive.

The Twin Cities metro area's population grew to 2.85 million in 2007, according to the Metropolitan Council's annual population estimates.

Authorities say three college students who died in a house fire in April had blood-alcohol levels from two to almost four times the legal limit in drunken driving cases.

St. Paul, Minn. - Former Sen. Dean Barkley says he is almost certain he will enter Minnesota's U.S. Senate race today.

Minneapolis suburb Plymouth, Minn., has topped this year's Money Magazine list of "America's Best Places to Live." Plymouth was followed on the list by Fort Collins, Colo.; Naperville, Ill.; Irvine, Calif.; ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Organizers of the Republican National Convention say they have raised $39 million for the September event.The Minneapolis Saint Paul 2008 Host Committee said Monday it has met a July 15 ...

CNN's so-called "multi-touch" computerized media wall will be on hand at this year's Democratic and Republican national conventions, the U.S. network says.

Two men pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Minneapolis on unrelated bank robbery cases.

Farmington civics teacher Paul Winkelaar is sure of one thing when it comes to boys and girls: They possess vastly different learning styles.

A 35-year-old man pleaded guilty this week in federal court to two counts of bank robbery in connection with holdups last fall in West St.

State Rep. Ron Erhardt of Edina says he is leaving the Republican Party and will run for re-election this fall as an independent.

"It will be interesting to see who I am by the summer of 2008." - Juliet Kosarzycki, in the March 19, 2006 edition of the Herald Times Reporter.

A former Hudson woman convicted of killing a motorcyclist at a Hudson intersection last fall repeatedly apologized for her actions before being placed on five years probation Wednesday in St.

Progressive Contractors Inc. has a subcontract for reconstruction now underway on the Interstate 35W bridge.