The 25th annual 5k race for the Melpomene Institute starts at Mississippi Boulevard in St. Paul on May 3. Since 1983, the Melpomene Institute, of St. Paul, has sponsored the race to provide women with the opportunity to be physically active.
A person lay dead in a house in the southern part of Owatonna. The shooter asked to speak to the sheriff.
Sheriff Bill Hildebrandt and his deputies knew the gunman too well. He was a repeat offender in the county, and he was assumed to be mentally unstable.
A steady rise in gas prices across the United States has opened the market for alternative-powered vehicles like hybrids, diesels and electric cars.
During a visit to the Hofbrau Haus in Munich, Germany, a 14-year-old boy got his first taste of beer. Far from Munich and nearly 19 years later, he started his own brewery in Brooklyn Center, Minn. After two years of brewing, his beer is on its way to becoming as well known and well respected by beer enthusiasts as any other specialty brew in the United States.