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Gas prices slow Meals on Wheels
Some local programs are struggling to retain volunteers who have trouble paying for fuel.
North Metro
Brother pleads guilty in slaying of Brooklyn Park couple
Ronelle Loving, one of two brothers charged in the January 2007 murder, will spend 20 years in prison.
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- New Brighton man faces felonies for homemade firecracker
- Osseo schools: 'We need the dollars’
- Toothpicks, glue, string and optimism
- Plan for eventual New Hope city center hits snags
- Abeler, who bucked Pawlenty, seeks reelection
- Coon Rapids wants to hear what residents want to see
- Council OKs road plan, but area residents say they'll still fight for those being displaced
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East Metro
Recovery road
The Hugo tornado tore apart a family, killing a boy and severely injuring his sister. For the first time, the Prindles talk about the sirens, silence, then the wind.
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- Don't mark your territory for the parade in Forest Lake
- Taste fest caters to families
- Cities compromise on thousands in sewage fees
- New mayor is an old pro at city politics
- Maplewood's Ray Basques: Learning & giving
- Tax vote earns Washington County commissioner a party snub
- Judge declines to lower bail in case of ex-fugitive accused of killing wife
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South Metro
Foreclosures have officials in Scott, Dakota pondering how to help
A grim rise in foreclosures creates challenges for south-metro counties: What to do and at what cost?
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- Scott County Board chair to step aside
- New mission, new Landing
- Beijing Games coin for sale -- for $1 million
- Bike ride benefits Kids n' Kinship mentor program
- Downtown Lakeville has something new in store
- Schools wondering where their lunch money went
- Eagan mortgage company owner pleads guilty to fraud, ID theft
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West Metro
Minnetonka man is all abuzz about keeping bees
Beekeepers are fighting to keep bee populations from declining. More than a third of U.S. commercial bee colonies have died this year.
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- Gas prices slow Meals on Wheels
- Memo touts disrupting transport for the RNC
- Medicine Lake trail bridge is, uh, shocking
- Carver County maps lifesavers to keep them near and dear to hearts
- Cooper coach began his sentence for sex with teen
- Visitors are heading back to Big Island
- Minnetonka car dealers debate indoor sales lots
West Metro prep sports
- Legion baseball: Tradition in transition
- Chaska's Hand headed for Gulf Coast League
- Scholar-Athletes of the Year: Building for the future
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Woman who lost her baby is arrested
The infant was found by Minneapolis police at a doorstep a block away from his home.
Hospital security job cuts raise concerns
Gustavus Adolphus College is near the hospital that houses the mentally ill and sex offenders
North Side activist awakened early by a fire raging inside his truck
Investigators have yet to determine the cause, but the victim suspects revenge.
Find fireworks in the Twin Cities area
Use our interactive map to see where to go to get a big bang (or two) out of your summer.
Memo touts disrupting transport for the RNC
An anarchist group claims it has plans that will help it create chaos at the convention.
One vote: Going once, going twice, charged!
Max Sanders, a University of Minnesota student who tried to sell his vote on eBay for a minimum of $10, got no offers, but he did get charged with a felony.
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