Greater Minnesota

Gunfire, chants mark Wounded Knee anniversary
A Pine Ridge Indian Reservation resident who found herself in the middle of the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation said Wednesday amid ceremonial gunfire and chants that little has changed since the fatal standoff.
Mayo reports solid 2012 despite income drop
Rochester-based Mayo Clinic reports a large decline in its bottom line last year, but officials are still calling the results a solid financial performance. Clinic officials say the drop in income was by design, but is also due in part to a large payment to its pension plan.
A Bemidji bus driver has resigned after allegedly dropping a 6-year-old a quarter mile from home in freezing temperatures as punishment.
Frac sand mining moratorium bill stirs debate
After a state Senate committee approved a one-year moratorium on new silica sand mines, lawmakers are debating whether Minnesota should place tougher regulations on silica sand mining.
Reflection as Wounded Knee anniversary approaches
American Indian activists took over the tiny village of Wounded Knee on South Dakota's sprawling Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on Feb. 27, 1973, in what would become a 71-day, fatal standoff with FBI agents that attracted national attention to the impoverished reservation and the plight of local tribes.
Bail set for ex-Shattuck teacher in student sex case
A former teacher at Shattuck-St. Mary's prep school in Faribault has appeared in a Minnesota courtroom Tuesday, more than four months after he was charged with sexual misconduct involving students.
A Rochester minister who shot his granddaughter after mistaking her for an intruder has pleaded guilty to a felony charge.