Greater Minnesota

May 12, 2010 3:00 AM

In White Earth, breaking the cycle of domestic violence

A $700,000 federal grant will pay for a domestic violence investigator and expand a victims' advocacy program. The money also will fund a new women's shelter on the White Earth reservation this year.

by Dan Gunderson

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May 11, 2010 2:25 PM

Open burning restrictions lifted in most Minn. counties

State officials will lift open burning restrictions for most of central and northwestern Minnesota on Wednesday, as recent wet and snowy weather has reduced the risk of wildfires.

by Madeleine Baran

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May 10, 2010 4:05 PM

Scattered rains slow Minnesota fieldwork

Scattered rains slowed fieldwork across Minnesota over the past week.

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May 10, 2010 8:14 AM

Fire destroys 2 buildings in Wheaton

Fire departments from five communities are battling a blaze that's destroyed two buildings in the main business district of a west central Minnesota city.

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May 7, 2010 11:15 AM

Leech Lake, White Earth plan treaty rights event

Ojibwe band members will highlight their claim to treaty-based hunting and fishing rights by staging two separate events in Bemidji May 14, a day before the state's walleye fishing opener.

by Tom Robertson

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May 6, 2010 4:29 PM

Side Lake man gets 10 years for massive pot operation

In a plea agreement, Thorsten Gorham Otterness had admitted that he grew 1,339 marijuana plants in a field next to his rural Iron Range home during the summer of 2009.

by Madeleine Baran

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May 4, 2010 6:24 PM

Mixed reaction to Ojibwe fishing protest from outdoors groups

There's mixed reaction from Minnesota outdoors groups on plans by some northern Ojibwe band members to assert hunting and fishing rights they believe are guaranteed by a treaty from the mid-1800s.

by Tom Robertson

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May 4, 2010 3:06 PM

Mayo gets grant for health information program

The Mayo Clinic has been awarded a $12.3 million stimulus grant as part of a nationwide Health Information Technology Pilot program.

by Elizabeth Baier

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May 4, 2010 9:40 AM

Technology could serve the elderly, attract the young

Elected officials, business leaders, and regular citizens have debated for decades how to bolster the economy, provide jobs for Todd's youth so they'll stay or return after college and attract people like Dagen and Fletschock.

by Jennifer Vogel

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May 3, 2010 7:54 PM

Akeley boy injured when run over by sister

A 12-year-old boy is being treated at a burn center in Minneapolis after he was accidentally run over by his 16-year-old sister near Akeley.

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