Greater Minnesota

A Hastings woman said her 11-year-old son died after a swine flu infection led to a fatal case of pneumonia, which if confirmed would make him the 11th person in Minnesota to die from the outbreak.
The Small Business Administration says disaster loans are available in some eastern Minnesota counties because of the drought that began earlier this year.
Man pleads guilty to DWI in a motorized La-Z-Boy
A criminal complaint says 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told police he left the Keyboard Lounge in Proctor on his customized La-Z-Boy after drinking eight or nine beers.