Twin Cities

A tentative deal between Ford and the United Auto Workers could give temporary workers at the St. Paul Ranger plant the chance to become full-time employees, despite the fact that the plant is slated to close in 2011.
Allegations that a 26-year-old Chanhassen man lied about a cross-country road trip with a group of friends last week have made some Somali-Americans worry that even more young Minnesota men are still trying to join the escalating warfare in their homeland.
A Minnesota-based packaged ice company has agreed to pay a $9 million criminal fine for allegedly conspiring with a competitor to divide up the ice market in the Detroit area and southeastern Michigan, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
The Hennepin County medical examiner's office has released the name of the 32-year-old Lakeville man who was killed over the weekend when his car hit a traffic light in Minneapolis.