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Prison for southern Minnesota driver whose drunken crash killed a motorcyclist
Nicholas Sprau, 60, of the Rochester area was drunk and within feet of his driveway when he crashed his vehicle into an oncoming motorcycle in 2022.
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Colorado company eyes Glencoe expansion after nixing plans for AI data center in southern Minnesota
Revolve Labs said talks with Mountain Lake are on hold and focus is now on its existing site in Glencoe.
March 27, 2025
Downtown investment in Rochester up, almost all of it from Mayo Clinic
Non-Mayo private investment in 2024 was just over $9 million, the lowest since the city started Destination Medical Center.
March 27, 2025
Nationwide cyberattack exposes data of thousands of Minnesota students
The hack at PowerSchool, a provider of K-12 educational software, spread across North America. State regulators won’t say how many Minnesota schools were hit.
March 27, 2025
Two Minnesota towns rally to protect Ukraine war refugee whose future is in doubt
Dasha Shyroka came to Minnesota as an exchange student at 15. Then war broke out in her homeland. Three years later, the Gustavus student may be forced to return.
March 27, 2025
IRRRB picks new chair to replace Justin Eichorn, out after he resigned from Senate after arrest
Sen. Robert Farnsworth of Hibbing is new chair of the Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Board.
March 26, 2025
Red Wing juvenile center’s well-being checks faulted in teen’s death, investigation says
A state inspector general’s report also finds the facility did not seek parental approval before administering medication to the young inmate.
March 26, 2025
FBI, U.S. Attorney allege former Sen. Eichorn familiar with soliciting sex; involved wife after arrest
At a hearing for probable cause and detention, an FBI special agent testified about the circumstances before and after the arrest of Justin Eichorn in a prostitution sting.
March 26, 2025
Northern Minnesota fourth-graders take charge after school bus driver suffers medical emergency on route
Two Crow Wing County students noticed the driver was not following the normal route, then used the radio to call help, helped lead officials to them and had their fellow students lined up on the side of the road.
March 26, 2025
350-pound teacher stood on sixth-grader’s back, injuring boy, charges say
Jason L. Rogers of Underwood was charged with one gross misdemeanor count of malicious punishment of a child.
March 26, 2025
Duluth mayor pushes downtown living
But work remains to make the area livable, Mayor Roger Reinert said in his state of the city address, where he also warned of possible property tax hikes.
March 26, 2025
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Would you risk your life to save a stranger? These Minnesotans did.
These Carnegie Hero Fund Medal winners show the unselfishness, courage and compassion inside seemingly ordinary Minnesotans.
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