State News

Olmsted County has joined the list of Minnesota counties where the community transmission of COVID-19 has risen to a level that carries a recommendation for the indoor use of face coverings.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has decided to extend an air-quality alert for the entire state because of what it is describing as an unprecedented air-quality event.

The deadly crash occurred about 4 miles northwest of Pine Island.

The motive was apparently a debt involving just over $600.

The 28-year-old man is accused of opening fire on 5 police officers on the Red Lake Indian Reservation.

The vehicle that struck the victim was reported stolen in Anoka.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for almost the entire state with the exception of the North Shore.

He recently pleaded guilty to five felony charges.

He is survived by his wife and four children.

A northern Minnesota man is scheduled to be sentenced in September for killing his young niece while driving drunk.