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Congressional negotiators announced a final agreement on a $300 billion farm bill Thursday, but local farmers, food banks and conservationists still aren't at ease. ...
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Ali Gombo, a fifth-grader at Riverside Central Elementary with the confidence to stand up against prejudice, was one of 22 students honored this morning with a Turnaround Achievement Award. ...
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Several people who attended a presentation Thursday about the Rochester school district's five-year plan said they support the overall message but wish more people had been around to hear it....
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In his 27 years in the lawn-care business, Terry Plath never has seen gas prices take such a bite out of profits. ...
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CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. -- A bit of military history has been unearthed at Camp Ripley. Plumbers were digging a 15-foot-deep trench to lay a new sewer line when they uncovered a World War I military motorcycle and sidecar....
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In response to stale enrollment and changing trends in student choices, Rochester public schools laid off seven teachers Thursday night....
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ST. PAUL -- Troopers tried to communicate with Mark Backlund, but he tried to restart his minivan and then struggled with the troopers as they used a Taser to restrain him....
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A criminal charge has been filed against a Rochester man who allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of books, CDs and DVDs from the Rochester Public Library....
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A Stewartville teen charged in connection with extensive vandalism to the property of a Stewartville family has been fined, put on probation, and ordered to pay restitution of more than $29,000. ...
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ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Supreme Court has again upheld the conviction of a Duluth man in the kidnapping and killing of a teenager following a minor traffic accident in 1996....
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