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ST. PAUL - Democrats maintained control of the Minnesota House, but would have to wait this morning to see how big a majority they will hold for the next two years. It appears like they would fall short of the veto-proof majority they sought. With incomplete returns, Republicans...

Finishing the spring season with a chance to play in the State Cup was a highlight and a first time experience for the boys of the 2008 Travel BU12C3 spring soccer team. The season started off with the team's only loss, giving speculation to their chance to compete in the 12U bracket....

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's 150th birthday has come and gone, but the celebration - and history lesson - lasts all summer. That is the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission's message as it touts hundreds of events scheduled around the state in the coming weeks and months to commemorate...

Another school-record time by the 4x800 relay was an appropriate ending to the 2008 season for the Farmington girls track team. The foursome of juniors Jackie Beckett and Kaitlin Mincke, freshman Devyn Alberts and eighth grader Bailey Opsal combined on a blazing time of 9:29.27 in...

The Farmington boys track team took a different approach in securing another 32nd-place finish at last weekend's Class AA State Track and Field Championships. Last spring, the Tigers sent five events to Klas Field on the campus of Hamline University in St. Paul, but all 10 of their...

For the first time since 2004, the orange and black of Farmington High School will circle the track in the girls portion of the Class AA State track and field Meet. Junior Jackie Beckett blazed to a season-best time of 2:18 in the preliminaries of the 800 at last Thursday's Section...

Sunday, June 1, is open house day at Minnesota state parks. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources invites everyone to pack a picnic basket and head to any state park and recreation area for free to enjoy the Great Minnesota Picnic. "Each year the public is...

Farmington's boys track team showed marked improvement in its second showing at the True Team State Meet. A year ago, the Tigers finished eighth out of nine teams in their debut at the depth-oriented track competition in Stillwater.

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A Minneapolis woman with ties to Duluth but whose citizenship status has been called into question appeared via satellite television at a federal hearing in Fargo, N.D. on Thursday. Peggy Miechkota has been held in the Grand Forks County Correctional Center since Oct.

Americans and Canadians will have to show proof of citizenship at the border between the two countries beginning Jan. 31 unless, in the words of Sen. Byron Dorgan, U.S. homeland security officials exercise some "common sense." Dorgan, D-N.D., during an appearance Friday at the Fargo-Moorhead...

Three teenagers were arrested on murder charges Sunday, hours after a 27-year-old man was shot and killed in Red Wing. Red Wing police Chief Tim Sletten said the victim, Joel Rafael Diaz Albelo, was found at 12:31 a.m. in the 600 block of North Park Street with a single gunshot...