The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources blames the cool spring for slow fishing license sales heading into Saturday's walleye opener.

The Minnesota Vikings will pay a hefty price while they wait for their shiny, new home to be built.

A historic vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law out of its Legislature.

A pivotal vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law out of its Legislature.

Police confirmed Thursday that a body recovered from the Mississippi River is that of a St. Paul woman who has been missing since February.

The mother of a 4-year-old Minnesota boy left behind after a class field trip last month says her family won't sue the school district.

The Minnesota Vikings have wrapped up an agreement with the University of Minnesota to play their home games at TCF Bank Stadium while the new Vikings stadium is being built. And it's going to cost them.

Minnesota has recorded three more flu-related deaths as the influenza season continues to wind down.

A wet spring continues to soak the soil across much of the Midwest, causing the prolonged drought to slowly retreat westward, the weekly drought report released Thursday said.

A 15-year-old girl has died after an all-terrain vehicle crash in northeastern Minnesota.

U.S. Highway 12 has reopened near the site of this week's collision between a freight train and a semi carrying anhydrous ammonia in western Minnesota.

Goalie Josh Harding will start Game 5 for Minnesota against the Chicago Blackhawks and Darcy Kuemper will back him up on Thursday night.

A pivotal vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law out of its Legislature.

Police confirmed Thursday that a body recovered from the Mississippi River is that of a St. Paul woman who has been missing since February.

Environmentalists are counting on a game and fish amendment as their last, best chance this legislative session to control frack sand mining in Minnesota.

Wild coach Mike Yeo says goalie Josh Harding will start Game 5 for Minnesota against the Chicago Blackhawks and Darcy Kuemper will back him up on Thursday.

While California law gives its health care exchange sweeping authority to conceal its spending on outside contractors, Minnesota's exchange already has made several key contracts and requests for proposals readily available to the public on its website.

The Minnesota House stood ready to vote to make the state the 12th to legalize gay marriage Thursday, as rallies planned for and against the measure prompted heightened security at the Capitol.

Frozen lakes and the recent spring snowstorms have conspired to ground migrating loons and grebes in parts of northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota.