Independence News

The Independence Party of Minnesota, saying it had been spurred to act following a meeting with Republican nominee John McCain, announced Wednesday it will likely endorse a presidential candidate.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A new poll shows Minnesota is moving more solidly into Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's column while also confirming that the state's U.S. Senate race is a toss-up with three ...

Democrat Barack Obama is the only presidential candidate who "gets it" when it comes to the nation's economic problems, his wife Michelle Obama told supporters Monday.

The three candidates for U.S. Senate are debating the economy and foreign policy in a Saturday night debate that's touching on the economy and foreign policy.

Is the decision a polite gesture, a political tactic - or too little too late? By Rachel E. Stassen-Berger rstassen-berger@pioneerpress.com Article Last Updated: 10/10/2008 11:20:30 PM CDT Heading into the ...

Medina City Council discussed two issues with potentially significant impacts centered on the reliance on volunteers in the future.

KARE 11, kare11.com and Debate Minnesota are co-hosting a debate with the leading U.S. Senate candidates this Saturday, October 11th beginning at 7 p.m. It will be the first televised debate of the three ...

Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Lori Skjerven Gildea was in Fairmont this week as part of a campaign tour through the state.

Members of Albert Leaa s Western Star Lodge No. 26, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, will be observing the 150th year of this organization with a dinner and program at the Elks Club on Oct.

A major shift comes in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race Thursday, as one candidate pulled to a double-digit lead according to a new KSTP-SURVEY USA poll.

Comp plan request could lead to Target for Independence The Independence Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Oct.

Casting her opposition vote against the Bush administration's $700 billion bailout plan for Wall Street firms and banks caused U.S. Rep.

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West Hennepin Public Safety officials said last week its officers had arrested three local men investigators believe are responsible for numerous burglaries and instances of criminal damage to property in Maple ...

New details are being released about the only U.S. Senate debate to be held in southeastern Minnesota.

Three men have been arrested and charged with the burglaries of several businesses in the west metro communities of Maple Plain and Independence, said Ray McCoy, director of the West Hennepin Public Safety ...

Crowded field lines up for run at city council seats around Westonka By Eric Serrano, Editor The local campaign season is officially under way for 2008 with the opening of candidate filing for municipal and ...

You've seen them hash it out in television ads, you've read about them going at it in news conferences.

As GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and DFL senatorial candidate Al Franken and their surrogates lash out at each other through increasingly harsh campaign ads, the pummeling each is administering to the other is leaving ...

At a time when political attack ads have come to dominate campaigns and substantive stands on issues take a distant back seat, there is occasional good news.