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FORT HOOD, Texas - With their training done, 550 Minnesota National Guard soldiers are waiting to go to Iraq where they'll provide convoy security.

During its existence, the city of Hanley Falls has seen many changes, and even more faces come and go.

The state of Minnesota awarded $37.2 million last week for projects that will improve municipal infrastructure for drinking water and wastewater treatment throughout Minnesota.

Jun 18, 2009 5:05 pm US/Central 1 of 1 Maria Josephine Bjerke, 25, who pleaded guilty in April, received 365 days in prison and will be on supervised probation for two years.

Comment on This Story / Send This Article to a Friend Business North - The Daily Briefing - Business Newspaper Online Duluth receives $6.8 million in stimulus funds for clean water, WLSSD $2.4 million 6/17/2009 The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority has awarded $37.2 million for projects that will improve municipal infrastructure for drinking ...

The ornate State Theatre in Minneapolis is one of Minnesota's classic, restored buildings.

NEW ULM Rev. Roger E. Raebel, 80, of New Ulm, died Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at the New Ulm Medical Center.

The Minnesota State Patrol has identified the Apple Valley woman who died in a weekend crash near Watson in Chippewa County.

Nearly 300 seniors will receive their bachelora s degrees during the 46th annual Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 16, at the University of Minnesota, Morris.

" In the next few days, Minnesotans will see federal economic stimulus funds in the form of orange barrels.

An update on a proposal to build a veterans home in Willmar will be given to Kandiyohi County veterans at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Willmar American Legion.

Author and outdoorsman Will Weaver of Bemidji will provide the keynote address during the Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 16, at the University of Minnesota, Morris.

Buses carrying National Guard Troops from west central Minnesota will be passing through Pipestone early Sunday morning on their way to the Sioux Falls airport.

The soldiers of the Battery A 1st Battalion of the 151st Field Artillery Minnesota National Guard Unit in Marshall will leave for Fort Sill, Texas, on Sunday morning as part of the unit's deployment to the Middle East.

As March roared out like a lion, a small but enthusiastic audience gathered at Backus Auditorium in International Falls to listen to the heart-warming "small town stories" of Neal Hagberg.

Those cute little yellow balls of down a ' chicks and ducklings -- can be a great attraction for children this time of year, but they can also be a source of illness, so it's important for those who handle them to take steps to prevent infection, including good hand hygiene, state health officials say.

Final legal arguments will be presented in the next two months before a ruling is issued on whether or not to indefinitely commit Steven Allen Housman, 54, of Montevideo, to the statea s criminal sexual treatment program in St.

It is a tough weekend for the families of 500 Minnesota National Guard Soldiers who will be away from their loved ones for the next year.

Police and a local school district are calling the drowning death of a fourth grader on a field trip a tragic accident.

An elementary student from the Montevideo School District died Sunday, two days after being pulled from a pool during a field trip.