An Anoka County sheriff's deputy rescued a young driver whose SUV slid out of control into a deep pond, authorities told the Star Tribune Friday. The SUV, driven by 19-year-old Zach Fritz of Andover,...

Twin Cities home prices continued to increase in March, while the number of home listings declined, the Pioneer Press reported. The Pioneer Press reported the median sale price of a Twin Cities home...

Heaps of trash and piles of used furniture line the front lawns of students’ houses during move-in and move-out weeks. “Chairs, clothes, silverware, dishes — everything is just thrown...

Police arrested two juveniles Tuesday after they carried toy guns onto a Metro Transit bus in North Minneapolis, authories said Wednesday, according to the Star Tribune. People at a bus stop at 35th and...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture warned consumers Wednesday of possibly tainted meat products sold at several coops and dining spots in the Twin Cities. The MDA discovered that smoked pork and beef...

President Barack Obama joined 30,000 children and parents in festivities Monday for the annual White House Egg Roll on the South Lawn, the Associated Press reported. The president participated in the egg...

An Ohio prosecutor abandoned his plan to seek the death penalty for Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog who did not see his shadow on Groundhog Day in February, mistakenly reporting an early...

Start with a waffle. Add a chocolate base. Top with fresh fruit, and sprinkle on some nuts. Turkish waffles are a distictive offering at the Kitty Corner Café , opening Monday in Stadium Village ...

Doctors announced Sunday that a baby born with H.I.V. was cured for the first time, the New York Times reported. The baby, now two and a half, was treated aggressively with antiretroviral drugs 30 hours...

  For Minneapolis transportation, history could repeat itself. Metro Transit is conducting its first study to examine alternative transportation options along Lake Street and the Midtown Greenway,...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is featuring an "eagle cam" on its website showing a pair of American bald eagles nesting in the Twin Cities, according to the Pioneer Press. Watch...

Emily Tucker spent some of her fall semester in the dirt. The environmental sciences policy and management sophomore chose to volunteer at Cornercopia, a student-run organic farm on the St. Paul campus,...

Wolverines could soon be added to the list of endangered species, according to the New York Times. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today a proposal to protect for wolverine in the lower 48...

Wikipedia contains more than 4 million articles, written by tens of thousands of users for more than a decade. In fact, the user-edited encyclopedia has become so massive, it may be collapsing under its...

Stranded dolphin died Friday in poluted Gowanus Canal near Brooklyn according to the Associated Press. USA Today reported that the police and marine mammal rescuers' plan was to wait and see if the...