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2 US Mussels Found In Minn. To Be Listed As Endangered
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Two freshwater mussel species once common in the eastern U.S. but now found in only a handful of rivers are going on the federal Endangered Species List. The sheepnose and...
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Vikings, Sage Rosenfels Agree To 2-year Contract
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels and the Minnesota Vikings have agreed in principle to a new, two-year contract. Rick Smith, the agent for Rosenfels, confirmed Monday that...
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Gophers Take Upbeat Attitude To NIT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The National Invitation Tournament is often viewed as an anticlimactic, meaningless conclusion to the college basketball season, particularly for a program like Minnesota stuck in...
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Preemptive Strike: Mpls Woman’s Double Mastectomy
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A North Minneapolis woman says it wasn’t a matter of if, but when. She was destined to get cancer. She was tired of waiting for the diagnosis. Thirty-nine-year-old Melissa...
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Minnesota Teen To Compete In London Paralympics
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A young basketball star from Elysian, Minn. will be competing on a world stage. This summer, Rose Hollermann will be on the women’s wheelchair basketball team. She’ll compete in...
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Unions Crowd Minn. Capitol Over ‘Right To Work’
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Republican senators got a taste Monday of the fight over labor rights that gripped other Midwestern statehouses in the last year, with a committee narrowly passing...
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Menards Hardware Store Reinventing Its Look
GOLDEN VALLEY (WCCO) — At the time when many hardware chains are closing stores, Menards says it opens a new location every week. Its latest has re-invented the traditional hardware store. A year ago,...
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Green Sports Car On Display At TC Auto Show
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The 39th annual Twin Cities Auto Show is reeving up car enthusiasts. One car on the show floor, the Lexus LFA, is lavish and fast and costs more than many homes – it retails just...
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Senser’s Plymouth Restaurant Closes, Economic Reason Cited
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A second restaurant owned by former Minnesota Viking Joe Senser has closed. The Plymouth restaurant has a sign on the door saying it shut down for economic reasons. Back in...
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NCAA Schedule For 3/15 & 3/16
The NCAA tournament is already in full force after Sunday’s reveal of all teams making it through to March. With so many teams playing at once, it can be hard to keep track of when (and where!) you...
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Bubble Barrier May Protect MN Waters From Asian Carp
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It may sound like a bubble bath for Asian carp, but the underwater device being tested at a University of Minnesota research lab is hardly meant to be a spa. The device produces a...
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U Student Generates MIT Interest With NCAA Bracket Formula
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Like most basketball fans, University of Minnesota graduate student Luke Stanke is checking the teams and figuring out his brackets. But Stanke has a secret weapon. He developed a...
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MSHSL Explains Why Jabs Not On Ice
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota State High School League is explaining why a paralyzed hockey player was not on the ice after his team won the Class 2A state boys championship. Sophomore...
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Vance Worley Worthy Of Recognition As Part Of Phillies’ Vaunted Rotation
(Credit: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images) By David Heck, Special to CBS Local Sports CBS Local Sports will be profiling one young player from each Major League Baseball team every day for the next 30 days...
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Woman Stabbed In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A woman suffered non-life threatening injuries after a stabbing in Minneapolis overnight. According to police, an off-duty officer responded to a report of a fight at Cedar Avenue...
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2 Arrested After Shooting Guns From Vehicle
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police arrested two people in connection to a report of shots fired in Inver Grove Heights, Minn. According to officials, a call came in around 4:53 a.m. Sunday that shots were...
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Wolfpack Erase Early Deficit, Hang On To Top Hoyas
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lorenzo Brown hit three free throws in the final 10.6 seconds and North Carolina State conjured up its glorious tradition with a 66-63 upset of third-seeded Georgetown in a...
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Liriano Throws Five Hitless Innings For Twins
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Jamey Carroll’s bat woke up Sunday after a sluggish start. Carroll went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs Sunday as the Minnesota Twins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-0....
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Nobel Laureate Wieman To Speak At UW-Madison
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nobel laureate Carl Wieman is scheduled to speak in Madison this week about ways to improve science and engineering education. Wieman shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 2001 for...
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Artists Depict Wounded Knee Massacre, Occupation
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Jerry Fogg was just a teenager when he was handed a gun and told to help guard the South Dakota town of Wounded Knee during one of the most public displays of protest by the...
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