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Season Of Hope: Helping A Family Of 10
In communities all around us, there is no shortage of good, hard-working families that just need a little help to get through tough times. So, in this Season of Hope, WCCO is connecting families in...
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1 Dead In Stearns County Crash
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – One person was killed after his pickup truck went off the road and crashed into a tree, according to the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office. The crash happened near St. Augusta,...
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Talk-Show Host Offers Gingrich $1M To Drop Out
A popular right-wing talk-radio host has offered Newt Gingrich $1 million to drop out of the race for the GOP nomination. Why? Click on the link below to read more. [Yahoo!]
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Report Predicts Good Year For Twin Cities Job Market
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Twin Cities job market may be about to pick up, according to a new report out by the Manpower workforce firm. According to the report released Tuesday morning, approximately 15...
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Semi Crashes Into School Bus In Roseau
ROSEAU, Minn. (WCCO) — Eight children were injured after a semi rear ended a school bus near Roseau, Minn. Police say the crash happened around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on Highway 11, about four miles west of...
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Marshal: Mora Fire Likely Accidental
WEB EXTRA: Mora Apartment Fire Photo Gallery MORA, Minn. (WCCO) – The Minnesota Fire Marshal says it appears the fire that killed three people in Mora, Minn. last week was accidental. The investigation...
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Victim ID’d In Fatal Elko-New Market Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The 43-year-old woman killed in a crash in Elko-New Market, Minn. has been identified. The Minnesota State Patrol said Darlene Blake, of Faribault, Minn. was killed after a vehicle...
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Wander Minnesota: Giving The Local Gift
Want to support the locally made market this holiday season? There are plenty of options. Of course I have to mention my own book, Backroads & Byways of Minnesota, available at several local book...
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Police: Dad Arrested For Assaulting Son At B-Ball Game
LAKEVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) – An Eagan father was arrested after he allegedly assaulted his son after a basketball game. The incident happened last Saturday after an eighth grade basketball game that was...
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White House Nixes Dollar Coin Program
Do you like dollars but prefer the heft of a nice, thick coin over a thin, dry paper bill? Well, too bad … unless you’re a collector. [NPR]
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Hastings Man Accused Of Peeping, Threatening Boy
HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) – A 34-year-old Hastings man is accused of peeping in on a young boy, showing him pornographic magazines and purchasing tobacco for him, according to charges filed Tuesday in...
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NTSB Recommends Ban On Cell Phones In Cars
States should ban all driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices, except in emergencies, the National Transportation Board said Tuesday. [Los Angeles Times]
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Macy’s To Be Open ‘Round-The-Clock’ Before Christmas
Macy’s is doing it again — staying open for three straight days leading up to Christmas. Most of the stores in the Midwest and on the East Coast plan on staying open for 83 straight hours — that...
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St. Thomas Student Sells Headbands For Hope
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A sophomore at the University of St. Thomas is doing more than studying these days. She’s also raising hope for kids in Africa. Lindsey Landgraf creates headbands and sells...
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Chelsea Clinton Makes Journalism Debut
While it is a touching story that she told, as a journalist, I wonder if Chelsea Clinton started in a small market like most journalists do. I guess when you have important parents, you don’t...
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Man Killed In Single Vehicle Rollover Accident
WILLMAR, Minn. (WCCO) — One person is dead after a rollover accident in Kandiyohi County on Tuesday morning. Kandiyohi County deputies received a call of a vehicle rollover crash just before 7 a.m. on...
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Farmer Testifies On MF Global Collapse
A Minnesota farmer is a long way from his cornfields today. He’s in Washington, D.C., pushing lawmakers to take action after a brokerage firm’s collapse cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars. [WCCO]
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Minn. Farmer To Testify On MF Global Collapse
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota farmer told a Senate panel Tuesday he wants to know what became of $253,000 of his money that’s gone missing in the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global Inc....
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Court Showdown Set Over Morning-After Pill
A federal judge in Brooklyn is set to hear arguments over whether the federal government is acting constitutionally in its decisions over the access teenage girls should have to morning-after...
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Report: Alcohol-Related Traffic Deaths On The Rise
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A report released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday shows that alcohol-related traffic deaths are on the rise in Minnesota. The report says fatal...
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