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Rita and Marty Javens await verdict in Willmar |
08/07/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
WILLMAR — Olga Marina Franco Del Cid was found guilty of all 24 counts, including criminal vehicular homicide, for driving a minivan that caused a school bus crash and killed four students near Cottonwood.
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08/07/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
ST. PAUL – Small schools in rural Minnesota fared best in the latest round of federal education assessments, but even they are part of a statewide trend of fewer schools meeting the standards.
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Brian Davis wants to allow off-shore oil drilling |
08/06/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. – A southern Minnesota congressional challenger used a Tuesday farm forum to drill home his support for off-shore oil drilling.
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Olga Franco testifies at her trial |
08/06/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
WILLMAR — Olga Marina Franco Del Cid took the stand Tuesday and testified that her boyfriend, Francisco S. Mendoza, drove the minivan that caused the fatal school bus crash on Feb. 19 near Cottonwood.
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Sen. Norm Coleman counters Al Franken's charge |
08/06/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. – Al Franken took the offensive in his first face-to-face meeting with incumbent U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman.
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08/05/2008 12:00 AM A Lake Elmo woman could face as many as five years in prison over her role in a scheme to smuggle protected wildlife from Laos.
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Olga Marina Franco del Cid |
08/05/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
WILLMAR — The prosecution rested this morning, and the defense team began calling witnesses in the trial of Olga Marina Franco del Cid, 24, of Minneota.
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The Emerald Society bagpipe and drum group performs near site of bridge collapse |
08/04/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
MINNEAPOLIS – Peter Hausmann's friends eagerly added their voices to a service honoring victims of the Aug. 1, 2007, Minneapolis bridge collapse.
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Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner, Tom Sorel |
08/01/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota State News
ST. PAUL – Bodies of Minneapolis bridge collapse victims were still in the Mississippi River last Aug. 2 when inspectors were ordered to give all state bridges another look.
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08/01/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota State News
ST. PAUL -- If you are a health-care professional looking to make a profit, don't chase an ambulance.
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07/31/2008 12:00 AM Carol Race will not face criminal charges for allegedly bringing her severely autistic 13-year-old son, Adam, to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bertha, Minn., on Mother’s Day in violation of a restraining order.
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Girl rides to raise $16 million for troops |
07/31/2008 12:00 AM PAYNESVILLE, Minn. — One girl. One ride. One seriously huge undertaking.
Twelve-year-old E’leese Madgett-Manrique of Plymouth, mom Kerry Madgett and their 16-year-old Arabian gelding “Chip” weren’t horsing around Wednesday when they rode through Paynesville with a $16 million dream.
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Olga Marina Franco Del Cid |
07/31/2008 12:00 AM WILLMAR, Minn. — Opening arguments will begin at 8 a.m. today in the trial of the Guatemalan woman accused of causing the fatal school bus crash near Cottonwood.
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07/31/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
No charges are expected in the death of a young Wisconsin woman during a music festival near Detroit Lakes, Minn., last week, said Becker County Sheriff Tim Gordon.
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Minnesota Conservation Corps workers unearth pump house steps |
07/30/2008 12:00 AM Most people who visit Gooseberry Falls State Park appreciate the work done by Civilian Conservation Corps members, even if they aren’t aware of it.
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As one group of visitors enters a crop circle site, another group exits |
07/30/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota State News
FOSSTON, Minn. — The first reports of something amiss in the wheat fields east of here came early Sunday from barking dogs and bawling cows, but no livestock is missing — no people, either — so locals seem inclined to doubt that alien spaceships made a stop at Dean Sorgaard’s place.
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07/30/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
Rosemount will receive expert help in creating a full range of housing choices in the city through a program sponsored by the Urban Land Institute Minnesota and the Regional Council of Mayors.
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Runestone replica dates back to 1951 |
07/29/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
Moving the granite replica of the Kensington Runestone from its long-held spot near Highway 27 is proving to be a monumental task.
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Videographer prepares equipment outside Willmar courthouse |
07/29/2008 12:00 AM WILLMAR — Six jurors were selected Monday in the trial of Olga Marina Franco Del Cid, 24, of Minneota, who is accused of causing the fatal Feb. 19 Cottonwood school bus crash.
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07/29/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
WILLMAR — Health officials are urging Minnesotans to watch out for mosquitoes, now that the West Nile virus season is officially here.
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07/28/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
WORTHINGTON — At one time or another, everyone has watched a car pull up and teenagers crawl out in an unending stream, like the clown car at a circus. But a new law that goes into effect Aug. 1 will make it unlawful for new drivers to pack their cars with peers.
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Emergency personnel respond to fatal bus crash scene |
07/28/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
WILLMAR — The jury trial of the woman accused of causing the fatal Cottonwood school bus crash begins today (Monday) in Willmar.
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Presidential election results |
07/28/2008 12:00 AM ST. PAUL – The state’s top election official says a new program could boost voter turnout tenfold among Minnesotans overseas.
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Ballstadt family with their newest member Bobby |
07/25/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota State News
Candace Ballstadt chewed on the headrest a bit, trying to distract herself.
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07/25/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota State News
Nearly six months to the day after a 26-year-old man was gunned down in Red Wing, the final suspect in his murder was arrested.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks to a crowd in Bloomington on Thursday |
07/25/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota State News
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Gov. Tim Pawlenty went to a gas station Thursday to tout presidential candidate John McCain's energy policy, but what he refused to say will fuel more talk of another kind.
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07/24/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota News
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Revenue is warning taxpayers to be wary of tax advice advertisements and instead mend their tax debt with the department’s assistance.
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