Janell Burley Hofmann honored her 13-year-old son’s “maturity and growth” at Christmas with his first iPhone, but it came with strings attached.
NHL, union reach tentative agreement
Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice.
Hamline basketball player charged with assault
A Hamline University basketball player is accused of punching a woman while the team was in Spokane, Wash.
Temperature sensors keep Lambeau tundra just right
The fabled tundra of Lambeau Field will be far from frozen when the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings clash in Saturday’s NFC playoff game.
Flu death toll rises to 4 in MN
State health officials say the number of flu-related deaths in Minnesota has risen to four.
Mayor says closing of Macy’s provides opportunity
The mayor of St. Paul says city planners are already working on potential reuses for the downtown Macy’s store.
COLUMN: Why did NCAA really pile on Penn State?
Piling on is one of those things you’re supposed to know when you see it.
Teen dies of flu complications in St. Paul
Minnesota health officials say a teenager from Texas has died of complications of the flu.
Flu season intensifies in MN
The flu season is intensifying in Minnesota.
World looks to 2013 after violence, economic woes
As the world rang in 2013 with spectacular fireworks displays and showers of confetti, the specter of economic uncertainty and searing violence dimmed some festivities and weighed on the minds of revelers hoping for a better year.
MN ice cream maker withdraws some product
St. Paul-based Izzy’s Ice Cream is voluntarily withdrawing three flavors of ice cream after discovering glass fragments in a supplier’s container of cinnamon.
Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end “fiscal cliff” were still in disarray as lawmakers returned to the Capitol to confront the tax-and-spend crisis.
Peterson, Vikings top Pack 37-34 to make playoffs
Adrian Peterson picked up the Minnesota Vikings and gave them a thrilling ride to the playoffs, where the next stop on this improbable journey is, yes, Green Bay.
Obama wants gun violence measures passed in 2013
Recalling the shooting rampage that killed 20 first graders as the worst day of his presidency, President Barack Obama pledged to put his “full weight” behind legislation aimed at preventing gun violence.
Liberal arts colleges forced to evolve with market
They’re the places you think of when you think of “college” — leafy campuses, small classes, small towns.