WINONA, Minn. — A federal investigation has led agents to a pair of 22-year-old foreign-exchange students in Winona who are suspected of being part of an identity theft ring based in Vietnam, according to court records and fraud investigators.
A Star Tribune report based on court documents unsealed Dec. 29 and interviews with investigators said the ring has used the stolen identities of many Americans to fleece retailers out of millions of dollars.
Brett Favre was the NFL’s ultimate iron man for 19 years, inspiring coaches and teammates with unparalleled toughness and thrilling fans with a daredevil’s verve and a showman’s sense of the moment.
Yet the once-irrepressible Favre never looked older or more fragile than in year No. 20. The magic of last season, and most of his brilliant career, never seemed farther away.
HURON BEACH, Mich. — In the never-ending battle to prevent blood-sucking sea lamprey from wiping out some of the most popular fish species in the Great Lakes, biologists are developing new weapons that exploit three certainties in the eel-like parasites’ lives: birth, sex and death.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – There are only 50 words Mark Dayton has to say upon taking his oath as Minnesota governor. What comes next is up to him.
Monday’s inaugural speech will set the tone for Dayton’s administration, a Democratic return to power after 20 years on the outside.
BRAINERD, Minn. — Dominique Corder, a standout quarterback at a community college in Brainerd, Minn., was shot and killed Saturday in his hometown of Indianapolis, police said.
Corder, 20, was shot in the abdomen about 12:40 a.m. after being seen talking to someone in an SUV, Indianapolis police spokeswoman Linda Jackson said. Corder was taken to a hospital where he died.
The state of Minnesota sued 3M Co. on Thursday, alleging its disposal of chemicals once used to make Scotchgard fabric protector and other products damaged the state’s natural resources, including more than 100 miles of the Mississippi River.
The snow-damaged Metrodome roof won’t be fixed until at least March, affecting hundreds of college baseball games — possibly some involving St. Thomas — and forcing the Minnesota Twins to find a new venue for their annual winter festival, a facility official said Wednesday.
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre has been fined $50,000 by the NFL for a “failure to cooperate” with its investigation into inappropriate messages and lewd photos he allegedly sent to former Jets employee Jenn Sterger, a decision her lawyer called extremely disappointing.
ALBERT LEA, Minn. — Minnesota led the nation for having the most tornadoes in 2010.
According to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, the state had 145 tornadoes.
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Flickering ceiling lights are usually a nuisance, but in city offices in St. Cloud, they will actually be a pathway to the Internet.
The lights will transmit data to specially equipped computers on desks below by flickering faster than the eye can see.
Monique van der Vorst’s competitive spirit thrived even after she lost the use of her legs as a teenager. She won two silver medals at the Beijing Paralympics and hoped to win gold in London in 2012. Those dreams are gone now, because another was fulfilled: She began regaining feeling in her legs over the summer, and now she can walk again.
Lots of military secrets are hidden behind the gleaming walls of NORAD’S headquarters building, including this one: Just how do they get Santa’s flight path onto their computer screens every Christmas Eve? Tracking Santa’s travels is a celebrated tradition at the North American Aerospace Command, and it unfolds Friday for the 55th year.
Holiday travelers in the Midwest braced for snow and ice from a storm Friday that was expected to deliver a rare white Christmas to Nashville before rolling into the Northeast. A day after the most densely populated parts of the county got a break from the weather, several inches of snow were expected across parts of the heartland. Up to 8 inches could fall in Iowa and 6 inches in Illinois and Minnesota, with forecasters warning drivers about snow-covered roads and limited visibility.
Holiday procrastinators are preparing to zoom through picked-over stores, grabbing discounted sweaters and can’t-go-wrong gift cards. If they can get a parking spot, that is. But you won’t hear retailers complaining.
Sister Paula Gonzalez, 78, of Cincinnati, is one of 86 nuns from various Roman Catholic orders around the United States and Canada who took part in the latest edition of Nuns Build. The program, begun in 2009, brings nuns to New Orleans twice a year to help rebuild houses flooded by Katrina in 2005, but are structurally sound and can be renovated.
