Disabled Minnesota residents often live in costly isolation

Patricia Wilson looks out of the bedroom at her group home to see if her mother has arrived. Her mother, Janet Resler, takes Wilson out to community meals most nights because they find the food to be unpalatable at the group home.

— Richard Tsong-Taatarii, Star Tribune

Rather than helping develop care plans that would allow disabled Minnesotans to live in their homes, counties continue to steer thousands into facilities that promote dependency and isolation.

Official: Base shooter watched shooting videos before attack

A vehicle drives by a tribute to victims of the Naval Air Station Pensacola that was freshly painted on what’s known as Graffiti Bridge in downtown

The Saudi student who fatally shot three people at a U.S. naval base in Florida hosted a dinner party earlier in the week where he and three others watched videos of mass shootings, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Ex-Gov. Carlson: 'I think we failed' on sprinkler requirements for old high-rises

The burned-out 14th floor of the high-rise at Cedar High apartments, where five people died from smoke inhalation.

Carlson twice vetoed broader sprinkler mandates after the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority and other groups complained that retrofit proposals didn't come with any money.

Grief over 3 Minnesota soldiers lost in copter crash goes worldwide

National Guard soldiers somberly listened as Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen spoke during Saturday's news conference about the helicopter crash.

Hundreds paid tribute Saturday to three Minnesota National Guard members who died when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed this week in a snowy Stearns County farm field.

Facing a bleak outlook, Minnesota bat researchers give up on annual count

White-nose syndrome was discovered in Minnesota in 2015. Since then, the disease is believed to have killed more than 90% of bats in important hiberna

As fungus takes hold, researchers try a new tack: Leaving the bats alone.

Life Time CEO says luxurious new club at Southdale is just the beginning

Life Time is proposing to build an apartment tower at the former Herberger’s department store at Southdale Center.

Company plans expansion into apartments, mall development and hotels.

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St. John's survives Wheaton to move on to Division III semifinals

Wheaton missed two PATs after a player was flagged for spiking the ball on the would-be tying touchdown.

Trump: Giuliani wants to take information to Barr, Congress

President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani wants to take the information he has gathered from his investigations in Ukraine to the U.S. attorney general and to Congress.

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