Gov.-elect Tim Walz picks first five state agency commissioners

The five named Tuesday, from left: Jennifer Ho, Housing Finance Agency; Margaret Anderson Kelliher, MnDOT; Alice Roberts-Davis, Department of Administ

The five, from left: Jennifer Ho, Housing Finance Agency; Margaret Anderson Kelliher, MnDOT; Alice Roberts-Davis, Department of Administration; Nora Slawik, Met Council, and Myron Frans, MMB.

— Renee Jones Schneider, Star Tribune

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U regents choose Joan Gabel as school's first female president

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Arrest made in 27-year-old Minneapolis cold case murder

The FBI's special agent in charge for Minneapolis, Jill Sanborn.

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Lawsuit: High-rise would block view from Witch's Hat tower in Minneapolis

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AG's task force on rape cases recommends officer training, more data

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Judge delays Flynn sentencing, 'not hiding disgust' at crime

President Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn arrives at federal court in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018.

A federal judge Tuesday abruptly postponed the sentencing of President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, declaring himself disgusted and disdainful of Flynn's crime of lying to the FBI and raising the unexpected prospect of sending the retired Army lieutenant general to prison.

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