Tim Nelson Feature Archive

The Minnesota Department of Transportation says work on the new St. Croix River Crossing bridge will start next spring, rather than in 2014. (10/08/2012)
The NFL's commissioner says its too early to tell when a new stadium in the works for the Minnesota Vikings will host a Super Bowl. (10/08/2012)
A pair of sprawling lakeside homes just off the beach on White Bear Lake were destroyed early Friday. (10/05/2012)
The Minnesota Zoo's two resident dolphins have found new homes. (10/04/2012)
Firefighters hope wintry weather will put an end to the lingering fires that raced across nearly 15 square miles in northwest Minnesota Tuesday. Dry conditions, high winds and warm temperatures fueled nine wildfires in the region Tuesday. Fire fighters extinguished most of the blazes but remain on alert for any flareups. (10/03/2012)
John Finnegan grew up the son of a resort family in Walker, Minn., but knew early on he wanted to be a newspaperman. (10/02/2012)
The Minnesota Stadium Facilities Authority and the Minnesota Vikings have selected Dallas-based HKS to design its new $1 billion stadium. (09/28/2012)
Westminster Presbyterian Church says it's joining the remake of the south end of downtown Minneapolis, as forklifts and backhoes rumble around on the other side of 12th Street. (09/27/2012)
Five people are dead following a workplace shooting rampage in the Minneapolis neighborhood of Bryn Mawr on Thursday and four more are injured, police say. (09/27/2012)
The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee as launched a probe into a pair of federal lawsuits in St. Paul after four House members accused the Obama administration's Department of Justice of obstructing justice in two discrimination cases, with the city's help. (09/26/2012)
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority says it is ready to name the architectural team to design a new NFL stadium for the Vikings. (09/25/2012)
The city of Minneapolis has hired 13 new recruits for a new class of officers. (09/25/2012)
Minnesota's Catholic bishops are mailing out an appeal to parishoners, asking them to financially support an effort to ban same-sex marriage in the state. (09/25/2012)
Colton Gleason was reportedly walking down an alley in St. Cloud on Thursday when he was punched once by someone who got out of a passing car. Colson later died of his injuries. (09/25/2012)
Authorities in Ramsey County have charged a priest in St. Paul with molesting a young boy in his parish, and exposing himself to another. (09/21/2012)