Conrad Wilson Feature Archive

The Foley City Council voted Tuesday to once again start up its police department, ending months of uncertainty. (02/22/2012)
Data and projection models from the DNR show that if the current rate continues, the state's walleye limit could be reached too early in the season. (02/17/2012)
Every Wednesday MPR's Cathy Wurzer talks with one of our reporters in greater Minnesota to learn about some of the news they're tracking. Today Conrad Wilson joined her from Collegeville. He's been following a story in Foley, Minn. where the city is still without a police force to patrol its streets. (02/15/2012)
Minn. Sen. Al Franken introduced legislation Tuesday to improve safety in smaller courthouses throughout the country. (02/07/2012)
Texas Rep. Ron Paul campaigned through parts of Minnesota Monday ahead of the state's Tuesday caucuses. (02/06/2012)
State fire officials say they can't determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a historic mill in central Minnesota late last year. (01/31/2012)
Veterans from central Minnesota gathered at the Veterans Affairs center in St. Cloud Monday night to mark the end of the war in Iraq. (01/31/2012)
For at least the last 10 years, Catholic dioceses across the country have created lists of priests credibly accused of sexual misconduct. None of the six dioceses in Minnesota have yet published the names of the priests credibly accused. But some want that to change. (01/31/2012)
The congresswoman says she wants to repeal the federal health care overhaul Congress passed in 2010 and overturn the Dodd-Frank Act. (01/26/2012)
A month after a shooting in a Cook County courthouse, several courthouses statewide have either added security or are considering doing so. (01/19/2012)
A two-day meeting between the Department of Natural Resources and the Mille Lacs Band is underway to determine the size of the walleye harvest at Lake Mille Lacs this year. (01/18/2012)
The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear a case Monday to determine if repressed memories can be used in a church sexual abuse lawsuit. If the case moves forward, the decision could lead to more sexual abuse lawsuits going to trial. (01/09/2012)
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's decision to drop out of the contest for Republican presidential nominee brought mixed reviews from her constituents in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, where voters are assessing her bid for the White House and weighing her future as their congresswoman. (01/05/2012)
Rep. King Banaian, an economist at St. Cloud State University, says public stadiums aren't worth the money. But he also must weigh the wishes of his constituents, many of whom are Vikings fans. (01/03/2012)
Freeport residents are in shock after a fire destroyed the very thing that many say put the central Minnesota town on the map. (12/29/2011)