Sanity at issue at dad's trial for killing 3 Wis. girls Police found a horrifying scene at the Schaffhausen family home in the western Wisconsin city of River Falls last July: three girls dead in their beds, their throats slashed.April 1, 2013
3 bodies found in home NW of Mpls. Authorities in Sherburne County say three people have been found dead in a home in Zimmerman.April 1, 2013
2 escape from low-security prison in Minn. Officials at a minimum-security federal prison camp near Duluth say two white-collar criminals have escaped. U.S. Marshal Service spokesman Thomas Volk says 64-year-old Michael Krzyzaniak and 67-year-old Gerald Greenfield are missing.March 31, 2013
Driver held after fatal Mpls. hit-and-run A bicyclist who was the victim of an early morning hit-and-run in Minneapolis has died, and the driver has been arrested.March 30, 2013
Judge reprimanded for comments during trial The Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards has reprimanded a Dakota County judge for making numerous -- about 30 -- inappropriate comments during the same trial.March 29, 2013
Man pleads guilty in 3 Wis. daughters' deaths A man has pleaded guilty to killing his three young daughters at their home in western Wisconsin, but still maintains he shouldn't be held responsible because he was insane.March 28, 2013
Cache of weapons found in Newtown gunman's home A cache of weapons including guns, more than a thousand rounds of ammunition, a bayonet and several swords was found in the home of the gunman who carried out the Newtown school shooting, according to search warrants released Thursday.March 28, 2013
Judge orders man to remove wetland road Forty-nine-year-old James Bosek was also sentenced to two years of probation Wednesday and was ordered to restore the wetland on his rural Douglas County property.March 28, 2013
Family loses business after death of teen A benefit in honor of a southeastern Minnesota teenager killed in a traffic crash has been expanded to help her family who this week lost its furniture business in a fire.March 28, 2013
MN shooting victim: More background checks The mayor of Minneapolis and a man injured in the September mass shooting in town are calling on Minnesota Rep. Erik Paulsen to help pass a bill requiring background checks on all gun sales.March 28, 2013
Vandals spray-paint Minneapolis synagogue Workers spent the day Wednesday removing graffiti from Temple Israel synagogue in Minneapolis. The vandalism happened on the second night of Passover, but it doesn't appear to be anti-Semitic.March 28, 2013
St. Paul cops cleared in suspect's death A Ramsey County grand jury has found prosecutors have no probable cause to charge two St. Paul police officers in the shooting death of a drug suspect.March 28, 2013