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CHICAGO (AP) — The official told The Associated Press investigators also want to know if Dr. Howard Kornfeld and son Andrew Kornfeld had a longer-term medical relationship with Prince. Neither is accused of wrongdoing.

Eau Claire, WI (Learfield)  --  The National Labor Relations Board accuses the Wisconsin-based home improvement chain, Menards, of mistreating its employees.  There are 39 Menards stores in Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for one of five Minnesota men facing trial for conspiring to support the Islamic State group has been removed from the case after questions surfaced about a member of his trial team. Patrick Nwaneri was one of two attorneys for Mohamed Abdihamid Farah...

St. Paul, MN (Learfield)  --  An analysis reveals more than half of all teachers in St. Paul schools earn salaries above 75-thousand dollars-a-year.

Minneapolis, MN (Learfield)  --  An estimated 200 protesters returned to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to let public officials know they want some action in the Jamar Clark case. It is possible a decision on whether to charge the two Minneapolis police officers, who shot Clark to death, could come this week...

OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) — An Owatonna man faces more drug charges. Owatonna police filed first-degree drug charges against 50-year-old Robert James Schirmer on Thursday.

St. Paul, MN (Learfield)  --  The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office reports a man was shot several times while the car he was riding in was traveling on Interstate 694.  Investigators think he was shot by someone in another vehicle.

St. Paul, MN (Learfield)  --  The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission has approved changes to the state's drug sentencing guidelines which would lessen the penalties for offenders.

St. Paul, MN (Learfield)  --  The Made in Minnesota program can save businesses and residents who install solar thermal systems up to 25 percent of the cost.  The application period for the solar incentive program runs through the end of February.

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Duluth has a job for someone who's not afraid of heights — the city's landmark Aerial Lift Bridge needs a new operator.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota nonprofit has a name problem that it hasn't been able to shake.

Monticello, MN (Learfield)  --  A straw poll taken at the Saturday meeting of the Minnesota Republican State Central Committee Saturday gives Texas Senator Ted Cruz a big lead among the party's candidates for president.

Minneapolis, MN (Learfield)  --  Community leaders from north Minneapolis gathered Saturday to discuss what their next step should be in the Jamar Clark case.

St. Paul, MN (Minnesota News Network) -- Minnesota lawmakers could pass workforce development grants to train chronically unemployed minorities if a special legislative session is called.