Greater Minnesota

Minnesota's conservation officers have been patrolling the state's frozen lakes for more than a month now, and they're seeing some patterns of violations by ice anglers.
Respect for the game
The girls of Wrenshall High School's basketball team lost a game to Moose Lake 65-0 in December. They have every right to be dispirited, but amazingly, they're not.
The body of a 44-year-old Twin Cities man with mental health issues has been found north of Duluth. Preliminary information indicates he died of exposure.
Authorities released the name of the Richfield man who died after his snowmobile hit a dock on Lake Vermilion near Cook about 2 a.m. Monday.
Another Lutheran church in southeastern Minnesota has voted to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America over the group's policy on accepting gay clergy.
A few weeks ago, company officials with North Star Foods said they would not rebuild a poultry processing plant that burned down last April, and workers in the southeastern Minnesota town of St. Charles are unsure of their future.