State leaders and relatives of veterans who died by suicide were among those who gathered Saturday in North St. Paul for the inaugural observance of Veterans Suicide Prevention and Awareness Day in Minnesota.
Fall colors are at or near their peak this weekend across much of northern Minnesota, including the North Shore — bringing a wave of red, orange and yellow to the rocky ridges overlooking Lake Superior.
Law enforcement and private security screened attendees in a case that attracted worldwide interest. Deputies helped manage the screening process as well as public and media attendance in a main courtroom and an overflow room.
St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan announced in a letter Friday that the university applied and now has been invited to join the Summit League, an NCAA Division I conference. The Tommies currently are a Division III school.
Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson has demoted a deputy from major to lieutenant after authorities found a county-owned vehicle stuck in a ditch near a western Wisconsin tavern.
Megan Cooley Peterson says an experience with her family when she was a teenager spurred her interest in cults, and led to her writing her first young adult novel "The Liar's Daughter."