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Ed "Sonny" Olsen, longtime hardware store operator in Hillsboro, raised curiosity when he decided to build his own final resting place.

Steve Vetter, a member of the House Judiciary committee, said the bill aims to keep officers in North Dakota. Some new officers have been leaving after two to three years, he said. 

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party leaders, meanwhile, called for Republicans to walk back allegations that the election was invalid to prevent additional clashes.

Duluth's federal prison also has been hard hit, with hundreds of inmates infected, according to the Bureau of Prisons.

It was compared to getting tickets for Springsteen. It turned out to be like getting tickets for Hamilton

Did you know that most municipal court judges in North Dakota don't even have law degrees?

It became one of Fargo's first and most popular talk shows and starred a woman some called "a maverick".

Early in the pandemic, Stearns County became a hotspot for COVID-19 after an outbreak at a local meatpacking plant, which employs many Somali American workers. The county has had more than 17,000 positive cases of the virus and more than 170 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

MDH will provide an update to brief members of the media on the latest public health information regarding COVID-19. Watch a video of the press conference here.

Single-day positivity percentages fell below 30% for the third consecutive day.

Minnesota seniors were able to make vaccine appointments beginning Tuesday, Jan. 19

A Cass County man in his 60s and a Ward County man in his 80s were among Tuesday's reported deaths.

China has been widely condemned for complexes in Xinjiang that it describes as "vocational training centers" to stamp out extremism and give people new skills, but which others have called concentration camps. Beijing denies accusations of abuse.

The university has formed the School of Design, Architecture and Art.

The positive cases remain confined to the western part of the state, with 14 coming from hunting unit 3F2, two from unit 3A1 and one was from unit 4B. A white-tailed deer harvested in unit 3A2 north and west of Minot also tested positive and was the first detection in the unit.

Meanwhile, districts scrambling to implement new state plan to vaccinate limited number of school staff.

McConnell last week said he would listen to the arguments presented during the Senate trial before deciding how to vote on the impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection that resulted in the siege of the Capitol.

Below is a selection of a dozen standout Reuters pictures taken during the past four years, along with the stories behind them in the photographers' own words. 

While greenhouse gases from electricity generation continue to fall as utilities retire and replace coal plants with cleaner energy sources, Minnesota has failed to meaningfully cut global warming emissions in nearly every other sector.

In a letter obtained by state Sen. Jen McEwen and posted to Twitter, the Republican congressman called for the withdrawal of U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland as nominee for U.S. Secretary of Interior.