A new U.S. Census report shows the percentage of Minnesota residents under age 17 growing. The report finds the number grew one full point to 15 percent.

Friday through Sunday is Take a Kid Fishing Weekend in Minnesota, the Department of Natural Resources says. That means you can fish for free without a license if you bring along a child younger than 16.

The Bemidji Pioneer reports adult diapers, catheters, syringes and other hazardous waste have been turning up in road ditches in Beltrami County over the past few years. The county has to hire specialists to dispose of the garbage, and it's racking up quite the bill, prompting officials to release this statement: "Please stop this behavior and do the right thing -- take your poopy diapers to the dumpsite."

A year after being abandoned by his father, a 12-year-old Lakeville boy on Thursday was finally reunited privately with his runaway dad. "I apologized to him," said Steven Cross, who left his son, Sebastian, last year as the pair was going to lose their Lakeville home.

Brothers Kenneth Corcoran and Edward Muir, ages 82 and 84, hadn't seen each other in eight decades. But with a little detective work, their families made possible the reunion of a lifetime in North Dakota. They've discovered a lot of similarities and at least one difference (politics). But they still have a lot of catching up to do.

A driver who survived a fatal crash and lost her Chihuahua in the accident recovered the dog six days later. Residents on a farm not far from the crash site three miles north of New Richland were able to catch the dog, Mia, and arranged for a reunion for grateful owner and Waseca resident Mandi Kauffman, the Albert Lea Tribune reports.