With Congressional leaders making massive cuts , there’s no money assigned to the program which targeted wolves near reported livestock and pet attacks. Last year alone, the trapping program in Minnesota killed nearly 200 wolves.

The Justice Department is throwing its support behind bills from Sen. Amy Klobuchar that would ban synthetic drugs such as "bath salts," which the senator says are dangerous but still available over store counters.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants of $600,000 over three years will help the Minnesota Department of Agriculture more quickly remove any contaminated food or recalled products from grocery stores and other distribution points, the Associated Press reports.

The Pioneer Press reports federal officials are looking into whether a state agency wrongly received federal funds in the course of operating the state's Medical Assistance insurance program.

With a healthy lead in the polls, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is spending some of her political capital in the divisive fight over the marriage amendment. In a new email to potential donors, Klobuchar says she has pledged to help raise $10,000 for the fight against the controversial state ballot measure that would define marriage as between a man and woman.

Until December, the St. Paul College classroom housed one of the oldest watchmaking and repair programs in the country – and one of only a handful that remain. On the heels of losing funding from luxury watchmaker Rolex, the program has sent off its last graduating class. Now, gauges, lathes, cleaning equipment, loupes and watch parts all are on sale in an auction that's drawing international interest.

The two birds will receive a sendoff from Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen. Amy Klobuchar in Willmar before they depart for Washington D.C.

The North Shore Scenic Railroad is asking for more than $300,000 to keep the Soo Line steam locomotive 2719 running for another 15 years.