Brunswick Corp. and Lund Boat Co. have agreed to pay $295,000 in back wages and interest to nearly 200 female job applicants who were rejected for entry-level positions at a Minnesota manufacturing plant. The settlement comes after a lawsuit was filed by the U.S. Department of Labor last year alleging hiring discrimination.

Officials say the Byllesby Dam needs a $6 million upgrade or it could have deadly consequences in the future, according to KSTP. Dakota County could be fined if the safety changes aren't made. A completion deadline has not been set.

Nearly all of Minnesota's eight-person House delegation voted for the bill -- except for DFL Representative Keith Ellison and Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann -- who was absent because of her presidential campaign.

With the help of a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, computer scientists and biologists from the U have developed robotic boats -- called Carp Trackers -- that can locate and follow carp, allowing officials to net and remove the fish from lakes and rivers.

Four teenage duck hunters are OK after being rescued from the chilly water of Three Island Lake in northern Minnesota. Beltrami County authorities say the young men were thrown into about 10 to 12 feet of water after the boat capsized Monday night.