The group's fourth annual rally was packed on Sunday, with supporters calling for lower government spending. The keynote speaker, a Republican representative from Wisconsin, slammed President Obama and called the federal health care overhaul "the single greatest assault on our freedom I’ve seen in my lifetime."
Want a historic steel truss bridge for free? Wisconsin's giving away 3
There's a catch (or two), of course.
Man dies after shooting on East Lake Street in Minneapolis
It's the city's 70th homicide this year.
Four killed in crashes after deadly start to weekend on MN roads
The latest figures show there have been 349 road deaths in Minnesota this year.
In crackdown on unruly passengers, Delta urges other airlines to share no-fly lists
The airline says it's a bid to "further protect airline employees across the industry."
St. Cloud State student-athlete suspended from team following alleged assault
The incident reportedly took place off campus on Sep. 18.
U of M-barrassed: Gophers shocked by Bowling Green
The Falcons snapped a 21-game non-conference winning streak in front of a homecoming crowd.
Andrew Wiggins applies for exemption to COVID vaccine, is rejected
Wiggins could miss a large chunk of the season without the vaccine.
Minnesota couple sentenced in 2020 murder of 8-year-old daughter
Autumn Hallow died at her home last summer.
Vikings-Seahawks: 5 things you can count on happening
Can the Vikings finally beat Russell Wilson?
Residents asked to be on the lookout for at-large suspect in Sauk Rapids
The suspect was last seen near the intersection of Garden Brook Drive Northeast and Strawberry Court Northeast.
Ben Simmons rumor mill running hot and Wolves still connected
Can the Timberwolves still land the 76ers star?
Aquifer energy storage project wins financial backing of Mpls city council
It'll be used to power the Towerside Innovation District near the U of M.
Tea Party activists from three states to converge on Duluth this weekend
The Tea Party has held events in Duluth around the tax return deadline for a few years. But organizers expect this one will to be the largest and hope it will attract thousands of supporters of a smaller government. Wisconsin Congressman Ron Johnson will be the featured speaker and a contingent from Michigan will also be on hand.
Bachmann, Cain to rally Tea Party at Republican convention
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is scheduled to join fellow former GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain as a speaker at a “Unity” Tea Party rally at the Republican National Convention – an event aimed at both promoting solidarity with the party and serving notice to it that the Tea Party can't be ignored.
More than 1,000 gather to honor Eleanor Mondale
Gov. Dayton and Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken were among the crowd that packed St. Mark's Episcopal in downtown Minneapolis. Mondale died last month after a battle with brain cancer.
Duluth activists plan to actively ignore 'white pride' rally
A group called the Supreme White Alliance is planning a rally in Duluth to protest an ad campaign with the slogan "It’s hard to see racism when you’re white." Activists on the other side are encouraging people to stay away and not engage with a group that they say is seeking attention and trying to recruit new members.
'Occupy' and 'Tea Party' use same constitutional right
They may seem to be polar opposites, but, these two groups have something very fundamental in common.
Duluth teen pulled from water near 'the cribs'
A 13-year-old Duluth who was underwater in Lake Superior for more than 30 minutes was clinging to life in a Duluth hospital late Monday after being rescued just off shore. Jeffrey Carlos Watson Jr. had been swimming with friends near an old concrete structure often called the cribs, or Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum, just off Duluth’s Lakewalk waterfront trail. The “mausoleum” is a popular spot for teens on warm days. They climb the structure and then jump into Lake Superior.
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