Minnesota's Republicans cheered Rick Santorum, snubbed Mitt Romney and awarded Ron Paul his best performance yet on a night that Santorum says leaves the race "in no-man's land."

The GOP presidential hopeful spoke to about 150 supporters at his first of four Wisconsin stops Friday. During the visit, KARE 11 reports Santorum referred to Republican favorite Ronald Reagan more than a dozen times. Wisconsin's primary is on April 3.

Rick Santorum will visit Rochester on Monday morning, Ron Paul will rally in St. Cloud, and Newt Gingrich will appear Monday evening in Bloomington. MPR has details on the campaign events. The International Business Times takes a look at what is shaping up to be a volatile and competitive race here in Minnesota, and the Associated Press says Minnesota's conservatives are veering hard right, which could be a bad sign for Romney.

The former U.S. Senator turned presidential hopeful will hold a town hall meeting at the Pizza Ranch in Luverne, Minn. Santorum is the first candidate to visit Minnesota ahead of the caucuses on Feb. 7.

Some of Rick Santorum's Minnesota supporters say they'll vote for Mitt Romney but doubt they'll volunteer time to his campaign. One feels that Romney doesn't need her help the way Santorum did. Soft support from Santorum Republicans may be more damaging to Romney in swing states than in Minnesota, which looks to be headed into the Obama column.

Minnesota's leading Republican donors have contributed more to his rivals than they have to Rick Santorum's presidential campaign. Santorum supporters say it shows their candidate's strength lies in reaching grassroots conservatives, rather than party leaders.

Public Policy Polling says Santorum is leading with 33 percent of the vote here as Minnesotans head out to caucus. Mitt Romney trails him in second place with 24 percent. The pollster says Santorum owes his strong lead to Tea Party members, evangelical Christians and those who describe themselves as "very conservative."

Rick Santorum's stop in Fargo on Wednesday will come eight days after Minnesota Republicans helped breathe new life into his presidential campaign.