Rankings were based on unemployment rates and antidepressant usage. The saddest city in America? St. Petersburg, Fla.
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An air quality alert has been issued for the northern half of the state, with the south to follow.
A tribute to the features reporter will air Friday morning.
The teens, 18 and 19, died in the crash on I-94.
Well, they're happy for him, just not that he was allowed to leave.
A man was talked out of jumping by a beer salesman and his co-worker.
His mother has made an emotional plea for information.
The Wild play-by-play guy can bring it on his Weber Grill.
He evaded almost $120,000 in sales tax payments over a three-year period.
Some election judges took issue when voters tried to cast their ballot on Tuesday.
Dozier has been in the lineup despite some health concerns.
The metro area came in fourth in the nation. The magazine emphasized that women in the Twin Cities have 'very low' rates of heart disease and 'excellent' mental health.
A new study shows Minneapolis-St. Paul leading the nation in a category no one is celebrating: of 19 major metropolitan areas, the Twin Cities metro area has the widest gap in unemployment rate between blacks and whites. The jobless rate of black unemployed workers is 3 times higher than it is for whites.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul market ranked 48th out of 102 metropolitan areas on the Business Journal's On Numbers Economic Index. Private-sector job growth, unemployment earnings and home values are among the factors considered in the 18-part formula. Oklahoma City topped the list.
All three Twin Cities firms were named on Computerworld’s list of the "100 Best Places to Work in IT 2012." Golden Valley-based General Mills came in fourth, St. Paul-based Securian Financial Group ranked No. 10 on the list and Fridley-based Medtronic went from 23rd place last year to 99th this year.
For the second year in a row, Minneapolis-St. Paul has retained its No. 1 ranking among 50 metro areas in the annual American Fitness Index ranking by the American College of Sports Medicine. The index considers many factors, from diabetes rates and farmers markets per capita to the percentage of people who have exercised in the last 30 days.
The web site that ranks places to live by various criteria digs our sound. First Avenue, The Fine Line, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Basilica Block Party contributed to our number two ranking. Full disclosure: New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville were off the table for the rankings.
Seventeen of 46 Minnesota hospitals included in a recent national study received an “A” rating for hospital safety. That's according to a report by The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that examined publicly available data on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections. Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont had the highest percentage of A-rated hospitals.
