A memo from the station's news director says they now believe the worker at a New York City meat market did say "duck," not "dog," when asked whether the market sold dog meat. WCCO later published an investigation alleging the market was selling meat from dogs bred in Minnesota. The station yanked the story but issued no correction or apology.

State officials surprised everyone Thursday morning by announcing a $876 million budget surplus. Now, everyone from St. Cloud to Washington D.C. is chiming in on the situation.

WCCO TV anchors this week are showing off a new studio set for the station's news team, including a new weather center.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, the polarizing Minnesota Republican and Tea Party favorite, is often in more than her share of headlines. She is generating even more attention in the final sprint to Election Day – and so is her opponent, DFL businessman Jim Graves – as the national media shine a spotlight on Bachmann's tightest race yet.

Presidential and Congressional elections and the Constitutional amendments garner most of the attention in this political season. But control of the Minnesota Capitol may have a more immediate impact on your taxes, schools, and health insurance. The DFL hopes to pick up four Senate seats and six in the House to gain majorities.

An embattled dog breeder in New York Mills says she forfeited her license because she was 'sick to death of animal rights people.' Kathy Bauck says she never delivered dogs to a New York meat market, despite forms that say she did. Her business was at the center of a now discredited WCCO-TV report about dogs being sold for meat.