Local News - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

A giant sign welcoming guests to the city of Shoreview is about to get a massive makeover and this time it won't be vandals who are doing the work.

Charges are expected to be filed today against four people arrested in connection with a residential burglary over the weekend in Chisago County, said Capt. Keith Hoppe of the Chisago County Sheriff's Office.

Postville's police chief says he's trying to add another officer to his staff.

Christopher D. Gilhoi, 30, of Sauk Rapids, is awake and alert today.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Authorities in Minneapolis and St. Paul say there will be a formal review of the police tactics used during last week's Republican National Convention.

Tickets go on sale today for the Radio City Rockettes "Christmas Spectacular," which kicks off an 18-city holiday tour in November at Target Center in Minneapolis.

Two people on a motorcycle were injured in a hit-and-run accident Saturday night in Cottage Grove, the Minnesota State Patrol said.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty's first Monday since the state hosted the Republican National Convention last week includes doing what governors do -- wishing well for military reserve members heading overseas.

ATWATER, Minn. - The arched brick entrance and granite pillars of the Hotel Atwater casts a historic shadow of the building's former grandeur on Atwater's Atlantic Avenue.

Participants in the Minneapolis event say they took a bath because turnout was far below what organizers had projected.

The I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River could be complete in a little more than a week

More state schools are adopting a method that quantifies progress and can quickly identify kids who need help most.

SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. - A Sauk Rapids man has survived after being run over by a train. Police reports say the man was laying between the tracks late Saturday night when a southbound train near First Street and Railroad Avenue ran him over.

ST. PAUL - A Minneapolis-based Air Force unit getting ready to deploy to Iraq is getting a sendoff. Governor Tim Pawlenty and other officials are expected at a deployment ceremony Monday for the 934th Airlift Wing.

MINNEAPOLIS - For two years, demonstrators had been looking toward the first four days in September — when they'd take to the streets of St. Paul to speak out against the war in Iraq, the Bush administration and the Republican agenda.

Sauk Rapids man survives being run over by train.

Think those televised city and county meetings are the height of openness? Think again: A lot of the meaty stuff happens off-camera.

The number of students who are homeless or constantly on the move is growing, prompting schools to work harder to identify them and make sure they stay in school.

In a time of relative political and economic uncertainty, we should all just relax and enjoy the clothes. That laid-back, laissez-faire attitude has been pervasive in the spring 2009 styles presented in the first three days of Fashion Week.