ST. PAUL—The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld a 2015 law that lets counties save money by bypassing the state auditor's office and hiring private accounting firms for their annual financial audits. State Auditor Rebecca Otto challenged the law on constitutional grounds. She...

A Dent man was hurt when the 2005 Nissan Sentra he was driving left the roadway and went into a ravine Friday afternoon. Gregory Joseph Lague, 55, of Dent was westbound on Highway 108 in Otter Tail County when he drove into the north ditch, hit a sign, and then drove into a ravine....