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MOORHEAD - After getting an acceptance letter for the 2013 fall semester, more than 200 applicants to Minnesota State University Moorhead recently were notified they actually didn't get in and likely won't be accepted to the university. University spokesman David Wahlberg said just...

SUPERIOR, Wis. - A jailed Duluth, Minn., man accused of attacking another inmate with a pencil after the two had words during breakfast is scheduled to make an appearance in Douglas County Circuit Court on Wednesday. Jared Richard Busse, 40, faces one count felony battery by prisoners. According...

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota's Trevor Mbakwe is the Big Ten's winner of the latest Player of the Week award. Mbakwe had a season-high 21 points and 12 rebounds last Tuesday in Minnesota's victory over Indiana, then the top-ranked team in The Associated Press poll. Mbakwe followed that...

A winter storm is bearing down on the region today, bringing with it as much as a foot of snow in the northern Red River Valley. The Fargo-Moorhead area likely will be less affected by the storm, possibly receiving between 4 to 6 inches throughout today, said WDAY's Chief Meteorologist...

BEMIDJI -- While warmer weather was welcomed by most area residents Wednesday, it also resulted in the closing of two businesses following a gas leak in downtown Bemidji. Runoff from ice melting on the roof of Iverson Corner Drug came into contact with a gas meter already covered...

The White House claims thousands of jobs are at stake with today's beginning of a federal sequester, automatic cuts in most federal programs. Here are some cuts the White House and U.S. Rep.

ST. PAUL - Minnesota's projected budget deficit for the next two years is lower than expected at $627 million, the Minnesota Management and Budget reported this morning. Legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton will use this information to set the state's budget over the next three months....