The Associated Press

With the fishing opener approaching Saturday, the conditions of boat launches across the state are a mixed bag. Due to the late ice-out, the Department of Natural Resources says it might not be able to get repair crews to all DNR launches in time for the opener.

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A man who shot himself in the head outside the Eden Prairie police station before he was to be questioned in the disappearance of a 24-year-old woman has died.

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Gov. Mark Dayton is traveling to Kentucky this weekend for a meeting of the Democratic Governors Association where he also has plans to take in the Kentucky Derby.

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A two-engine airplane filled with smoke was forced to make an emergency landing in Mankato.

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A Minnesota man is in federal custody after authorities found Molotov cocktails, suspected pipe bombs and firearms during the search of a Montevideo home.

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A bill that could eventually give Minnesota the nation's highest minimum wage has cleared the state House.

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A freshman Democratic state representative who is one of the House's key swing votes on gay marriage says he will vote for the bill. Rep. Joe Radinovich of Crosby had been undecided. He says Friday that he's personally supported gay marriage for a decade, but was unsure how to vote because he represents a socially conservative district in the Brainerd area.

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As the fishing opener approaches, officials are stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of invasive species in some of the Twin Cities area's most popular lakes and streams.

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Minneapolis officials are warning homeowners against pruning their ash trees. Even with this late spring, conditions are warm enough for the beetles to attack and kill ash trees.

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Authorities say a 19-year-old Minnesota woman didn't hear the freight train that struck and critically injured her because she was hearing headphones. The Isanti County sheriff's office was called to the accident Wednesday afternoon.

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