State/Regional News

Skies turned dark and the rain came down in torrents as severe storms rumbled across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The storms sparked numerous severe thunderstorm warnings and some tornado warnings as they advanced from south to north Sunday, though no confirmed touchdowns.

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Two men are in custody while another was burned in a minor explosion from what police call an illegal fireworks operation in the city of Wyoming. A police statement says officers responded to just before noon Saturday for a man who suffered first-degree burns on his hands, arms and face.

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Minnesota State Lottery players won nearly $3.9 million in prizes during the 6 ½-week run up to Saturday night's Powerball jackpot drawing. The run ended with a single $590.5 million winning ticket sold in Florida.

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The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says he plans to add jobs at the carrier's reservation center in the northeastern Minnesota city of Chisholm. CEO Richard Anderson says his airline wants to invest in the facility and keep it growing. It currently has about 500 full-time-equivalent employees.

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Top Minnesota lawmakers are searching for a way to assemble a slimmed-down construction projects bill that would include renovation funding for the state Capitol.

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The Iowa Lottery says Powerball sales in the state totaled $5.1 million for Saturday's drawing that produced a winner in Florida.

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As the ice comes off more Minnesota lakes, safety officials are highlighting Saturday's start to National Safe Boating Week.

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Minneapolis police have reopened the 1996 homicide case of a 31-year-old woman found stabbed to death in the trunk of her car. Police say a tip call in March prompted investigators to reopen the 17-year old investigation into the death of Anne Dunlap.

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The Minnesota House has voted to give nursing home workers in the state a 5-percent pay increase.

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The Ramsey County medical examiner's office has identified a body recovered from a Beltrami County lake as that of a missing man.

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