Authorities are investigating the death of a baby in Meeker County over the weekend. The incident happened just before 9:00 a.m. Saturday in the 74000 block of 250th Street in Dassel Township.
A couple rushing to a Rochester hospital for the imminent birth of their daughter didn't quite make it to the delivery room - but they came so very close.
A man has pleaded guilty in Ramsey County to killing his girlfriend's 3-month-old baby. A criminal complaint says 28-year-old Austin Gustafson was caring for the child in White Bear Lake while her mother was at work in April 2014.
A southern Minnesota man is accused of falling asleep on a couch after a day of drinking and suffocating his 8-week-old son. Thirty-year-old Cory Stucky of Blooming Prairie was charged last week in Steele County with second-degree manslaughter and child endangerment.
Police in Eden Prairie say they're investigating the suspicious death of a newborn. A search warrant says the 2-month-old boy was taken by his mother to Fairview Southdale hospital on July 18.
Como Zoo in St. Paul has a new baby western lowland gorilla. The female gorilla was born at about five pounds in the evening of Feb. 22 to first-time mother Dara.