Governor Mark Dayton

Gov. Mark Dayton has given a Minnesota turkey its walking papers just in time for Thanksgiving. Dayton "pardoned" a Minnesota-grown turkey on Tuesday at a brief ceremony in his office.

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Gov. Mark Dayton is not retreating from his vow to fight the Minnesota Vikings if they try to charge new big fees to season ticket holders to help fund the new football stadium.

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Gov. Mark Dayton says he will announce Thursday which local construction projects will get a slice of a $47.5 million state grant fund. The governor is making the final picks after local governments submitted nearly 100 projects that didn't make it into a public works bill earlier this year.

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St. Cloud officials are holding a news conference tomorrow morning(Tuesday-today) at 11:00 to announce a manufacturer who plans to open in St. Cloud.

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The Minnesota Legislature has sent a $167.5 million flood aid package to Gov. Mark Dayton, who pressed for the money to rebuild washed-out roads, repair flooded basements and restore ravaged state parks after severe floods and storms.

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Details of a negotiated flood relief package for northern Minnesota remain elusive for legislative leaders and Gov. Mark Dayton.

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Gov. Mark Dayton is proclaiming Friday a Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation in Minnesota to mark the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Dakota-War of 1862.

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Republican congressional candidate Mike Parry is taking heat for portraying Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton as a pill popper. Parry, a state senator, made the comment Monday at a Brown County Republican fundraiser.

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Gov. Mark Dayton is raising concerns about the safety and sanitation of northeastern Minnesota homes that were badly damaged by summer flooding and that won't be covered by federal assistance.

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he's sorry he compared NFL players in trouble with the law to returning war veterans. The first-term Democrat apologized Thursday in a statement that said he made a poor analogy when he used the comparison in an interview Tuesday.

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