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Victims of the Ponzi scheme by businessman Tom Petters are finally close to getting some of their money back nearly a decade after the scam was exposed.

A construction worker is dead after a fire and possible explosion at a housing development in Lakeville. Thirty-five-year-old Chris Cahoon of Inver Grove Heights was hurt Thursday morning when a fire started in the basement of a house where he was doing construction work.

Dayton says a gas tax increase to fund road and bridge repairs should still be on the table. He declared that proposal dead late last year. But Dayton clarified Friday that was his political assessment, not his preference.

Saber, a police dog with the Wright County Sheriff's Office for nine years, passed away suddenly on Thursday night. "It is with heavy hearts, we regrettably report, the sudden passing of K-9 Saber," The Wright County Sheriff's Office Facebook Page says.

A Minneapolis spoken word artist is launching a project designed to tackle issues that are tough for many Somali immigrants to talk about. Abdifatah Farah, who goes by Abdi Phenomenal, wrote the play "The Chronicles of the Diaspora" over several months.

Sen. Bernie Sanders brings his Democratic presidential campaign to Minnesota next week. Sanders' campaign says he'll visit St. Paul and Duluth on Tuesday and plans to touch on his familiar themes.

Authorities are looking for a level three predatory offender who is no longer complying with the conditions of his release from jail. Douglas Peterson was released on November 5th, 2014, to intensive supervised release by Hennepin County.

Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders still aren't on the same page on the need for a special session.

A man convicted of kidnapping and a brutal assault on the Red Lake Indian Reservation has been sentenced in federal court to 30 years in prison.

A former professor at Minnesota State University Moorhead has filed a lawsuit alleging she was discriminating against when applying for a new position at the school.