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Albany earned their first boys basketball state championship by defeating Minnehaha Academy 72-65 Saturday afternoon at Target Center in the Class 2-A State Championship. The Huskies led 39-31 at halftime and held off the Red Hawks in the 2nd half.

Authorities are investigating a break-in at a home in Morrison County.

The St. Cloud State University baseball team opened up the weekend series with a close win over Augustana in extra innings, the Granite City Lumberjacks punched their ticket to the Fraser Cup semifinals, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Yankees in a spring training matchup Friday. On Saturday, the Gopher and Husky men's hockey teams will face off in the NCAA Tournament, the St. John's baseball team will host Crown College in their home opener, the St. Cloud Norsemen will face the Bruins in their lone matchup of the weekend, and the Minnesota Wild will look to return to the win column when they host Chicago.

The 2nd seeded Albany Huskies defeated Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 79-64 Friday night in the Class 2-A boys basketball state tournament semifinals at Target Center. The Huskies led 34-27 at halftime and never trailed in the 2nd half.

St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis, City Administrator Matt Staehling and the CEO of Metro Bus Ryan Daniel spent some time in Washington D.C. this week. The 3 were in the nation's Capitol to lobby for funding for a number of projects they are looking for Federal funding

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a 2.7% rate increase for Xcel Energy’s natural gas customers.

A St. Cloud man who pleaded guilty to stabbing a fast food worker after a fight broke out inside the restaurant has been sentenced.

A heads up for your Friday morning commute.

Xcel Energy says it will temporarily shut down its nuclear plant at Monticello, after determining that a water leak containing radioactive tritium is continuing -- although at a much lower rate -- which they reiterate poses no risk to the public or the environment.

A Princeton man was hurt in a crash in Elk River.

The St. Cloud State men's hockey team defeated Minnesota State 4-0 in Fargo in the opening round of the NCAA tournament in Fargo, North Dakota Thursday. The Huskies scored a pair of goals in the 2nd period and added 2 more in the 3rd including an empty netter.

Renee Regel, the Economic Development Coordinator in Becker, has been selected to the National Association of Counties’ Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities Coalition.