Contractor URS Corp. and the state of Minnesota have settled a lawsuit over the 2007 collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in downtown Minneapolis that killed 13 people.

A former Minneapolis SWAT team member has admitted he robbed an Apple Valley bank at gunpoint.

A Twin Cities man is in jail after police say a threatening message was posted on Craigslist about an upcoming Somali cultural event at St. Cloud State University.

President Barack Obama is allowing thousands of Liberians living in the United States to remain in the country for an additional year and a half.

The projected crest of the Red River at Fargo, N.D., has dropped a half-foot, which is good news for a city braced for flooding.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is warning drivers on roads near rivers to watch out for deer.

The family of a man killed by a gunshot to the head offered forgiveness to the person who pulled the trigger during his sentencing in St. Louis County court.

A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years in prison in a rollover crash last May in the Sioux Falls area that killed his 16-year-old passenger.

Police in suburban Minneapolis say a driver apparently reaching for a cell phone caused a three-vehicle crash that killed a 1-year-old child.

A new survey of rural bankers in 11 Midwest and Plains states shows continued weakness in the agriculture industry, but also signs of improvement.