The Health Department believes the H1N1 virus could return later this winter and cause another wave of illness, but multiple H1N1 waves did not occur in the southern hemisphere's flu season this year.

State finance officials will release the latest budget forecast Wednesday, and if the current economic situation holds, the state is expected to see another deficit.

A suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were gunned down in a suburban coffee shop was holed up at a Seattle house early Monday, wounded and possibly dead, police said.

Newspaper headlines have skewered money lenders for dubious decisions that stoked the recession. Now the financiers are starting to headline newspapers in a new way - as the owners.

Seven months after this city's largest employer, North Star Foods, was consumed by fire, Guillermina Sandoval still pines for her old life.

Police in North Mankato are lookingfor a driver who stopped and shot a goose in a park.

As the end of the year approaches, some unemployed Minnesotans will be bracing for the end of certain jobless benefits, including health insurance subsidies.

A man used a hammer to leave a path ofdestruction at a Target store in Winona.

Minneapolis-based Target Corp. is exploring a possible change in how it rewards shoppers who carry the retailer's credit cards.

Minneapolis housing advocates are calling for more affordable loan modifications to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure.

With the official Christmas shopping season underway, Minnesota Christmas tree growers say they hope this year will be a good one, despite the bad economy.

The seven men and five women deciding the fate of businessman Tom Petters resume their deliberations Monday.

A historic Lutheran church in downtownMinneapolis that had its steeple damaged in a tornado last summeris close to restoring the 82-year-old structure.

Family members say a pilot fromMinnesota survived a cargo plane crash that killed three otherAmerican crew members in China.

Vikings quarterback Brett Favre passed for a season-high 392 yards and three touchdowns in a 36-10 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.