Temporary levee protecting Renwick Dam, Cavalier; flood fighters monitoring conditions in Crystal, Neche

Construction crews built a temporary levee overnight at Lake Renwick on the Tongue River to keep the river from spilling over Renwick Dam’s emergency spillway and flooding the community of Cavalier, N.D.

Crystal, ND flooding prompts voluntary evacuation

The rain keeps falling as residents of Crystal, North Dakota battle the worst flood they've seen since 2004. The situation in Crystal has become so dire that Mayor Larry McCullum ordered a voluntary evacuation for those who live on the west side of the town.

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Minneapolis SWAT team leader fired after assault conviction

A Minneapolis police SWAT team leader has been fired following his conviction for assaulting a man while off-duty at a bar in Andover.

Toddler stabbed in Rochester, Minn., last year has died

Three-year-old Xavier Njemanze had been undergoing therapy at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Neb., for injuries he suffered when he was stabbed at his mother's home last winter.

Boy on bike hit by pickup in Grand Forks

A 10-year-old boy was injured Friday when a pickup truck hit him as he was riding his bike on the west side of Grand Forks. The truck’s driver was cited.

Head-on collision kills 2 in northwestern ND

The Highway Patrol says 40-year-old John Kevin Ozbolt, from Tallahassee, Fla., was trying to pass a semitrailer when he collided head-on with a pickup truck driven by 49-year-old James Bruce Palmer, from Post Falls, Idaho.

Bus traveling from Minneapolis to Missoula catches fire in ND

The flames engulfed the Jefferson Lines bus near Williston about 8:30 p.m. Sunday. The 20 people onboard got off safely, although the bus likely is destroyed.

Legislature puts $485 million more into Minnesota public schools

Minnesota Democrats say new money they are putting into education will boost the economy by giving the state a better-educated workforce.

• Minnesota state Rep. Dean Urdahl of Grove City