A severance agreement between the Burnsville school district and its human resources director paid her more than $250,000 seven months after she signed a new contract.
The Twin Cities metro area is under a winter weather advisory until 6 a.m. Tuesday. The snow began falling in western Minnesota and made its way across the state Monday evening. Slick roads have been reported in several areas.
A high school girl hurt playing hockey last month just made a big step forward in her recovery. According to her CaringBridge page, Jenna Privette can now feel and move her upper legs. Her family says she was even able to go shopping for a few hours last week.
The St. Croix Lutheran senior was hurt during a game last month and was paralyzed from the waist down.
A father and son were arrested after allegedly stealing diesel fuel from construction equipment at an Empire Township construction site early Thursday morning.
Prosecutors charged 47-year-old Gennadi Krimouski of Apple Valley and 25-year-old Maksim Krimouski of Savage with theft, possession of theft tools and tampering with a motor vehicle.
For more than six years, the collapse of the housing market has sunk the country into the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Five Eyewitness News has been tracking the number of foreclosures in Minnesota and Wisconsin since the bubble burst in 2006.
Law enforcement is investigating a string of burglaries throughout the south metro. They believe the same man is behind a string of burglaries in Prior Lake, Bloomington, Eden Prairie and Edina.