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Max and Kirsten Krauth's daughter, Rian Krauth, was born with fingers so tiny that she could barely grip her dad's pointer finger.

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Max and Kirsten Krauth's daughter, Rian Krauth, was born with fingers so tiny that she could barely grip her dad's pointer finger.

A local violence intervention group is on the brink of losing its contract with the city of Minneapolis.
To be clear, there has been no evidence of widespread voting fraud in Wisconsin.
The dog is loaded with pulled pork, mac and cheese, french fries and jalapeños.
The program would be funded by a ten-cent surcharge on other auto insurance policies in the state.
McCarthy, the No. 10 pick in the draft a year ago, missed his entire rookie season with a meniscus injury.
A Hennepin County judge handed down the sentence to Dominic James Burris on Monday afternoon.
A 35-year-old woman has been sentenced to over 20 years in prison for killing one person and injuring another in a Twin Cities hit-and-run.
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Police are asking for the public's help in finding an 85-year-old man who was last seen driving in Mounds View, Minnesota Monday morning.
This year's Iditarod route was 120 miles longer than normal as the route had to be changed due to a lack of snow.
Carter says the city is "in crisis" after the city council unanimously voted to block plans for FCC Environmental's dispatch center.
Privatizing the USPS could dramatically change the way Americans receive online purchases and prescription drugs by mail.
Three police officers in Sartell, Minnesota found themselves responding 911 call for a woman in labor Friday morning.
It's a rich milk chocolate bar filled with pistachio butter and katafi dough. A pack of two bars will cost you about $10.
Rusty Eichorn told WCCO the news about his nephew is devastating, and threats to his outdoor and hunting shop just add insult to injury.
The rise in egg interceptions comes as the U.S. continues to battle an outbreak of avian flu that has devastated the poultry industry.
The Spring family of Hutchinson, Minnesota, is the subject of two documentaries, as six of their 12 children were born with Down syndrome.
A toddler is still in the hospital after a car backed over him Monday. They say the helmet he was wearing saved his life.
The move comes after council members said the pastor threatened them, and one of his team members ended up behind bars.