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The lawsuit filed alleges Anton Lazzaro offered $1,000 in hush money to the girl and her parents to keep them quiet.

Sheriff’s officials say officers used a chemical spray to disperse a crowd creating a disturbance at the main gate to the State Fair.

A federal judge has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted in the 2003 slaying of a North Dakota college student.

The Iowa State Patrol continues to investigate the fatal crash.

A group of parents of disabled students has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to strike down Iowa’s law banning schools from requiring masks.

The increase in testing locations comes as virus cases continue to grow across the state and hospitals near full capacity.

Minnesota reached 300 traffic accident deaths before Labor Day for the first time in more than a decade.

Health officials say the recent surge in the coronavirus delta variant has coincided with a high demand for hospital beds across Minnesota.

A 12-state law enforcement operation rescued 47 victims of human trafficking and led to the arrest of more than 100 people.

Augustana university began having a marching band in 1936 but the school dropped it in 1974 and the school has not had a marching band ever since.The decision to bring back the school’s marching band was part of Augustana’s 2030 vision and the launch of the university’s school of music.