07/18/11 Michelle Bailey's children have long since graduated from Stillwater Area High School, but she's still willing to go the extra mile for her local schools. Or 2.2 miles to be exact.
07/18/11 It's Coastal Living's annual guide to the top eateries where food is fried, broiled, grilled or otherwise slapped on butcher paper for your finger-licking, crab-cracking, French fry-munching pleasure. This year, winners (and finalists) were chosen by readers.
07/17/11 GREENOUGH, Mont. - From where I sat, on a log in front of a crackling campfire near Bull Creek, deep in the heart of Montana's Lolo National Forest, all the world seemed wilderness.
07/16/11 With recall elections looming for state senators and his poll numbers slumping, Gov. Scott Walker is touting his work with Democrats and their allies.
07/16/11 Whatever Rod Carew is selling, I'm buying. After all, the man is a Hall of Fame baseball player from my own personal golden age, which is to say he was a star several years ago when I was first introduced to the game. I remember him playing for the Minnesota Twins and later the California Angels. As a little leaguer I tried to imitate his unique batting stance and he captured my attention with ...
07/15/11 Dave Marlette has spent only a few weeks as the new superintendent of Watertown-Mayer schools, but he's already starting to settle into the role. Since assuming the position after taking over for Karsten Anderson on July 1, Marlette said his first days on the job have been busy but enjoyable.
07/08/11 Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty brought a message of fiscal belt-tightening to Story County Republicans at their annual summer dinner Wednesday night.
07/08/11 Republican presidential candidate, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks during a town hall meeting, Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.
07/08/11 Tim Pawlenty's path has been complicated by new faces, an unruly nominating contest and a handful of missteps.
07/08/11 Globe Gazette file photo The American flag waves in the breeze as fireworks burst in the air over Clear Lake at a past Fourth of July celebration.
07/06/11 NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. marked the 235th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with parades, fireworks, barbecues - plus presidential campaigning, a White House birthday and competitive eating.
07/02/11 FAIRMONT - This year's fireworks display promises to be the largest to date and will be counted down by an hourly salute, according to Roger Carlson, with the Fairmont Firefighters Relief Associatio.
07/02/11 IOWA CITY - In her first appearance in Iowa since announcing her candidacy, Presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann mingled with a modest crowd at Iowa City's Bluebird Diner.
07/01/11 Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann will end the first week of her campaign with a three-day, six-stop bus tour of Iowa.
07/01/11 Rep. Michelle Bachmann ends her campaign with a bus tour of Iowa.
07/01/11 The post and live blog below are a collaboration between Patch and HuffPost reporters. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton (D) and top Republican state lawmakers failed to reach a budget deal to avert a government shutdown ahead of a midnight (CST) deadline.
06/22/11 Madison Bumgarner faced 10 batters and retired only pitcher Carl Pavano, becoming the first player in baseball's modern era to allow as many as nine hits while recording fewer than two outs in a 9-2 loss to the Twins at AT&T Park.
06/22/11 ON SMITHVILLE LAKE, Mo. --- When David Shaw wants to catch a big walleye, he heads north.
06/22/11 Minnesota Public Radio announced on Tuesday that the poverty rate in Beltrami County is nearly 21 percent.
06/22/11 Monte Poole of the Contra Costa Times: "Seven months after the team officially was acquired by CEO Joe Lacob and co-owner Peter Guber, Robert Rowell is out. His departure is another indication -- perhaps the strongest yet -- that Lacob intends to make good on his vow that his Warriors will not be the same old Warriors only with new names atop the organizational chart and fresh coats of paint in ... | 
