Central MN News from KNSI Radio

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) A $250 million tax break is expected to resurrect expansion plans at the Mall of America.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The clock is ticking on Gov. Mark Dayton to take action on the state budget bills the Legislature sent his way.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KNSI) Minnesotans are eager to hit the water for Memorial Day weekend, but the Department of Natural Resources is reminding boaters that warmer weather does not mean warm water.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KNSI) The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development says April's unemployment rate for the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area was five-point-eight percent--the fourth straight month the jobless rate has declined.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KNSI) April went in the record books as the snowiest month of April in recorded history in St. Cloud with more than two feet of snow, and May is turning out to be wet too.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KNSI) A Villard man has been killed in a collision west of Sauk Centre.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) Medical device maker Medtronic confirms it is eliminating 2,000 jobs worldwide, including 500 in Minnesota.

HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) A day care provider in Dakota County is charged with manslaughter in the death of a 3-month-old boy who died in her care last July.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has lifted fire restrictions in all or parts of 32 Minnesota counties as wet weather lowers the fire danger.

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) Minnesota and Wisconsin transportation officials have scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for the new St. Croix bridge project connecting the two states. The ceremony will be held May 28 at Lowell Park in Stillwater. Elected officia…