Labor Day. It's a bittersweet holiday. Sure we get an extra day off from work and the weather's still nice enough to enjoy a number of Minnesota summer activities like The Great Minnesota Get-Together , ValleyFair, a weekend at the lake, or a day of swimming followed by an evening barbeque.

A Richfield doctor illegally prescribed narcotics with "extraordinary frequency and at extraordinarily high dosage levels," to women in hopes of carrying on "a personal or sexual relationship," charges filed by prosecutors late Monday allege.

The other day I had my first ripe apple - a crisp 'Yellow Transparent.' Its green conical fruits have just transmuted to soft yellow, a sign that their tartness is now softened by sugars.

The other day I had my first ripe apple - a crisp 'Yellow Transparent.' Its green conical fruits have just transmuted to soft yellow, a sign that their tartness is now softened by sugars.

The Northfield City Council on Tuesday named Tim Madigan, Craig Dawson, Gregory Andrews and Ron Moorse as the four interim city administrator finalists.

Lauren Beer and PFC Robert Green were married July 11, 2010, on the Queen of Excelsior, Lake Minnetonka.