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Transform Father’s Day Into The Adventure Of A Lifetime

Photo Credit: Thinkstock Take it from me, a man with a beard: when it comes to celebrating Father’s Day the right way, you’ve only got so many chances to prove to your pop what an amazing dude he...

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Man Sentenced For Prostituting Minn. Girl In Denver

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A New Jersey man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Wednesday in federal court after taking a Minnesota girl to Denver for prostitution. Floyd Henry, of Newark,...

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Opinion: Sandy: The Match-Maker Of All Match-Makers

Who would have thought that Hurricane Sandy would turn out to be the match-maker of all match-makers during her brief but impactful visit to New Jersey this week? Two political foes have shared...

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Wis. Restaurant Driving Donated Goods To Hurricane Sandy Victims

HUDSON, Wis. (WCCO) – Football Sunday across the border in Wisconsin means green and gold, but, in Hudson, the focus this week wasn’t only on the game. The focus was on helping Hurricane Sandy...

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NJ Man Accused Of Threatening Bachmann, Jindal

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey man made threatening phone calls to public officials including Louisiana’s governor and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann. Authorities have...

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6 Firms Bid To Manage Vikings Stadium Construction

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Six firms are vying to manage construction of the $1 billion new Minnesota Vikings football stadium to be built in downtown Minneapolis. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority...

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Teenager Raises Thousands For Fellow Heart Patients

ROCHESTER, Minn. (WCCO) – Ten thousand dollars is a generous donation to the medical field no matter who it comes from. The doctors at the Mayo Clinic say it meant a little more, however, when they...

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Phoenix-Bound Dog Ends Up On Flight To Ireland

PHOENIX (AP) — An English Springer Spaniel named Hendrix ended up taking a serious detour on his way from New Jersey to Phoenix this week. He ended up in Ireland after being put on the wrong flight....

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Vikings: Lawsuit Won’t Affect Team Or Stadium Plan

(credit: Adam Bettcher /Getty Images) MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings say a civil lawsuit against some members of their ownership group will not affect the team’s finances or plans for a...

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Shabazz Muhammad Dismissed From Rookie Symposium Over A Female Guest

(credit: CBS) FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves President Flip Saunders says the team “fully supports” the decision to send first-round draft Shabazz Muhammad home from the NBA’s rookie...

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Winning MN Powerball Ticket Sold In Anoka County

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — Minnesota lottery officials announced Thursday morning that the winning ticket in Wednesday night’s massive Powerball jackpot was sold in Anoka County. Minnesota had a single...

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Talking Points: Wilfs’ Fraud Issues & The Vikings Stadium

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Metropolitan Sport Facilities Authority was supposed to vote later this week on some of the final agreements for the Vikings stadium deal. But those votes have been postponed...

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Vikings Stadium Lease Vote Halted During Wilf Finances Investigation

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Vikings stadium final leases were scheduled for votes this Friday at the Minnesota Sports Facilities Commission. But now those votes are on hold until an investigation into...

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Judge: Vikings Owner Wilf Must Release Net Worth

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge says Minnesota Vikings principal owner Zygi Wilf and others must make their financial worth public as the court determines what damages they should pay in a...

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Final Night Of Miss America Prelims On Thursday

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The final round of preliminary competition in the 2014 Miss America pageant will be held Thursday night in Atlantic City. Contestants from Mississippi, New Hampshire,...

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Wilfs To Pay About $85 Million In Damages

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – More than 20 years and 100 days of testimony have passed in a case that’s pitted a brother and sister against some of the most powerful real estate moguls in New Jersey – the Wilf...

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Vikings And Giants Major Disappointments In 2013

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — When the NFL was looking for a Monday night game in the seventh week of the season, the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants seemed a natural. The Vikings were coming off...

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Twin Cities Attorney Weighs In On Wilf Judgment

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – About $103 million is the amount a New Jersey judge has slapped Zygi and Mark Wilf, with along with their cousin Leonard. The money is to cover damages, fees, interest and expenses...

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Senator Calls For Accountability In Target Breach

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez wants the federal government to hold companies accountable when their customers’ financial information is stolen. The New Jersey Democrat is taking on the...

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Zygi Wilf Strikes Back At NJ Court Ruling

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf has appealed a court ruling requiring him and his family to pay $100 million in damages and legal fees over a broken deal to develop an...

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Good Question: What Do Parents Legally Owe Their Kids?

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An 18-year-old New Jersey girl made headlines earlier this week when she sued her parents for not paying her college tuition. Rachel Canning says she was kicked out of her home by...

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Frontier Adds Flight Between Trenton-Mercer & MSP

EWING, N.J. (AP) — Frontier Airlines is adding more nonstop flights at New Jersey’s Trenton-Mercer Airport. The airline on Friday started flying from Trenton to St. Louis, Milwaukee and Minneapolis....

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White House Announces Ebola Screenings At 5 Airports, MSP Not Among Them

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The White House announced enhanced screenings for Ebola at five U.S. airports Wednesday. Employees of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) will be taking the temperature of all...

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Burke Continues To Outspend Walker On TV

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The latest estimates of television advertising spending in Wisconsin’s hotly contested governor’s race shows Democrat Mary Burke and her backers continue to outpace Gov. Scott...

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NJ Arbitrator Awards Company $2M After Vikings’ Owners Default On Housing Deal

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Vikings’ CEO, president and vice chairman have been ordered to pay $2 million to their former business partners after violating a building contract, according to court...

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Scott Walker In London This Week For Trade Mission

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is headed to London for a trade mission that comes on the heels of a similar trip last week by another potential Republican presidential candidate, New...

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Cereal Maker Post To Move HQ From Missouri To Minnesota

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Post Holdings says it will close its New Jersey operations and consolidate its cereal businesses, headquartering them in Minnesota in a move that will affect about 200 employees. Post...

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Vikings Owner Sued In New Jersey Over Real Estate Company

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A co-owner of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings has been sued in New Jersey by the children of a former partner who say their father was cut out of a real estate deal by Zygi Wilf and...

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John Nash, Wife, ‘A Beautiful Mind’ Inspiration, Die In NJ

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — John Forbes Nash Jr., a mathematical genius whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie “A Beautiful Mind,” has died along with his wife in a car crash on...

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Christie Says He’s Running In 2016 To ‘Change The World’

LIVINGSTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie prepared Tuesday to launch his 2016 campaign for president, telling his most loyal supporters that he’s ready to begin what he called a “noble”...

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Obama Back On Campaign Trail Stumping For Dem Gov. Candidates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is returning to the campaign trail to stump for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey and Virginia as they gear up for next month’s...

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Bigfoot In New Jersey? Couple Joins Dozens To Report Seeing Creature

PINE BARRENS, NJ (CBS Local) – A couple in New Jersey have become the latest to say they’ve seen the mythical creature known as Bigfoot. While New Jersey may not sound like a place you’d expect to spot...

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Several Injured After School Bus, Dump Truck Collide In New Jersey

MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. (AP) — A school bus taking children on a field trip to a New Jersey historic site collided with a dump truck Thursday, ripping the bus apart, knocking it on its side and injuring...

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Officials: School Bus Made Illegal U-Turn Before Deadly NJ Crash

MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. (AP) — First, a scraping sound. Then, chaos and panic as a bus taking a group of fifth-graders on a field trip collided with a dump truck and toppled over on a busy highway, killing a...

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Accused School ‘Pooperintendent’ Relieves Himself Of Duty After Arrest

HOLMDEL, N.J. (CBS Local) – A New Jersey school official dubbed the “Pooperintendent” is now out of a job months after he was caught defecating on a rival school’s football field. Thomas Tramaglini,...

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Vikings Fan’s Rental Car Reportedly Destroyed By Tailgaters’ Coals

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A fire that burned multiple vehicles parked at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium during this weekend’s Vikings-Jets game was the result of hot coals left by tailgaters, reports say. And...

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Tailgaters’ Coals Send Vikings Fans’ Rental Car Up In Flames

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota couple is home after a nightmare trip to see the Vikings play the Jets. While the Vikings won, the Smith family lost hundreds of dollars. Tim and Gina Smith are fresh...

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Keidel: Super Bowl-ing On The Boulevard

By Jason Keidel» More Columns If you’ve never been to New York City and have a keen curiosity on America’s money and media vortex, there’s only one bible to buy at your local Barnes & Noble. E.B....

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New York’s Self-Quarantine Travel List Grows, But Minnesota Has Been Removed

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — Minnesota has been removed from New York’s self-quarantine travel list, but the list of states facing restrictions in New York and the Tri-State Area has otherwise grown....

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Minnesota Returns To List Of States That Face Quarantine Restrictions In NY,...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Travelers from 34 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, must now quarantine for 14 days when they travel to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Governors of...

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