BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football got a verbal commitment from Kent State defensive tackle CJ West on Wednesday morning. he 6-foot-2, 315-pounder was one of the most highly coveted players at his position remaining in the portal with Wisconsin, Michigan, LSU and Florida State among the schools that had targeted him. The Hoosiers came out of spring practice with very little depth or experience at the position behind JMU transfer James Carpenter and returning tackle Marcus Burris Jr. West, who announced his decision on social media, solidifies the team's two-deep alongside...

Couple and a dog killed after mobile home explosion leaves 'large debris field' in Minnesota Two people and a dog were killed when a mobile home exploded in Minnesota on Tuesday. The Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office, in a post on social media, said it received multiple calls reporting a "possible explosion" in Princeton, a community about 50 miles north of Minneapolis. The sound of the explosion was heard miles away, authorities said. Deputies arrived at the scene to find "a large debris field from an apparent explosion which was...

SAN ANTONIO – A University of Texas at San Antonio starting forward has committed to play basketball for the Big 10′s Minnesota Golden Gophers. Trey Edmonds, a 6-foot-10-inch 255-pound junior who started 32 games for the Roadrunners last year, made his decision official after entering the transfer portal. “I’m excited about adding Trey to our program,” Minnesota head coach Ben Johnson said. “Trey’s a first-class young man from a great family. We got to see firsthand the type of player Trey is, his best basketball is ahead of him and...

Wisconsin elementary school teacher Madison Bergmann, who was arrested for allegedly “making out” with a fifth-grader just months before her wedding, allegedly moved the victim’s desk next to hers so they could physically touch during class without eliciting suspicious gazes from other students. “My daughter thought he was a problem kid,” another student’s mom told the New York Post. “She said that his desk got moved next to [Bergmann’s] a couple of months ago, and she just assumed that he was in trouble. “When it was time for lunch, she’d...

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.] Wisconsin is one of the most fiercely contested battleground states in this election cycle, but it lacks federal transparency requirements for voter registration imposed on most states, according to a lawsuit by an election watchdog. Minnesota, generally a solidly blue state although it saw a razor-thin margin in the results of the 2016 presidential race, also doesn’t make its voter rolls available to the public, the lawsuit contends.

To make a lot of money right out of college in Minnesota, consider an engineering degree, which lands the typical grad a salary of $70,500 a year after commencement. Why it matters: As thousands of students in Minnesota colleges and universities graduate this month, some will quickly find high-paying jobs while others will struggle financially. Driving the news: It's easy for Minnesota students to find out what their degree might mean for their future salary and job prospects, thanks to a recently updated state Graduate Employment Outcomes (GEO) tool. By...

Via Reuters: Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari says “the Federal Reserve will need to hold borrowing costs steady for an ‘extended period,’ and possibly all year.” Fox9 reports on a recent audit released by the United States Postal Service that shows a staffing shortage and mismanagement was behind mail delays in northern Minnesota. Associated Press reports two people and one dog were killed in a mobile home explosion in Princeton, Minnesota. KSTP reports the owners of Hope Breakfast Bar have been warned by Attorney General Keith Ellison may have...