A mission to rebuild the depleted wolf population at Isle Royale National Park is getting underway in Michigan and Minnesota, as specialists prepare to trap six to eight of the predators on the mainland and fly them to the Lake Superior archipelago, officials said Friday.

The 400 people seeking compensation from the Twin Cities archdiocese for clergy sex abuse have overwhelmingly voted to approve a bankruptcy reorganization plan with $210 million for victims.

The Red Lake Nation and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday announced a new site to build a temporary shelter for residents of a homeless encampment that's swelled to an estimated 300 people near Hiawatha and Franklin avenues.

A semi-annual survey of job vacancies found a record 142,000 job openings. For every 10 openings in Minnesota there were only six people looking for work.

A powerful female character can be hard to find in Western fiction, but bookseller Aaron Cance recommends a novel which delivers just that.