MPR News Update PM Edition: St. Paul tries free college prep; Taliban target Mattis' plane in Kabul

A St. Paul school known more for its GED classes has become a home for students getting ready to take on college but still needing some help.

Rick Pitino's exit comes after the school acknowledged on Tuesday that the men's program is part of a federal investigation into alleged bribery of recruits.

Mark Dayton and Doug Burgum have spoken twice since a federal judge stopped construction of the $2.2 billion Red River diversion, and they're hoping to resolve the dispute together.

The plan is sweeping in scope but omits critical, controversial details that are likely to take months to work out in a bitterly divided, GOP-led Congress.

The St. Cloud City Council set a public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would make it illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under age 21. A move supported by an organization called Crave the Change, but not St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis.

Xcel says the Dakota Range I and II project puts the company on pace to be the first U.S. utility to surpass 10,000 megawatts of wind on its system, which it says would be more than enough energy to power every home in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Linda McBrayer's father, Cpl. Thomas Soliz, was killed in the Vietnam War just three months after she was born. Five years ago, she received the diary her father kept during the war.