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The proposed public subsidy plan for a new Vikings stadium was defeated by a House panel Monday night, according to the Star Tribune.

The bill had cleared two previous House committees fairly easily earlier this month, according to the Pioneer Press.

The Legislature planning will shut down in two weeks, leaving the $1 billion plan in extraordinary need for support, the Star Tribune reported.

The bill was voted down 9-6 in a vote that was bipartisan in its opposition, the Pioneer Press reported.

For the stadium plan to receive any hope at all, it will likely need to be resurrected by a Senate panel that considered the bill last month, according to the Star Tribune.

Vikings vice president Lester Bagley was very disappointed in the decision, and said that it is a mistake to think the Vikings and the NFL will continue to operate under the status quo, the Pioneer Press reported.

There were also a couple of amendments to the bill that were possible major setbacks for the stadium legislation, the Star Tribune reported.

One amendment removed the language of the bill that exempted the stadium project from a Minneapolis charter requirement that mandates a public vote for stadium expenditures of more than $10 million, the Pioneer Press reported.

Tim Bakdash was sentenced to 40 years in prison Monday for running down a group of University of Minnesota students one year ago, according to the Star Tribune.

Bakdash, 30, showed little emotion as the judge delivered his sentence. His attorney said Bakdash has been on several medication for depression, and that emotions are hard to come by, according to the Pioneer Press.

Bakdash did apologize to the family of Benjamin Van Handel, who Bakdash killed, as well as the two victims that survived and their families, according to the Pioneer Press.

Van Handel's family and friends wore baby blue shirts with the letter B on the front and the dates of his birth and death, according to the Star Tribune.

The punishment was more than twice what the defense had wanted, and even more that what the prosecution argued would be appropriate, according to the Pioneer Press.

Bakdash will be nearly 57 when he will be eligible for parole, according to the Pioneer Press.

The sentencing came exactly a year and a day from the night Bakdash drunkenly drove onto the Dinkytown sidewalk and hit the three victims, according to the Pioneer Press.

A jury found Bakdash guilty of second-degree murder and eight other felonies last month, according to the Star Tribune.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said the fate of the the overall health of the city is directly linked to the fate of north Minneapolis in his State of the City address, Wednesday, according to the Minnesota Daily.

The address took place at the Capri Theater on West Broadway and lasted nearly an hour, as Rybak talked about nearly the same themes as he did six years ago, according to the Star Tribune.

Rybak noted many of the neighborhood's successes, such as how violence has dropped nearly 45 percent since his last State of the City at Capri Theater in 2006, according to the Minnesota Daily.

Rybak spoke a significant amount about the city's past accomplishments and existing programs, but he also talked about several goals for the North Side, according to the Star Tribune.

Rybak placed a high priority on improving housing in order to get more people to move into the city, according to the Minnesota Daily.

The mayor also announced a program called Urban Scholars that will bring in mainly black college students as City Hall interns, the Star Tribune reported.

Rybak said that if north Minneapolis prospers, the whole region will benefit, the Minnesota Daily reported.

Three people were found dead Monday morning at an in-house daycare in Brooklyn Park after someone shot them, then fled on a bicycle, according to the Star Tribune.

Police responded to a call of suspicious activity at 8117 College Park Drive around 6:30 a.m., according to the Pioneer Press.

The officers found three victims from an apparent homicide, but would not release their identities or how they died. Police did say they were all adults, according to the Pioneer Press.

A relative identified the victims as DeLois Brown, 59, who operated the day care, and her parents, the Star Tribune reported.

Police think the shooter escaped on a BMX bicycle and could be armed. However, they police do not think he is a danger to the public, the Pioneer Press reported.

The shooting caused a search that lasted into the afternoon, and even shut down the nearby Hennepin Technical College campus until mid-afternoon, reported the Star Tribune.

The suspect has been described by police as a black male in his early 20s wearing blue jeans, a navy blue sweatshirt with a grey hood, and two 1 inch stripes down the back, according to the Star Tribune.

The day care has been licensed since 2010 and has no record of receiving any sanctions, according to the Pioneer Press.

The Minnesota Senate put approved putting the photo ID constitutional amendment on the Nov. 6 ballot, according to the Pioneer Press.

The Republican controlled Senate approved the bill 35-29 on Wednesday, which could change the Minnesota voting system significantly, the Star Tribune reported.

It would require all voters to show ID at the polls, it would create a new system of provisional voting, would stiffen eligibility requirements, and the only usable ID would be "government issued, according to the Star Tribune.

Republicans argued that the amendment is needed in order to fight voting fraud. Democrats said that it would disenfranchise voters who did not have a government issued photo ID, the Pioneer Press reported.

All speakers of the Senate expect that there will be court challenges to the amendment, the Star Tribune reported.

The legislature passed a photo ID bill last year, but it was vetoed by Gov. Mark Dayton. The Republicans decided to go the constitutional amendment route to avoid another veto, according to the Pioneer Press.

A 17-year-old Twin Cities boy was behind the wheel of a mobile home when it crashed in eastern Kansas, killing five members of his family and injuring 13 others, according to the Star Tribune.

Adam Kerber was driving when the mobile home plunged off Interstate 35 and into a ravine as the family was heading home from a motocross event in Texas Sunday morning, the Star Tribune reported.

Kerber's license had several restrictions on it including all passengers must be wearing seatbelts. Only two of the 18 people were fastened in and it was not clear if seatbelts were available to those riding in the trailer attached to the mobile home, the Pioneer Press reported.

Kerber was in critical condition as of Monday, according to the Star Tribune.

Those that died were Melissa Kerber, 24, and Tom Kerber, 25, of New Prague and Jessica Kerber, 10, Joy Kerber, 14, and James Kerber, 12, of Jordan, according to the Pioneer Press.

Other victims were taken to area hospitals in Kansas, two of which were listed in critical condition, according to the Pioneer Press.

The children that died were students in the Jordan School District and were on spring break the previous week, according to the Star Tribune.

An Atlanta Pastor who was ousted from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for being openly gay will now lead the largest Lutheran church in St. Paul, according to the Star Tribune.

On Sunday, 92 percent of the the attending members of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church's 2,300-member congregation voted Bradley Schmeling, 49, to be their new pastor come June, reported the Pioneer Press.

Schmeling was lead pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church in Atlanta since 2000, according to the Star Tribune.

Schmeling was suspended from the ELCA's clergy roster in 2007, but was reinstated three years later after the church began to allow people in gay and lesbian relationships to be clergy members, reported the Pioneer Press.

Schmeling was removed after he announced he was in a same-sex relationship with Pastor Darin Easler, according to the Star Tribune.

Even though he was not on the clergy roster, St. John's chose to keep Schmeling as their pastor, said the Star Tribune.

In 2009, delegates of the ELCA's national assembly voted 559-451to allow men and women in lifelong same-sex relationships to be official ministers, according to the Pioneer Press.

The vote created a schism and caused a small fraction of church members to break away and form their own churches, the Pioneer Press reported.

Gloria Dei is now considered the largest Lutheran church in the nation with an openly gay man, in a relationship, as their senior pastor, according to the Star Tribune.

University of Minnesota graduate assistants voted down a move that would have unionized them, the fourth since 1990, according to the Pioneer Press.

The university says that about 68 percent of about 4,400 eligible graduate student workers at both the Twin Cities and Duluth campuses voted no last week, reported the Pioneer Press.

The results were released Monday with 1,857 against forming a union and 1,142 for a union, according to the Star Tribune.

The union would have allowed graduate assistants to negotiate working conditions with a level playing field, said the Pioneer Press.

The push to form a union was helped by the United Auto Workers of America, said the Star Tribune.

The university strongly opposed the unionization of the graduate assistants. University President Eric Kaler said that the current practice of working out employment terms between the assistants and their departments has worked well, reported the Pioneer Press.

About 25 campuses around the nation have recognized graduate assistant unions, reported the Pioneer Press.

Tartan senior Mike Stone will not be able to attend his high school prom with his porn star date after the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District would not allow his dates, according to the Huffington Post.

Instead Stone is considering creating a competing "porn prom" that would be at a hotel a few blocks away from the Landmark Center in St. Paul where Tartan's prom is being held, reported the Pioneer Press.

Stone has never been to a prom, and when he did not have a date he sent out 600 tweets to celebrities, most of them were porn stars, said the Pioneer Press.

Megan Piper and Emy Reyes, both porn stars, accepted the invitation as long as Stone paid for the airfare, said the Pioneer Press.

However, the school district has the right to ban any person to a school sponsored event if "the visit is not in the best interests of the students," or if it disrupts the orderly operations of the school activity, according to the Huffington Post.

Stone has become a legend at Tartan High School where the students chant his name in the hallways. They are saying this is the best thing to ever happen to the school, reported the Pioneer Press.

Piper, 19, was not able to attend her own prom because she moved from Georgia to Kansas her senior year. She said that she was disappointed, but understood the school district was acting in the interest of the children, said the Huffington Post.

Tartan's prom will be held May 12 at the Landmark Center, reported the Huffingon Post.

A man will appear in court March 20 after he was accused of firing multiple shots at Inver Grove Heights police from a parked vehicle on Sunday, reported the Pioneer Press.

Officers were called to 77th Street and River Road early Sunday morning on a report of gun shots. When the officers approached the car one or two shots were fired, and then the car sped away, reported the Star Tribune.

No one was hurt and neither officer fired any shots reported the Star Tribune.

Justin Thadeaus Amick, 39, and a 47-year-old woman were arrested within an hour, reported the Pioneer Press. The woman was later released, according to the Pioneer Press.

Amick was being held on $14,000 bail Monday night on suspicion of three felonies, use of deadly force with a weapon, attempted first-degree murder of a police officer, and illegal possession of a gun, according to the Pioneer Press.