AM.MN: Deer didn’t die and neither has Pawlenty hunting story

The buck that Gov. Pawlenty shot on Saturday apparently didn’t die, but neither has the story about him leaving the woods near Thief River Falls for a speech to Iowa Republicans without having successfully tracked the deer. “The buck apparently didn’t stop anywhere,” reads one headline. Different theories have the animal grazed or severely wounded, but either way trackers haven’t found it. (If they do, T-Paw gets the rack.) Another theory: It’s a metaphor for Pawlenty’s style of governing.

Elsewhere in Minnesota news this morning …

MINNEAPOLIS: Wobblies wobble but they don’t fall down. The Industrial Workers of the World opens a local office. [Workday Minnesota]

ST. PAUL: Ex-cons off the hook. Republican activist Jeff Larson’s FLS Connect fundraising operation is accused by a former employee of letting felons take down credit card numbers. [Politics in Minnesota]

STATE CAPITOL: Panel mulls deficit. The deliberations come weeks before the next budget forecast. [Associated Press]

HENNEPIN COUNTY: Homeless program has nowhere to go. Sixty clients are on their own after state cuts doom the Street Case Management Project. [Star Tribune]

THIEF RIVER FALLS: Cop stole stuff. Like lawn mowers, boats, ATVs. He got fired. [Grand Forks Herald]

MINNEAPOLIS: Stadium Village bar cited for underage sales. Stub & Herbs has also been a sometime political home to libertarianism. [Minnesota Daily]