Outdoors

‘Forever chemicals’ prompt new, stricter advice for eating fish from Mississippi
The Minnesota Department of Health advises that people in certain groups, including those who are pregnant and children under 15, should not eat fish from the Mississippi between St. Paul and Wabasha.
So long, Stumpy. More than 150 of D.C.’s cherry trees have to go as water rises
Washington, D.C.’s famous cherry blossoms hit peak bloom this week. This will be the last season for about 150 of the famous flowering trees — they’ll soon be cut down to adjust to sea-level rise.
Spring in February: Temperatures soar across southern Minnesota
Temperatures soared into the 60s and even a few 70s across much of southern Minnesota on Monday — a springlike start to what’s shaping up to be a wild weather week across the state.
World Cup in Minneapolis: Jessie Diggins finishes fourth, but still feels the love
Diggins, a native of Afton and an Olympic gold medalist in 2018, skied well through her initial sprint, the quarterfinals and the semifinals. But in the end, she finished fourth in the freestyle sprint.
'There were tears': Fresh snow is welcome news for Cross Country World Cup organizers
The snow came right in time for the Loppet Foundation, who had been using artificial snow for the trails ahead of the Cross Country World Cup race.
Mora's Vasaloppet USA cross-country ski race canceled due to lack of snow
With “no ability to make additional snow or groom this week, we will not be able to put on a race worthy of the Vasaloppet name,” organizers of the longtime ski race in Mora announced Thursday.