Greater Minnesota

Key question in PolyMet mine fight: Whose data to trust?
State officials today release their final environmental review of the proposed copper-nickel mine. But the report may not stop the debate over whether pollutants will flow away from -- or toward -- the Boundary Waters.
Danny Hammond was going to be arrested when he was cleared to leave the hospital. Hammond had been charged six days earlier with numerous felonies after he was accused of threatened to kill his wife at gunpoint and wouldn't let her leave their home.
From humble beginnings to global power, Cargill marks 150 years
From its beginnings at the close of the Civil War, the commodities trader and processor has grown to become the largest privately held company in the country, with more than 150,000 employees worldwide.
Muskie-walleye war on NW Minnesota lake snags DNR
Critics say stocking muskie in Otter Tail County's Pelican Lake hurts walleye fishing. The DNR says there's no proof. The questions, however, are pulling the agency waist deep into another Minnesota fish fight.