The potential loss of the music program at St. Cloud State has prompted a groundswell of support. An online petition had collected more than 3,300 signatures as of Monday.
This week the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and MnDOT are unveiling six dual-language English-Ojibwe signs along Highway 61, the first time the agency will post signs in an indigenous language outside reservation boundaries.
About half a million anglers are expected to cast their first fishing lines of the season during Saturday’s Minnesota fishing opener. Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan are going to try their luck at Lake Pepin in southeast Minnesota.
Building codes set minimum safety requirements for how new homes should be designed and constructed. But they can also be an important behind-the-scenes tool to fight climate change.
The parent company of Duluth-based utility Minnesota Power will go private after a $6.2 billion sale, which the company said was needed to help fund its green energy transition.
In a letter sent Wednesday to faculty and staff, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancellor Scott Olson said St. Cloud State is “facing financial pressures that will need to be addressed in the coming weeks.”
Some anglers say Minnesota’s once-robust muskie fishery has declined in recent years, due to reduced stocking and increased pressure from anglers aided by the latest sonar technology.
The Fargo-Moorhead area is ranked 24th of the 25 U.S. cities with the worst short-term particle pollution, which is caused by factories, power plants, vehicle emissions and fires.