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Greater Minnesota

Minn. couple helps secure habitat for rattlesnakes

Minn. couple helps secure habitat for rattlesnakes

Ken and Terry Visger recently agreed to an easement that will help conserve the bluff prairie habitat for rattlesnakes in the hills hat surround his farm near La Crescent in southeastern Minnesota.

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Bemidji State cuts budget to meet $5 million deficit

Bemidji State University and its partner Northwest Technical College released a budget plan Thursday that cuts four programs, reduces the size of 18 others and eliminates about 50 jobs, to address a $5 million deficit.
by Tim Post

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150-year-old letters give voice to Dakota prisoners

150-year-old letters give voice to Dakota prisoners

For nearly 150 years, the voices of Dakota men imprisoned after the Dakota Conflict of 1862 went unheard. But the details of their imprisonment are starting to emerge, in dozens of letters written by those men and now being studied by historians in Fargo.
by Dan Gunderson

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Walz hosts public event in honor of Ariz. colleague

Walz hosts public event in honor of Ariz. colleague

U.S. Rep. Tim Walz says voters must continue to have access to their elected representatives as he held a "Congress on Your Corner" event at a Mankato grocery store Friday afternoon.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Ground broken for canola plant in NW Minn.

Ground has been broken for a $168 million canola plant in northwestern Minnesota that's expected to generate up to 250 construction jobs through 2012.

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Supreme Court: Medical residents considered employees

Supreme Court: Medical residents considered employees

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, in a case involving the Mayo Clinic, that medical residents should be considered employees when it comes to collecting Social Security taxes.

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