On Feb. 5, 1924, 48 miners were finishing up their shift at the Milford mine near Crosby, when a mine shaft about 170 feet underground collapsed, rapidly flooding the mine with water and mud. Only seven survived.
Dakotah Lindwurm of St. Francis, Minn., placed third in an Olympic Trials race in Orlando, Fla., over the weekend, which means she’s headed to the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer.
George Morrison’s commitment to creating a robust community for Native artists is still felt today. The late painter and sculptor was from the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe.
Minnesota uses miles of snow fences to catch blowing snow before it drifts onto roadways in a typical winter. At a one-of-a-kind test site near Moorhead, researchers are finding a year-round use for the snow fence.
The utility’s latest resource plan also calls for adding solar and wind energy, battery storage and building two new natural gas plants for times of peak electricity demand.
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.
The National Park Service suspended the count Tuesday out of concerns that warm weather has left the ice surrounding the island unsafe for the ski-planes the researchers use in their surveys. Regional temperatures have been above freezing for the last week.