Greater Minnesota

Obama asks court to block forest road building
The Obama administration says it will defend the 2001 Roadless Rule that blocked road construction and other development on millions of acres of remote national forests. The latest development means no new roads will be planned in Minnesota's Superior national forest.
A preliminary autopsy report says that a 24-year-old Fargo man who died at the WE Fest country music festival near Detroit Lakes, Minn., had heart and lung problems.
USDA forecasts crop yields
Minnesota farmers are expected to harvest an above average corn crop this fall, but the soybean crop is struggling. The U.S. Agriculture Department released its first detailed look at the fall harvest.
The Fergus Falls high school marching band made such good impression performing at President Barack Obama's inauguration that it's got a prestigious new gig.