Greater Minnesota

Fewer home buyers trading up keeps prices down
The housing market is in a long slump, but sales of low-priced homes in the Twin Cities metro area are actually brisk. On the other hand, homes in the mid to high price ranges are selling very slowly.
Outdoors money paves way for state's largest forest preservation deal
For $36 million, the state gets permanent land rights and ensures public access to more than 187,000 acres of privately owned forest land scattered over seven counties in northern Minnesota.