The club that manages the Chester Bowl ski hill in Duluth is trying to raise $1.3 million to build a new chalet at the iconic park, where generations of Olympic ski jumpers practiced in the mid-1900s.
The increasing drought and smoke from Canadian wildfires are adding to Minnesota farmers’ challenges this summer. But there’s a debate over whether the smoke may actually help as it shields already drought-stressed crops.
Minnesota Republicans have a tiny bank balance and still owe rent for the 2022 state convention. The party chair says the fundraising picture is perking up though.
Duluth-based St. Luke’s plans to merge with Aspirus Health, a nonprofit health system that operates in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The new system will contain 19 hospitals, 130 outpatient locations and nearly 14,000 staff.
The founder and race director of the Fargo Marathon died when his bicycle was struck by a truck pulling a boat on a trailer in Detroit Lakes. Mark Knutson was 53.
The DNR replaced the dam with rock arch rapids, a series of boulders designed to let the river flow more naturally and fish to swim upstream for spawning.
All 47 residents of Red Pine Estates, a Bemidji subsidized housing facility, have now been evacuated from the building. Most of the renters are either elderly or people with disabilities and many said they have nowhere to go.
Xcel says the battery could help it manage energy demand, especially when solar and wind farms aren't producing power. But it won’t disclose the total cost of the project.