State legislators are pushing the pendulum away from science and conservation, and toward boosting revenue from state lands and encouraging recreation.
Minnesota winter clings on with a blast that fends off spring. Flood predictions grow darker and actual flooding continues as snow and rain fall in much of the state. One worker is presumed dead after trying to clear an ice jam on the Minnesota River.
On the muddy banks of the Minnesota River Chaska artist Richard Kochenash explained to the Chaska Herald what draws him to the paint the river this time of year. "It is a time of transition. ... The strength, the points of the ice, and the energy" of the river.
Bioscience is a big, diverse field and all parts of the growing industry will be discussed at a conference in Worthington in southwest Minnesota in early April
An effort to keep Duluth-based Cirrus in the hands of U.S. owners is underway two weeks after the airplane manufacturer announced it entered an agreement to be purchased by a Chinese group.