With the recent discoveries of a bighead carp and DNA of silver carp in the St. Croix River, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has stepped up its efforts to find more evidence of the invasive Asian carp species in the river.
Presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann won the Ames Straw Poll, President Barack Obama visited Cannon Falls, we published another story in our series on Hunger in Minnesota and Twins slugger Jim Thome notched his 600th home run. Take a look at that and more in our photos of the week.
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The Minnesota Fringe Festival is underway, with hundreds of performances taking place at venues throughout Minneapolis. The 10-day festival runs through next Sunday. Photographer Jeffrey Thompson captured some scenes of the first few days of the Fringe.
Only in her third term as a congresswoman from Minnesota, Michele Bachmann has became a front-runner candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Here's a gallery of her life on the campaign trail.
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