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The display will feature nearly 4 million lights, including 150,000 more lights this winter on the 128-foot tall tree at the center of the event.

Mining country in northeast Minnesota, with its strong union ties, has historically backed Democrats in huge numbers. But this year many voters turned to Donald Trump, hoping for an economic jumpstart.

Snow in the forecast is a good reminder that it's time to get your car ready for winter, and brace yourself for the long, cold months ahead.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued a long-delayed proposed permit for a major taconite mine on the Iron Range, less than a week after environmentalists sued over the state's oversight of the mine.

The rallies are among more than 300 across the country, asking that the federal government reject final permits for the controversial oil pipeline that has generated months of Native American protests in the Dakotas.

The Duluth-based nonprofit that works to end violence against women is one of three Minnesota groups recognized by the Bush Foundation for responding to complex social challenges in innovative ways.

The end of harvest means the beginning of work to implement Minnesota's new buffer law, and Minnesota farmers remain divided over the initiative.

Police in St. Peter say deer hunters found a missing 12-year-old girl alive Saturday afternoon in the Minnesota River.

Emergency crews determined that a "vent and burn" procedure was their only option to safely dispose of propane and butane in derailed tank cars near Ellendale.

The French River hatchery north of Duluth produces Kamloops trout. But state conservation officials say it needs $8 million in repairs and consumes 10 percent of the agency's energy use statewide.

Hillary Clinton may have snagged Minnesota's 10 electoral votes, but only by a narrow margin. The only pockets of blue showed up in the Arrowhead region, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Rochester.

Both Republicans and Democrats held rallies in Minnesota on Monday to try to get their supporters to cast ballots. A strong turnout for early voting in the state shows interest in the election is already high.

Late September rain storms pushed millions of pounds of dirt into southern Minnesota rivers, but experts don't exactly agree on the cause or a solution.

Deer hunters will take to the woods this weekend for the opener of the Minnesota firearms deer season, as the state for the first time begins to develop a statewide deer management plan.

PolyMet has filed a permit application to open the first copper-nickel mine in Minnesota. Here's what you need to know.

Larry Bartels, co-author of "Democracy for Realists," spoke this week about what influences our political behavior.

More than 200 supporters of the Dakota Access pipeline protest in western North Dakota marched about a mile through Bemidji to express solidarity.

The event "Who's In Your Wallet?" used recent controversy over changes to the $10 and $20 bills in America as a backdrop for analyzing this year's similarly contentious presidential election.

Over the past several months, thousands of people have come to the protest camp. MPR News spoke with two women about their reasons for why they're protesting.