As the fair wraps up Minnesotans spend their last moments of summer on the grounds.
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While supporters see proposal as an economic boost, local and tribal officials say infrastructure is lacking.
Invasive zebra mussels have infested five percent of Minnesota’s treasured lakes, rivers and waterways, where they gobble up nutrients that native fish and plants need. So to keep them from spreading, the state’s Department of Natural Resources is using specially trained K-9s to sniff them out.
Inflation in food prices can hit even harder for people in their 60s and older as they also juggle fixed incomes, health problems and changes in federal law. Experts say the age group is a “forgotten population” when it comes to food insecurity.
There has to be somewhere all that waste goes at the fair. Cue: the unsung hero of sanitation workers. Two workers say that working in sustainability, especially composting, has transformed how they look at the fair.
U.S. Geological Survey researchers developed models to better understand the timing and sources contributing to nutrient pollution in streams and rivers. They say their findings can help guide efforts to improve water quality.
While wages statewide have largely kept pace with inflation, artists say rising material costs and cautious consumer spending are making already-uncertain careers even harder to sustain.
Government entities aren’t the only ones experiencing these incidents, but state and local governments have become lucrative targets.
The Trump administration again asked the Supreme Court to allow the U.S. Postal Service's plan to restrict mail-in voting for the midterm elections, filing an emergency application on Sunday.
At many public accesses, more of the boat ramp’s planks are above the water line than they normally are. That makes it more difficult to enter and exit the lake, especially with larger boats and longer trailers.
When it comes to fair food, opinions are wide. These influencers tried multiple bites at the fair sharing their favorites, most overrated and what they wait for all year.
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent Drew Evans called the incident an act of domestic violence and identified Carlton Neal Johnson II, 35, as the shooter. The fundraising sites say they are in support of the victims and their families.
As diesel prices reach all time highs, school districts and their bus operators are looking for ways to stretch every cent to keep the wheels turning.
