Authorities advised no travel across southern Minnesota on Sunday as blizzard warnings remained in effect for the region through early Monday.

A powerful winter storm is hitting Minnesota Sunday, prompting blizzard warnings for parts of central and southern Minnesota as heavy snow and travel advisories around the state.

State agriculture officials have unveiled plans to spray a nontoxic pheromone in dozens of treatment areas this summer to disrupt the mating of spongy moths, a leaf-eating insect that can damage trees. The invasive pest is already well established in Wisconsin but has not yet gained a foothold in Minnesota. 

Higher costs and lower prices are squeezing farmers out of profitability. That’s led many to file for bankruptcy as a last resort to find aid.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball team is heading to the NCAA tournament for the first time in nearly a decade — and they’ll start the tourney at home.

Redwood County in southern Minnesota is looking for someone to take a historic bridge off of their hands for just $1. The new owner would be responsible for repairing and relocating the bridge elsewhere. The Gold Mine Bridge gets its name from a nearby failed gold mining operation in the 1890s.