Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution last week seeking to protect the 11 people arrested at a divestment occupation on Oct. 21. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed it “without hesitation.”

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says unlicensed bandits are snipping off the tops of spruce trees, trying to cash in on a market that one legal harvester calls “green gold.” 

Backers of a proposed $45 million expansion of Silver Rapids Lodge near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have dropped their plans after a lawsuit from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

The brightly decorated, colorful boxcars of CPKC Railway’s annual Holiday Train are back in Minnesota this week, with 20 stops planned across the state.

The Duluth City Council is weighing whether to award a multimillion-dollar tourism marketing contract to a company based in Tucson, Ariz., over objections from some in the business community who want the city to hire a local firm.

Doug Schieffer has had an ongoing dispute with the city of East Gull Lake over whether he can take off, land and store his helicopter on his lakefront property.