Moose on the loose in Fargo tranquilizedOctober 14, 2009 8:17 AMLaw enforcement and animal experts in the Fargo area surrounded a young bull moose at a local hotel, tranquilized it with a dart gun and released it in a wildlife area in northern Cass County.
Play3min 49secNew Ulm 'bullying' its way to wind energy, landowners sayOctober 14, 2009 3:00 AMBy Mark SteilThe city of New Ulm wants to put up five wind turbines as a power source, but proposal has angered a group of landowners who say eminent domain is being used to secure rights for a wind energy project.
Play4min 23secCargill using soybeans to lower oil use in foamOctober 13, 2009 3:33 PMBy Martin MoylanCargill, the Minnetonka-based agricultural giant makes a soybean-based chemical used to produce furniture-grade foam, reducing the need for petroleum to make the foam we sit and sleep on.
Xcel finishing up Riverside plant emission-reduction conversionOctober 13, 2009 1:42 PMBy Stephanie HemphillXcel Energy is celebrating the final stage of a $1 billion retrofit of its metro-area power plants. Tuesday afternoon, the company will dedicate the Riverside plant in northeast Minneapolis.
Five Minnesota scenic byways receive funding for improvementsOctober 9, 2009 5:15 PMBy Madeleine BaranFive of Minnesota's scenic byways will receive $500,000 in federal funding for improvements and promotion, the Federal Highway Administration announced on Friday.
12 Minnesota counties declared agricultural disaster areasOctober 9, 2009 8:30 AMThe federal government has declared 12 counties in northern Minnesota as an agricultural disaster area.
Play3min 22secSt. John's Abbey gets Upper Midwest's largest solar farmOctober 7, 2009 6:00 PMBy Ambar EspinozaThe largest experimental solar farm in the upper Midwest will sit on land that belongs to St. John's Abbey of Collegeville.
Some area colleges get top marks for sustainability, some don'tOctober 7, 2009 9:55 AMBy Cathy MayfieldA national report card released today gives three Minnesota colleges top marks for their sustainability efforts, but other area schools didn't fare so well.
Availability of fresh food, exercise linked to healthy livingOctober 6, 2009 12:00 PMBy Stephanie HemphillEfforts to bring a supermarket into an underserved St. Paul neighborhood shine a light on a often overlooked fact: where we live has a direct effect on how we eat, exercise and ultimately, how healthy we are.
Play4min 59secAg Sec. Tom Vilsack wants mandatory recalls on tainted foodOctober 5, 2009 7:14 PMBy Stephanie HemphillU.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Obama administration is working to improve food safety.