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Deal with developer could lead to new sports stadium in Rochester
Rochester’s city council unanimously approved an exclusive agreement with Wisconsin-based Landmark Development. It gives the company six months to decide if it wants to build a facility on a piece of city-owned land downtown.
Isle Royale campground temporarily closed because of ‘increasingly bold’ wolf
“Over the past week, a wolf has been spotted in the campground, sniffing and pawing at tents, dragging backpacks away from tents, and entering a tent,” officials at the Lake Superior island park said in a news release.
What to know about the fatal shooting of a Houston man by an ICE officer
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston as he drove his construction crew to a job. His death set off protests in Texas’ largest city and calls from Democrats and Salgado Araujo’s family for an independent investigation.
Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite grows to more than 1,000 cases
Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection that causes severe diarrhea. Nearly 1,000 people have been diagnosed with cyclospora as of Wednesday, though no deaths have been reported. So far the outbreak does not include Minnesota.
Skateboarding, snowboarding: New magazine builds Ojibwe vocabulary, highlighting contemporary hobbies
A monolingual magazine written in the Ojibwe recently published its first volume. The magazine is expanding Ojibwe vocabulary through narratives, poems and other works which focus on topics not typically associated with the Ojibwe culture.