Lifestyle

This will be the third weekend in a row that Interstate 35W has been closed in Minneapolis, although the new closure is less extensive than the previous two weekends.

If you haven't gone fishing, camping or mountain biking, and don't have a friend or family member who has, you are highly unlikely to take full advantage of outdoor life in Minnesota. The DNR hopes to change that.

Fewer than 1 million people live in Amsterdam, but almost 20 million visit each year. A "night mayor" -- and initiatives to address "overtourism" -- encourage revelers to treat the city with respect.

In addition to fishing and identifying invertebrate species in the water, children learn how to test water quality, climb a rock wall, take nature hikes, build forts, tackle community service projects and roast marshmallows.

Many kinds of crops are grown in Minnesota -- corn and soybeans, of course, also wheat, sugar beets, flax and oats, to name a few of the most popular. Rye is one crop that we hardly grow at all anymore, but it's starting to mount a comeback because it makes some fine young whiskey.

Now 37 and retired, Ledley King is still a team ambassador for England's Tottenham Hotspur club, which is in Minneapolis this week to play Italy's AC Milan in the second International Champions Cup game to be played at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Scientists are touting the first sighting of a hybrid between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin in the ocean off Hawaii. The melon-headed whale is one of the various species that's called a whale but is technically a dolphin.

For years the school had been using a parking lot next to the school as a play area for students. As student enrollment began increasing, the decision was made this year that it was time to get an official playground.

Terminally ill and elderly animals have little hope of adoption, but there's a network of Twin Cities pet hospice volunteers dedicated to making sure vulnerable cats and dogs are loved as their lives end.

Arthur Brooks is a classical musician and a behavioral economist. He ties together philosophy, art, music, social science and neuroscience to suggest ways you can find happiness and success in every stage of life.

Forget ordering toys and gadgets online. A local nonprofit is letting kids build their own playground.

The rites of a formal funeral for a fallen law enforcement officer are solemn and time honored. And one Minnesota piper has made the tradition his own.

The Impossible Burger, a plant-based patty sold across Minnesota that mimics cow meat's bleeding, got the federal Food and Drug Administration's blessing this week

The moon will turn orange or even red. And the eclipse -- expected to be the longest this century -- will be best to see in eastern and southern Africa, the Middle East, eastern Europe and south Asia.

An Intelligence Squared debate: Is social media good for democracy?

After two years and hundreds of public comments, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources biologists have released their first ever comprehensive statewide deer management plan.

The city of St. Paul has asked scooter rental company, Bird, once again to remove their scooters from city streets. But Mayor Melvin Carter said a temporary regulatory framework going to the city council next month could keep the scooters around.

Fair upgrades include a new demonstration kitchen, an outdoor pet pavilion and a much bigger restroom on the North End. Thrill-seekers are invited to try a stomach-churning ride called the Twin Flip.

What's best for the children might not be the most comfortable for the parents.