Minnesota

A small but growing farm-to-school movement is an example of how more people understand how food makes community. Ground Level will explore more fully in coming weeks.

The First Amendment should free Americans from having to follow a lot of regulations when they speak.

Each Monday now through the election, we’ll pose a question on an issue that’s pertinent to the race for Minnesota governor. Today’s Question: What should be the public contribution to a Vikings stadium? Independence Party candidate Tom Horner: Leadership requires candidates to offer details, especially on controversial issues. I’m the only candidate to offer a…

Gov. Tim Pawlenty's office says a special session tentatively scheduled for Monday to deal with the flooding in southern Minnesota has been delayed.

The Virginia Regional Medical Center, in the Iron Range city of Virginia, has been struggling for a couple of years. The city-owned hospital is on track to lose $2.4 million this year, according to the Mesabi Daily News. It lost another $1 million between 2008 and 2009. I reported on the hospital’s struggles and those…

This was the type of day on the grain markets that makes Minnesota corn and soybean farmers cheer, while state livestock producers cringe. Grain prices moved sharply higher on a ‘limit up’ day on the markets. Corn and soybeans both rose the daily limit. That’s 30 cents a bushel for corn and 70 cents a…

Koochiching County has taken another step toward its goal of adopting emerging plasma gasification technology to deal with its garbage.

Grand Forks-born James Rosenquist went from sign painter to influential figure in the pop art scene. Now his art has a place near his hometown.

It's not the cluster of assaults that's unusual. It's the reports.

Some northern Minnesota counties worry they're losing their taxable lands. The state already owns millions of acres that counties can't tax. Now, flush with cash from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, the state is buying up even more land.