Greater Minnesota

Andrea Duarte-Alonso has been documenting the stories of immigrants and their children in southwest Minnesota, making sure to include the voices of unauthorized immigrants who’ve avoided sharing their stories publicly. Her city of Worthington has one of the highest concentrations of Latinos in Minnesota.

Hayes Scriven, currently executive director of a veteran’s history center in Superior, Wis., will be Split Rock’s first new keeper in 36 years and will assume the post on Nov. 1.

The DNR’s Friday fall color map reveals a chunk of northeastern Minnesota that’s rushing now into maximum beauty. Here are three great places to trek this weekend.

International Falls Mayor Bob Anderson spent his entire life in the U.S.-Canada border town, a tireless advocate for the community and an employee at the local papermill for five decades

As Mayo Clinic Health System finishes shifting maternity, inpatient and intensive care services from Albert Lea to Austin, an Iowa-based provider offers Albert Lea residents a new option for primary care with visiting specialists.

Jacob Lavoie’s body was pulled from the Duluth harbor near Canal Park last Friday after he went missing.

The influx of Hmong-Americans into Walnut Grove, Minn., gave the community a boost, but two decades in, they’re facing the same challenge as other rural parts of the state: How do you give young people a reason to stay?

Of the 65 students taking part in the White Coat Ceremony on Friday to welcome the class, 18 percent are Native American. These doctors-to-be could help address a shortage of American Indian physicians nationwide that some say has reached "crisis" levels.

A small but growing number of Karen refugees are migrating from the Twin Cities metro area to put down roots in places like Albert Lea, Austin, Marshall and Willmar in Greater Minnesota.

A nationwide shift of customs officers to the Mexican border last year forced northern crossings to cut hours. That’s frayed the fabric of daily life in Roseau, Minn., where local leaders are not confident of a return to normal.