Greater Minnesota

The program’s expansion reflects the growing diversity of the St. Cloud school district, where about 40 percent of this year’s kindergartners speak a language other than English at home.

For many Minnesotans, winter presents a welcome break from yard work. But for some in Duluth, when the ground freezes, the work begins: on a backyard hockey rink.

There’s an effort underway to raise money to erect a memorial in Cold Spring to honor Tom Decker and all law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in Minnesota.

With its distinctive roof lines, the Burgen Lake rest area outside Alexandria is seen as a classic of modernist “funk/revival” style. It may make the National Register of Historic Places. Here’s why it’s not your average bathroom stop.

In a state renowned for its forests, there is arguably no Minnesota tree more majestic than the white pine. After logging nearly wiped out the species a century ago, longstanding efforts to bring them back are beginning to take root.

A hunter in St. Louis County had to be rescued after being stuck in waist-deep water on Saturday evening.

Minnesota Power says they’re working to restore power after multiple outages were reported in areas ranging from Little Falls to Duluth Sunday.

At a three-day conference about Indigenous food and “First Medicines” at Mystic Lake Casino, Cree writer Robyn Katona ends up learning how to savor.

More than 100 years ago, arsonists set fire to Brown's Chapel AME Church in Hastings. On Sunday, members of the community —  including a descendant of the congregation — came out to First Presbyterian Church in Hastings to remember the historic church and acknowledge the legacy of racism that stoked the fire which burned the building. 

In Southern Minnesota, two closely watched legislative races tell more than just a tale about how politicians are trying to win over voters. These races — in two cities just 40 miles apart — illuminate the shifting fortunes and strategies of the DFL, a party that long-relied on rural pockets to win.