Greater Minnesota

Beltrami County attracted national attention when commissioners voted against refugee resettlement last week. Ahead of the vote, false information about resettlement circulated on social media, in text messages and in flyers mailed to some county residents.

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.

The county and about 160 members of the local Teamsters union have been at an impasse over wages, health care and sick leave. Union members voted overwhelmingly over the weekend to reject a final contract offer.

Union snowplow drivers in St. Louis County could go on strike as early as 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, as some snow is expected in the region. County officials said they have a contingency plan to keep roads plowed, but they are hoping they don’t have to use it.

An outage that left half the city of East Grand Forks without power for a couple of hours when a substation exploded has been fixed.

Butterfield lost its only grocery store — Del’s Foods — about a decade ago. But now the hardware store is beginning to fill the gaping hole Del’s closure left behind.

Conversations with a young mortician in rural Minnesota reveal the challenges of recruiting new blood to a vital but difficult vocation, one that society seems to value only at its darkest hour.

Politics and impeachment have filled our airwaves and our headlines on mprnews.org. But it’s the collection of stories about our state, our will and our natural resources that round out our most memorable stories of 2019.

An environmental assessment worksheet may need to be prepared for Minnesota Power's proposed Nemadji Trail Energy Center, a three-judge panel ruled Monday.

Louis Jenkins died Saturday. When his poems provided fodder for the actor and playwright Mark Rylance, fame followed.