Greater Minnesota

Two things that changed walleye fishing in Minnesota
Take a drive north and you'll see $50,000 boats and whole communities built off the walleye fishing industry. It wasn't always that way.
Mine workers, supporters rally on Iron Range
A thousand-plus mine workers and supporters rallied on the Iron Range Thursday in Virginia, Minn. to show their support for new labor contracts for thousands of taconite mine workers who still have jobs after layoffs have racked the industry.
Mille Lacs walleye: Many questions, a few answers
When it comes to walleye fishing on Lake Mille Lacs, Minnesota's would-be anglers are left without answers to some important ecological questions.
420 on Minn. Iron Range face layoffs as United Taconite idles plants
Cliffs Natural Resources will temporarily idle its United Taconite mine in Eveleth, Minn., and its pellet plant in Forbes, Minn., company officials said Wednesday.