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How does Mayo stack up against its competitors?

How does Mayo stack up against its competitors?

Minnesota's Mayo Clinic wants to secure its position as a leader in the health care industry, and has proposed a $5 billion expansion plan to accomplish that goal. But Mayo faces competition from several well-funded global medical centers, and that's part of the reason the clinic says it needs to build for the future.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Confusion may slow settlement payments to Minnesota tribal members

Confusion may slow settlement payments to Minnesota tribal members

Today marks the deadline for American Indians who wish to take part in a multibillion dollar settlement with the federal government. The deadline marks a halfway point in paying out $3.4 billion to tribes over the federal government's poor management of money and land owned by tribes.
by Conrad Wilson

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Mining firm vetoes Hwy 53 reroute plan

A veto by a taconite mining company has taken a popular plan to reroute a major northern Minnesota highway off the table.
by Dan Kraker

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Gunfire, chants mark Wounded Knee anniversary

Gunfire, chants mark Wounded Knee anniversary

A Pine Ridge Indian Reservation resident who found herself in the middle of the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation said Wednesday amid ceremonial gunfire and chants that little has changed since the fatal standoff.

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Mayo reports solid 2012 despite income drop

Mayo reports solid 2012 despite income drop

Rochester-based Mayo Clinic reports a large decline in its bottom line last year, but officials are still calling the results a solid financial performance. Clinic officials say the drop in income was by design, but is also due in part to a large payment to its pension plan.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Bus driver accused of forcing child to walk

A Bemidji bus driver has resigned after allegedly dropping a 6-year-old a quarter mile from home in freezing temperatures as punishment.

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Frac sand mining moratorium bill stirs debate

Frac sand mining moratorium bill stirs debate

After a state Senate committee approved a one-year moratorium on new silica sand mines, lawmakers are debating whether Minnesota should place tougher regulations on silica sand mining.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Reflection as Wounded Knee anniversary approaches

Reflection as Wounded Knee anniversary approaches

American Indian activists took over the tiny village of Wounded Knee on South Dakota's sprawling Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on Feb. 27, 1973, in what would become a 71-day, fatal standoff with FBI agents that attracted national attention to the impoverished reservation and the plight of local tribes.

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Meetings to discuss strategy against gypsy moth

Meetings to discuss strategy against gypsy moth

Meetings to discuss plans to slow the spread of the invasive gypsy moth are being hosted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture this week in northern Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker

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