Greater Minnesota

Minn. outdoorswoman recalls push to get girls in BWCA
A lifelong love of the outdoors inspired Jean Sanford Replinger of Marshall to join Outward Bound and open up the organization to girls back in 1965.
The Minnesota State Patrol says two people have died in a crash in northern Minnesota.
A hunter has died in his tree stand south of Waseca in southern Minnesota.
Caterpillar says it plans to close its plant in southern Minnesota and shift work to Wisconsin and Georgia.
Aging drivers present new transportation challenge
Baby boomers started driving at a young age and became more mobile than any generation before or since. They practically invented the two-car family and escalated traffic congestion when women began commuting to work. Now, 8,000 of them are turning 65 every day, and those retirements could once again reshape the nation's transportation.
Hearing today for Prairie Island concerns about nuclear waste storage
The Prairie Island Indian Community is asking the federal government to respond to its long-running concerns about nuclear waste stored near the Prairie Island power plant.
New Ulm-based Associated Milk Producers Incorporated says it will close a plant in southwest Minnesota and lay off 130 employees.
Wind industries lay off hundreds of workers
Hundreds of workers in our region are losing their jobs as wind turbine manufacturers cut production. The federal tax credit that subsidizes wind energy is set to expire at the end of the year, and political uncertainty is putting the brakes on the wind industry.
The Stillwater Lift Bridge connecting Minnesota and Wisconsin is tentatively scheduled to reopen to vehicle traffic in about a month.