Corps raises 100-year flood estimate for Fargo-MoorheadMay 16, 2010 9:18 AMThe new estimate was based on the amount of water flowing through the Red River, how often it floods and how high the water rises as it flows through the cities.
Tribal members say treaty rights protest a successMay 14, 2010 6:00 PMBy Dan Gunderson and Tom RobertsonNearly 200 Ojibway tribal members gathered in Bemidji Friday afternoon to demand the state recognize their rights to hunt and fish.
Play4min 12secFacebook racism incident raises diversity issues at UMDMay 14, 2010 4:15 PMBy Bob KelleherThe University of Minnesota Duluth campus is returning to normal after an uproar over a Facebook conversation in which two young white women mocked an African-American student in the same room.
Arctic Cat reports smaller net loss in 1QMay 13, 2010 10:33 AMBy Madeleine BaranCost-cutting measures helped Arctic Cat reduce losses, despite weak sales throughout the industry, according to company officials.
St. Cloud school officials say harassment complaints not validMay 13, 2010 9:48 AMBy Ambar EspinozaThe St. Cloud school district has found that most of the student harassment complaints filed by a Muslim civil rights group are not valid.
Corps' analysis indicates need for flood projectMay 12, 2010 7:48 PMNorth Dakota's congressional delegation says new information from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers indicates the Fargo-Moorhead area would suffer greater damages from flooding than previously thought.
Play4min 08secIn White Earth, breaking the cycle of domestic violenceMay 12, 2010 3:00 AMBy Dan GundersonA $700,000 federal grant will pay for a domestic violence investigator and expand a victims' advocacy program. The money also will fund a new women's shelter on the White Earth reservation this year.
Open burning restrictions lifted in most Minn. countiesMay 11, 2010 2:25 PMBy Madeleine BaranState officials will lift open burning restrictions for most of central and northwestern Minnesota on Wednesday, as recent wet and snowy weather has reduced the risk of wildfires.
Scattered rains slow Minnesota fieldworkMay 10, 2010 4:05 PMScattered rains slowed fieldwork across Minnesota over the past week.
Fire destroys 2 buildings in WheatonMay 10, 2010 8:14 AMFire departments from five communities are battling a blaze that's destroyed two buildings in the main business district of a west central Minnesota city.