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Greater Minnesota

MPR News Primer: Copper-nickel mining

MPR News Primer: Copper-nickel mining

A look at the issue of copper nickel mining in Minnesota.
by Paul Tosto

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SJU chooses layperson as new president

The St. John's University board has chosen economics professor Michael Hemesath as its new president, marking the first time a non-clergy member has held the top position at the 155-year-old institution.
by Madeleine Baran

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Making Ardelle Neufeld smile

Making Ardelle Neufeld smile

I went looking for my grandparents in the 1940 census tables. But the real reward was the smile of Ardelle Neufeld, an 80-year-old woman I had never met.
by Dave Peters

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Iron Ranger pushes to open state agency's now-sealed books

Iron Ranger pushes to open state agency's now-sealed books

In 2007, public documents show that Iron Range Resources did not adequately oversee its loans of $9.5 million to the owner of a coal gasification plant. But in 2010, access was denied to those same documents, due to a change in the law exempting the economic development agency from releasing basic financial information.
by Jon Collins

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Tax credits help ease White Earth reservation housing crunch

Tax credits help ease White Earth reservation housing crunch

A program that gives federal tax credits to investors who build homes on the White Earth Indian Reservation will make a small but important dent in the chronic housing shortage there.
by Dan Gunderson

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Small grocery store fills gap in W. Minn. 'food desert'

Small grocery store fills gap in W. Minn. 'food desert'

In rural areas across Minnesota, thousands of residents live in communities without a major grocery store. That can create a real challenge for low-income residents who end up spending more time and money on their food. In Big Stone County, small grocers are helping fill the gap.
by Julie Siple

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Trappers look forward to fall timber wolf season

Trappers look forward to fall timber wolf season

Some traditional Ojibwe Indians in Minnesota are unhappy with proposals to create a wolf hunting season this fall. But others have a very different perspective. We meet two northern Minnesota trappers who are looking forward to the challenge of pursuing wolves.
by Tom Robertson

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3 small plane crash victims were family members

3 small plane crash victims were family members

Stuart Dahlberg, 52, his wife Ivelisse Morillo, and his mother, Mae Dahlberg, died when their single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza went down in a farm field, according to David Dahlberg, Stuart's brother. The three were on their way to visit a family member in Colorado when the crash occurred.
by Martin Moylan

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Underdog team's championship season brought purpose to underdog in life

Underdog team's championship season brought purpose to underdog in life

The Minnesota boys' state high school basketball tournament celebrates its 100th year this week with games that start today. In that long history is a memorable win that came 42 years ago this evening, when a team from tiny Sherburn in southwestern Minnesota knocked off metro powerhouse South St. Paul for the championship.
by Mark Steil

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