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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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3 sheriffs try virtual consolidation of dispatchers

Three western Minnesota counties are combining their 911 dispatch efforts in the interests of efficiency.
by Dan Gunderson

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Winona residents push leaders to study up on frac sand mining

Winona residents push leaders to study up on frac sand mining

A one-year moratorium on frac sand mining in Winona gives officials time to study the issue, but some city residents wonder how well equipped leaders are to make the decisions ahead.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Some Ojibwe tribal members object to wolf hunting, trapping

Some Ojibwe tribal members object to wolf hunting, trapping

Some Ojibwe Indians in Minnesota are worried about the fate of the state's wolf population, which is now being considered healthy enough for hunting and trapping.
by Tom Robertson

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Willmar showing the way to a more diverse Minnesota

Willmar showing the way to a more diverse Minnesota

Willmar is still grappling with the uncertainty that comes with immigration. More than 20 years after migrant farmers from Mexico and the southern United States began to make Willmar home, a flood of new arrivals from Somalia has introduced new frictions. It has also compelled people to move beyond their comfort zones and talk to their neighbors.
by Laura Yuen

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Report: Great Lakes ice down 71 percent since 1973

Report: Great Lakes ice down 71 percent since 1973

A published report says the amount of ice covering the Great Lakes has declined about 71 percent over the past 40 years, a drop that the lead author partly attributes to climate change.

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Arts economy rises on the southwest prairie

Arts economy rises on the southwest prairie

People in western Minnesota, an area stretching from Ortonville to Granite Falls, are hoping that focusing on creativity, art and handwork will lead to jobs and reverse the longstanding trend toward a declining and graying population.
by Jennifer Vogel

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