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Greater Minnesota

Great Lakes freighter renamed to honor Oberstar

The carrier is owned by Interlake Steamship Co. Company officials say Oberstar deserves to be recognized because he made the Great Lakes a priority during his entire congressional career.

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Hibbing nurses OK strike

Nurses union rejects mediated offer from Range Regional Health Services, but no date for strike set.

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Legislature adjourns without passing Legacy bill

Lawmakers will have to take up the $450 million spending measure in a special session. The House debated it up until the midnight deadline for adjournment without taking a vote.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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This could be critical week for Minnesota farmers

This could be critical week for Minnesota farmers

This could be a critical week for Minnesota farmers, who are running late with spring planting due to soggy fields, but have a chance to catch up thanks to good weather forecast for the next few days.
by Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

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First Nations United plan fishing protest on Upper Red Lake

The members hope to get ticketed by state DNR enforcement officers to raise treaty rights issues in the courts. Red Lake tribal officials say they're not part of the effort and don't support it.
by Tom Robertson

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Mayors, school leaders decry GOP education bill

Mayors and superintendents from Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth say the bill would cut literacy programs for children.
by Dan Olson

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Sediment from farm runoff poses a threat to Lake Pepin

Sediment from farm runoff poses a threat to Lake Pepin

The upper third of the scenic lake in the Mississippi could be filled in over the next 100 years. An MPCA draft report cites farm runoff as a major cause, but state officials have little leverage to compel changes that could save the lake.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Ojibwe bands still upset about treaty rights battle with state

Ojibwe bands still upset about treaty rights battle with state

Minnesota is approaching another walleye fishing opener this weekend, but there is still no resolution to a treaty rights dispute between the state and two Ojibwe bands in northern Minnesota.
by Tom Robertson

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