When Minnesota last month replaced its Market Value Homestead Credit in an effort to save money, it raised the specter of property tax increases. But property tax changes will vary around the state, and local officials are grappling to understand the new law’s effect.
Minnesota's corn and soybean harvests are forecast to fall well short of last year's crops, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department. The USDA predicts poor weather will cut the soybean yield by 11 percent, and corn by 6 percent.
Eight American Indian students have filed suit in federal court, seeking to force the University of North Dakota to stop using the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
Uneven growth of corn in Minnesota farm fields has sparked a lot of speculation this summer about the condition of the state's major crops, valued at more than $12 billion. Too much rain, followed by too hot weather, has taken a toll on fields across the state.
A judge ruled Wednesday that AT&T can build a cell phone tower near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The approved tower, at 200 feet, is shorter than the 450-foot tower the company was initially seeking.
Veterinarians in northern Minnesota say the number of dogs contracting Lyme and other tick-borne diseases has skyrocketed, an increase also seen in humans.
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