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Mining pollution may be hurting Minn's wild rice

Mining pollution may be hurting Minn's wild rice

High levels of sulfates released from Minnesota's mining industry are suspected of diminishing Minnesota's native wild rice beds. The state is reconsidering its current standard for sulfate in wild rice waters, but until recently it hasn't been enforcing the existing standard.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Northern Minn. counties worry about losing court services

Northern Minn. counties worry about losing court services

Residents of northeastern Minnesota were rocked this fall by reports that courthouses in Lake and Cook counties could soon be shuttered, meaning that people with court business could have to drive for hours to regional trial centers in places like Duluth or Virginia. State court officials say nothing of the sort is in the works, but the rumors persist.
by Bob Kelleher

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Mayo Clinic to expand outreach to American Indians

Mayo Clinic to expand outreach to American Indians

The Mayo Clinic has been awarded $6 million to expand cancer prevention and outreach to American Indian and Alaska Native patients.

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Muzzleloader season begins today

Thousands of Minnesotans headed to the woods and fields today for the opening of muzzleloader deer hunting season.
by Tom Robertson

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From tiny island to tiny town, Micronesians at home in Milan, Minn.

From tiny island to tiny town, Micronesians at home in Milan, Minn.

It's a long way from a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to landlocked Chippewa County in central Minnesota. But dozens of people from Micronesia have made the transition over the past 10 years and changed the character of the town of Milan.
by Ambar Espinoza

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Two top officials out at UMD in administration reshuffle

The University of Minnesota Duluth is losing two top administrators, in an apparent shuffle under the college's new chancellor Lendley Black.
by Bob Kelleher

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Federal murder charges filed in Red Lake shooting

Two fugitives face federal murder charges in connection with a fatal shooting on the Red Lake Indian Reservation.

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Ex-Minn. nurse pleads not guilty to aiding suicides

Ex-Minn. nurse pleads not guilty to aiding suicides

A former Minnesota nurse pleaded not guilty Friday to encouraging an English man and a Canadian woman to kill themselves, and his attorney brought another motion to dismiss the case.

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Sanford Health merges with Bemidji hospital

Sanford Health merges with Bemidji hospital

North Country Health Services, Bemidji's locally owned hospital, will soon merge with Sanford Health, based in Sioux Falls and Fargo.
by Tom Robertson

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As Minn. population ages, nursing schools focus on geriatric care

As Minn. population ages, nursing schools focus on geriatric care

With the first baby boomers turning 65 early next year, their generation is expected to strain healthcare resources for the next 20 years, leaving some concerned about the looming shortage of nurses to care for them.
by Dan Gunderson

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