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Greater Minnesota

Walleye size limits remain in place on Upper Red Lake

Regulations that require anglers on Upper Red Lake to release smaller walleyes during the first month of the season will remain in place this year.

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Western Minn. city settles case over garden

Western Minn. city settles case over garden

The City Council in the western Minnesota town of Watson has agreed to let a town resident keep a vegetable garden which had sparked turmoil in the community.
by Mark Steil

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Minn. moms work to slow rate of childhood obesity

Minn. moms work to slow rate of childhood obesity

Lynn Mader, a dietitian and self-described "angry mom," Mader is promoting the idea of eating more locally grown food through the Farm to School project in west central Minnesota, to help improve the diets of school children.

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Fish dump threatens to ignite tensions over tribal fishing

Several hundred walleye carcasses were dumped in a field near Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota. A neighbor found the heap of rotting fish, including hundreds of filleted walleyes and several whole northern pike, on Tuesday afternoon.
by Madeleine Baran

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Search continues for woman's killer in Rochester

The third anniversary of the death of 27-year-old April Sorensen is Saturday and Rochester police are still looking for her killer.

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Farm income in Minnesota dropped sharply in 2009

Farm income in Minnesota dropped sharply in 2009

Minnesota farmers took a financial bruising last year after posting some of the highest income levels ever in 2008. Farm income in the state fell to an eight-year low in 2009, down by almost two-thirds from the previous year. That stress is showing up in farmhouses across the state.
by Mark Steil

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Feds change bovine TB regulations; Minn. will benefit

A change in federal regulations on bovine tuberculosis is expected to benefit Minnesota cattle producers.

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Small gestures help improve race relations in Bemidji

Small gestures help improve race relations in Bemidji

A year ago, Bemidji business owners began to display greetings and words of thanks written in the Ojibwe language. It was a simple, symbolic gesture, but the idea caught on.
by Tom Robertson

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Fish-killing virus found again in Lake Superior

Fish-killing virus found again in Lake Superior

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports that more fish infected with the fish-killing VHS virus have been found in Lake Superior.

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