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Scattered rains slow Minnesota fieldwork

Scattered rains slowed fieldwork across Minnesota over the past week.

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Fire destroys 2 buildings in Wheaton

Fire destroys 2 buildings in Wheaton

Fire departments from five communities are battling a blaze that's destroyed two buildings in the main business district of a west central Minnesota city.

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Leech Lake, White Earth plan treaty rights event

Ojibwe band members will highlight their claim to treaty-based hunting and fishing rights by staging two separate events in Bemidji May 14, a day before the state's walleye fishing opener.
by Tom Robertson

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Side Lake man gets 10 years for massive pot operation

Side Lake man gets 10 years for massive pot operation

In a plea agreement, Thorsten Gorham Otterness had admitted that he grew 1,339 marijuana plants in a field next to his rural Iron Range home during the summer of 2009.
by Madeleine Baran

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Mixed reaction to Ojibwe fishing protest from outdoors groups

Mixed reaction to Ojibwe fishing protest from outdoors groups

There's mixed reaction from Minnesota outdoors groups on plans by some northern Ojibwe band members to assert hunting and fishing rights they believe are guaranteed by a treaty from the mid-1800s.
by Tom Robertson

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Mayo gets grant for health information program

The Mayo Clinic has been awarded a $12.3 million stimulus grant as part of a nationwide Health Information Technology Pilot program.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Technology could serve the elderly, attract the young

Technology could serve the elderly, attract the young

Elected officials, business leaders, and regular citizens have debated for decades how to bolster the economy, provide jobs for Todd's youth so they'll stay or return after college and attract people like Dagen and Fletschock.
by Jennifer Vogel

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Akeley boy injured when run over by sister

A 12-year-old boy is being treated at a burn center in Minneapolis after he was accidentally run over by his 16-year-old sister near Akeley.

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Dry spring has northern Minn. on high alert for wildfires

Dry spring has northern Minn. on high alert for wildfires

Weekend rains have helped alleviate the immediate fire danger in northern Minnesota, but fire officials say much more rain is needed to overcome a long dry spell that reminds some people of moisture levels not seen in decades.
by Bob Kelleher

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SE Minn. demonstrators call for immigration reform

SE Minn. demonstrators call for immigration reform

About two dozen demonstrators marched in front of the county courthouse in Faribault, as part of a renewed effort in the debate on immigration. The rallies comes on the heels of Arizona's controversial immigration law allowing police to stop people they suspect are in the country illegally.
by Elizabeth Baier

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