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Downstream towns worried about Red River diversion

Residents living downstream from Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., along the Red River fear their towns would be sacrificed in a diversion plan to save the two larger cities from chronic flooding.
by Dave Kolpack, The Associated Press

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Clearwater to host dryland dog sled race

Clearwater to host dryland dog sled race

Since starting her mushing career in 2006, Mariah Ahlert has raced in places like Montana, Wisconsin and Minnesota races in Frazee and Bemidji. This weekend, Ahlert will race much closer to home.

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Hunting season not bringing in as many bucks to merchants

Hunting season not bringing in as many bucks to merchants

The deer hunting season is underway in Minnesota, but the northern Minnesota economy isn't getting as much of a boost as it often does. Stricter bag limits, combined with a weak economy, mean hunters are spending fewer dollars on the sport.
by Tom Robertson

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Duluth council election goes to recount

Duluth elections officials will conduct a ballot recount next Thursday, in response to a request by a city council candidate who lost by 153 votes.
by Madeleine Baran

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Longtime Minn. farmer dies of exposure, brother hospitalized

Longtime Minn. farmer dies of exposure, brother hospitalized

A 95-year-old man from northwestern Minnesota is hospitalized after he went out looking for his older brother who had wandered off. The brother later died.

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PUC approves Prairie Island power increase

PUC approves Prairie Island power increase

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a plan for Xcel Energy to increase the power it produces at its Prairie Island nuclear plant, and to store more radioactive waste on site.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Hunter accused of illegally killing record buck

A bow-and-arrow hunter is accused of illegally taking a trophy white-tailed buck in Goodhue County.

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Builder hoping cordwood home design catches on

Builder hoping cordwood home design catches on

A northern Minnesota school teacher will soon move into an unusual new home built of firewood logs in an effort to create affordable, energy efficient homes on the White Earth Reservation using an old construction technique.
by Dan Gunderson

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Pawlenty's deer hunt: 1 wounded

Gov. Tim Pawlenty shot a buck during the Governor's Deer Opener last weekend, but he and his hunting companions were unable to find it.

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Farmers say wet fall didn't hurt size of harvest

Farmers say wet fall didn't hurt size of harvest

It looks like rainy conditions for most of the fall haven't hurt the size of the Minnesota corn and soybean harvest, but even though crops are faring well, farmers are still struggling with the effects of too much rain.
by Mark Steil

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