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Greater Minnesota

Minnesota-grown technology helps scientists track wildlife around the globe

Minnesota-grown technology helps scientists track wildlife around the globe

Much of the research conducted around the world on hundreds of species of wildlife — from large mammals including moose and wolves, to birds and fish and reptiles, even insects — relies on technology developed, in part, in Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker

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Climate solution or pipe dream? Carbon capture and coal power plants

Climate solution or pipe dream? Carbon capture and coal power plants

An electric cooperative that serves customers in Minnesota and North Dakota wants to build one of the worlds largest carbon capture facilities. Skeptics doubt Project Tundra will work, but the Biden administration has thrown its support behind the nearly $2 billion project.
by Dan Gunderson

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Divided Moorhead City Council passes Gaza cease-fire resolution

Divided Moorhead City Council passes Gaza cease-fire resolution

A divided Moorhead City Council approved a resolution on Monday calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. Some members said the city council is not the proper venue for international issues; the mayor broke a tie to pass the resolution.
by Dan Gunderson

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DNR reports hunters took fewer deer during 2023 season

DNR reports hunters took fewer deer during 2023 season

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reports deer harvest numbers were down 8 percent throughout the state in 2023 compared to the previous season. They were also 14 percent less than the five-year average.  
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Fargo-Moorhead officials hope to curb violence with threat assessment team

Fargo-Moorhead officials hope to curb violence with threat assessment team

Law enforcement agencies in Fargo-Moorhead are collaborating with each other, the courts and community agencies to form a threat assessment team. They hope to reduce violence by identifying people who might be a threat to public safety.
by Dan Gunderson

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Legislative proposal would transfer a Minnesota state forest to the White Earth Nation

Legislative proposal would transfer a Minnesota state forest to the White Earth Nation

State Sen. Mary Kunesh, DFL-New Brighton, and Rep. Aisha Gomez, DFL-Minneapolis, introduced a bill in February that proposes transferring state-owned land within the 160,000-acre White Earth State Forest to the tribe by 2029.
by Melissa Olson and Dan Gunderson

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Cannabis growing facility is now under construction on Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe tribal lands

Cannabis growing facility is now under construction on Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe tribal lands

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has entered Minnesota’s cannabis growing industry. Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures, the corporate entity owned by the band, will operate the growing facility that’s estimated to open in the fall of 2024.
by Melissa Olson

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