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‘Green Gold’: Booming demand for holiday greenery sparks illicit trade in northern Minnesota

‘Green Gold’: Booming demand for holiday greenery sparks illicit trade in northern Minnesota

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says unlicensed bandits are snipping off the tops of spruce trees, trying to cash in on a market that one legal harvester calls “green gold.” 
by Dan Kraker

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In western Minnesota, a writer rooted in two worlds seeks common ground

In western Minnesota, a writer rooted in two worlds seeks common ground

Columnist, county commissioner and former farmer Brent Olson is a “bleeding-heart liberal” in the middle of rural Minnesota Trump country. He tries to bridge that political and social gap in his national writing and through his local community work.
by Dan Gunderson

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Twin Cities CEO sues city of East Gull Lake over helicopter use

Twin Cities CEO sues city of East Gull Lake over helicopter use

Doug Schieffer has had an ongoing dispute with the city of East Gull Lake over whether he can take off, land and store his helicopter on his lakefront property.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Modern Poetry’ by Diane Seuss

Ask a Bookseller: ‘Modern Poetry’ by Diane Seuss

Julie Schultz of This House of Books in Billings, Montana recommends a book of poetry that made the finalist list for its category of the National Book Awards: Diane Seuss’s “Modern Poetry.”
by Emily Bright

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Pearl Harbor attack gun may leave Minnesota Capitol grounds for new museum home

Pearl Harbor attack gun may leave Minnesota Capitol grounds for new museum home

Operators of an under-construction military museum near Little Falls say they’re better equipped to tend to the USS Ward Number Three Gun, which was manned by Minnesotans and credited with firing the first shots defending Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
by Brian Bakst

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Authorities find body of missing Cannon Falls man

Authorities find body of missing Cannon Falls man

Cannon Falls police say a body found in the Cannon River over the weekend has been positively identified as that of a man missing since early last week.
by MPR News Staff

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Founder of proposed cannabis facility in Le Sueur waits for next steps in stalled licensing lottery

Founder of proposed cannabis facility in Le Sueur waits for next steps in stalled licensing lottery

Minnesota Valley Cannabis Company wants to open a cannabis-growing facility in a former Green Giant research facility in Le Sueur. The company is planning to renovate the 48,000-square-foot building to grow and package cannabis products, but a delay in the state’s licensing lottery means the project is at a standstill.
by Hannah Yang

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