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Student fishing league catching on in Minnesota lakes country
A two-year-old league has 22 schools and more than 450 students participating in competitive fishing. The interest caught organizers by surprise and they believe it bodes well for the future of angling.
Shadowy exhibits added to Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Artists Seitu Jones and Ta-coumba Aiken have installed a series of shadow representations in the sidewalks commemorating Minneapolitans the artists consider significant but overlooked.
Pollinator-friendly solar energy becomes the norm in Minnesota
The trend toward seeding pollinator-friendly plants at solar energy sites continues in Minnesota at Connexus Energy's new solar-plus-battery-storage project in Ramsey, Minn.
Art Hounds: Peeling back the brick walls of Theatre in the Round
This week on Art Hounds: a new mural fools the eye, a play takes a man's love for his dog to extremes and an art exhibition explores Rondo neighborhood's vibrant history.
U Twin Cities undergrad tuition to top $15K next school year
Regents Wednesday approved a budget that includes a 2 percent increase in resident tuition for Minnesota undergraduates, pushing the price tag to $15,027 in tuition and fees. The trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system also approved 3 percent tuition increases.
Can fertilizer fuel greener tractors?
University of Minnesota researchers developed a tractor engine that can run on a mixture of diesel fuel and anhydrous ammonia, a common nitrogen fertilizer.
Threats to Minnesota's lakes and rivers, and how to best combat them, brought people from around the state together in Walker this week.
Court documents: Accused Minn. mosque bombing plotter attempted to escape
Federal prosecutors say that an Illinois man accused of firebombing a suburban Twin Cities mosque tried to escape from custody while being transported to Minnesota.