Gophers
August 27, 2016
Tough early schedule will test No. 3 Gophers volleyball

Tough early schedule will test No. 3 Gophers volleyball

Minnesota suffered two losses to open 2015 but rolled to 24 wins in the next 25 matches and made the Final Four. The early-season experience might be more of the same in 2016.
Outdoors
August 27, 2016
Young woman deer hunting

Hunting's future rests with recruiting from new audiences

With white men dominating the industry, others must be courted.
Outdoors
August 27, 2016
A Deutsch Drahthaar watches for doves as he poses with four bagged birds. Minnesota's dove season opens Sept. 1.

Ample summer rains could hamper mourning dove season

A trip afield reveals good news and bad about the upcoming season's prospects
Sports
August 27, 2016

Elk River girls' soccer pins turnaround hopes on return of injured forward

The return of forward Shayne Schoenfelder has Elk River girls' soccer poised for a turnaround.
Sports
August 27, 2016
Prior Lake boys' cross-country runners Devon Genrick (406), Thomas Vallez (411), and Owen Kilanowski (409), shown competing last season. ORG XMIT: h3f

South metro teams seek cross-country state meet return

Prior Lake, Farmington and Shakopee cracked the preseason rankings.
Sports
August 27, 2016
Edina, varsity girls tennis, 1997-98

Edina girls' tennis title streak turns 20

The Hornets won the girls' team title in 1997 and every year since then.
Sports
August 27, 2016

Quick Q&A: Lucie McBride, Chaska football

She is in her fourth year with the Hawks.
Sports
August 27, 2016

Quick Q&;A: Anna Blaschko, Shakopee volleyball

The 6-1 middle blocker, helped the Sabers reach the Class 3A, Section 2 final last season.
Sports
August 27, 2016

North metro notebook: Three make USA U-18 girls' hockey team

Centennial teammates Gabbie Hughes and Anneke Linser joined Maple Grove's Taylor Wente
Twins
August 27, 2016
Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer follows through on his RBI triple off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez in the first inning of a baseball game Thurs

Mauer returns to Twins' lineup after 3-game absence

First baseman's legs aren't completely pain-free, but he asked to return to field.
Vikings
August 27, 2016
Minnesota Vikings' Adrian Peterson runs during the second half an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, in Green Bay,

Sports Illustrated's predictions will make Vikings fans' purple blood boil

If SI is right, this will not be a good year for the Minnesota side of the Vikings-Packers rivalry.
St. Paul
August 27, 2016
The Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined Wilderness Inquiry and members of the nonprofit Outdoor Afro on a canoe ride along the Mississippi t

In canoe on Mississippi, interior secretary marks 100 years of Park Service

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell paddled a canoe Friday off St. Paul to highlight the Twin Cities' urban park, lauded as a national treasure.

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