Ashley Thaemert picked up Butters so she could clean the area around his doghouse at her home in Tower, Minn. on January 13, 2020.

Exhaustion, injury, freezing cold: This Beargrease dog race competitor braves it all to win

Beargrease competitors — human and canine — live for the race, despite grueling conditions and dangers along the trail.

Minnesotan behind 'Toy Story' and 'Up' on his latest Pixar movie 'Soul'

November 23, 2020

Deborah Coleman / Pixar Bloomington native Pete Docter has been at the helm of most Pixar releases. His latest, "Soul," will premiere on Disney Plus.

The latest from Pixar is another chapter in the life of Bloomington's own Pete Docter

Minnesota's expanded Great Northern festival is a 'bright light' for the winter ahead

November 23, 2020

Kate Nordstrum, the new head of the Great Northern, talks about her plans to expand the festival ... and how they've been modified by covid. Kate Nord

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