Brian Glasow, an invasive carp specialist with Minnesota DNR, holds a bighead carp caught recently in the Mississippi River.

Anderson: They're back. Invasive carp take aim at state's waters again

The DNR will finalize a new plan to deter invasive carp from further infesting the Mississippi, Minnesota and St. Croix rivers. Will it work?

Winona's new mountain biking trails give southern Minnesota twist

December 5
Winona’s Bluffside Park has been the focus of new trails in the initial phase of the project.
More than 5 miles of new trails, some multiuse, opened in November in Bluffside Park as part of a wider recreational vision by city planners and other partners.

CEO Paywatch: Hormel leader's compensation drops as share price slides

December 8
Hormel Foods CEO Jim Snee.
Hormel CEO Jim Snee's realized compensation fell 44.5% from last year.
Minneapolis
December 8

Minneapolis drive-by homicide victim ID'd as 20-year-old

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has identified the victim as Ty'Shawn Maurice Lyons of Rochester.
High Schools
December 8
Maxwell Woods (3) played running back, cornerback and kick returner for Class 5A champ Chanhassen.

Who's Minnesota's Player of the Year? Find him here, with 55 All-Staters

The All-State football first team starts with an offensive backfield that has no players from Class 6A, the largest schools.
Inspired
December 7
Author and illustrator Douglas Woods in a favorite landscape: where woods and water meet.

Q&A: Minnesota author Douglas Wood finds joy in 'theater of the wild'

In a new memoir, St. Cloud-area author and illustrator Douglas Wood writes about his challenges as a youth and nature's enduring refuge.
Local
December 6

Minnesota schools and Jewish sites receive fake bomb, shooting threats

Twenty-five schools and nine Jewish facilities reported receiving messages as of Wednesday afternoon.
Golf
December 6
Oak Marsh Golf Course in 2020.

December golf in Minnesota? Warmth brings rush on tee times

Available spots went quickly as courses made times available because of weather forecasts for Thursday and Friday.
Local
December 5

Multi-state probe yields federal gun charges against man who allegedly threatened ex for months

Shaninth Michael Ray was arrested in Austin, Minn., this year and found with the same revolver depicted in threatening videos sent to woman, her family.
Local
December 4
Minneopa Falls, at Minneopa State Park, is the highest waterfall in southern Minnesota.

Authorities ID man killed in landslide near Mankato

Jack Loso of Robbinsdale was visiting Minneopa State Park with family Saturday when he was caught in a landslide near the Minneopa Falls area.
Local
December 2
Minneopa Falls at Minneopa State Park near Mankato, where a 19-year-old man died in a landslide, officials said.

19-year-old man dies in landslide at Minneopa State Park near Mankato

Authorities say a man became trapped under earth that collapsed near the Minneopa Falls.
Rochester
December 2
Rochester’s Ear of Corn water tower was built in 1931.

Rochester's Ear of Corn water tower on path to become historic landmark

The city's historic preservation commission has recommended a historic designation for the tower.
Local
December 2
“There has to be a ‘polluter pays’ model,” said Rep. Rick Hansen, D-South St Paul.

Lawmaker: Tax fertilizer to clean up farm pollution in southeastern Minnesota

Rep. Rick Hansen, DFL-South St. Paul, wants to revive a plan to have farmers pay more to help reduce nitrate.
Curious Minnesota
December 1
A 1923 operation at the Mayo Clinic.

How Mayo Clinic became one of the world's most famous medical centers

The "clinic in a cornfield" attracted many visitors in its earliest days because of innovative practices.
Inspired
December 1
Steve DeBoer ran near his home in Rochester, Minn., on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. DeBoer has run at least a mile a day every day for more than 52 years.

A Rochester man has run every day for more than 52 years — mostly shirtless

"I like to do things consistently," says the man, who got a C in phy ed as a kid.
Outdoors
December 1
Elly Stortroen, right, 12, of Fergus Falls, Minn., is a fan of blaze pink while deer hunting, while her cousin, Alex Pederson, 15, prefers traditional

Anderson: Hunting in pink is legal, but makes some women see red

The bill legalizing pink clothing was authored by a man who 'thought it might help' attract more women to hunt. Among others, Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn, a hunter, was offended by the idea. And the gear can be hard to find, too.
Rochester
November 30
Rochester Police Chief Jim Franklin answered media questions just outside of the KAAL-TV station parking lot Thursday night in Rochester.

Man dies after police standoff in front of Rochester TV station

Police say the man made suicidal threats, shot at officers before dying of self-inflicted wounds.
Outdoors
November 30
A new deer hunters group is challenging the management of gray wolves.

New Minnesota deer hunters group wants changes in wolf politics

With meetings across the north, Hunters For Hunters seeks to amplify voices of people who believe Minnesota's wolf population is a problem going unaddressed.
Outdoors
November 28
Deer hunters in Wisconsin enjoyed comfortable weather during the primary firearms season, but they harvested substantially fewer deer than a year ago.

Wisconsin firearms deer harvest by hunters takes a dive, too

With some data echoing Minnesota's plight, hunters in Wisconsin took nearly 18% fewer deer than last year, DNR says.
Rochester
November 28
Gov. Tim Walz, right, learned how to get vehicle tabs renewed at a kiosk inside a Cub Foods in Rochester on Tuesday afternoon.

Want to pick up vehicle tabs with less hassle? Try a kiosk

State officials are promoting kiosks in eight Cub Foods locations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and Rochester where residents can register their vehicles.
Local
November 28
Robert Gardner was professor emeritus in the theater department at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Former Gustavus theater professor dies in crash on Hwy. 169 in St. Peter

Robert Gardner was riding in a vehicle that was struck Monday night on the south side of St. Peter, in southern Minnesota.
Rochester
November 28
An artist’s rendering shows the centerpiece of Mayo Clinic’s planned $5 billion expansion: a sweeping two-building patient care complex that conne

$5 billion redo of Mayo Clinic's campus will reshape skyline of Rochester

The project will demolish existing buildings to make way for five others that will offer seamless care for patients.
Rochester
November 27
Rochester school district plans to close two elementary schools and one early learning facility next summer.

Rochester school district plans to close three schools

School officials say two elementary schools and one early learning building will close next summer.

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