It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

The Twin Cities southwest metro is now at peak fall color, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Fall Color Finder. One of the best parts of fall in Minnesota is spending time ...

With the recent election res ults, I have been hearing a lot about an urban-rural divide. Basically, this thinking paints everywhere that is rural to be full of conservatives and everywhere urban ...

There are problems with MNsure, but what is the source? That, and other questions, contrast incumbent Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, and challenger Amy Wilde, DFL-Dassel Township. The two candidates ...

Gov. Mark Dayton was not the only person to speak at the inaugural address at Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul on Monday. The following excerpt is ...

The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America's tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley.

Where, oh where should the  ts go? And where, oh  where have they been? Those were a couple of the questions the Hutchinson City Council mulled over during last week’s City Council ...

Construction on Interstate 494 through Bloomington – and its outdated cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 35W – is slated to begin in June 2021. There will be a turbine interchange.

Shootings in two locations in Minneapolis several hours apart have left two people dead and another wounded, officials said ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey visited Litchfield Thursday as state Rep. Dean Urdahl’s guest. Urdahl said he offered Frey a similar tour to one he extended to St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter this ...

The part of the world where we live lies exactly halfway between Earth’s equator and the North Pole. Mid-latitude locations like Minnesota’s feature distinct seasons in which the ...

Richard Anderson said politicians exacerbated the flying challenges at the small airport by adding flights to their home ...