Sturgeon rising: Minnesota’s largest fish is making a comeback on Big Stone Lake

Greater Minnesota Newsletter | Everything you need to know about what's happening across Greater Minnesota. Delivered to your inbox Tuesday afternoons. Lake sturgeon sightings on Big Stone Lake were few and far between until recent years. BJ Bauer...

Arizona Democrats say they feel unsafe around GOP lawmaker after email rejecting a plea for unity

Some Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives say they feel unsafe around a Republican lawmaker after he responded to a call for unity in the face of political violence with a misinformation-filled diatribe where he claimed that the...

Funding cuts hit sustainable Agriculture Partnership with University of Minnesota

A significant setback to Minnesota’s growing sustainable agriculture sector is in the works as part of budget cuts being enacted at the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences. Sustainable agriculture...

Minnesota agencies ordered to review whether existing rules protect drinking water

Are Minnesota’s animal feedlot rules or the Ground Water Protection Rule adequate in protecting air, water land and other natural resources in the state? That was a question that came up from a January 2025 lawsuit against the Minnesota Pollution...

Mayo Clinic closing 6 facilities in Minnesota

Mayo Clinic closing six facilities in Minnesota A southern Minnesota community is taking matters into its own hands after Mayo Clinic announced it will close six rural clinics and reduce services by Dec. 10. Mayo Clinic announced it will be...

Reporter's Notebook: Covering the clean energy transition in northern Minnesota

NINA MOINI: Most of us don't put a whole lot of thought into the electricity that powers our daily lives. We just flip the switch and expect the lights to go on. Well, there's a proposed sale of one of Minnesota's largest electric utilities that's...

International journalists from World Press Institute visit Grand Marais

Local Nine journalists from around the globe arrived in Grand Marais on Sunday, Sept. 14, and began a multi-day exploration of Cook County. The journalists are participants in the World Press Institute (WPI), an annual fellowship program that...

Public Health Recruitment and Retention: Findings from a Recent Qualitative Study

Public health workforce challenges have been well-documented, including the lack of public health workers, high turnover within public health, and too few public health students going into governmental public health. The National Association of...

Catholic schools add security, including armed staff, after Minneapolis school shooting

CNA Staff, Sep 11, 2025 / 17:27 pm After two children died and more than 20 people were injured by a transgender-identifying man in Minneapolis in August, Catholic schools around the country have been evaluating their security measures, with some...

9/11’s legacy in the wake America’s current political climate

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - After September 11, 2001, many Americans remember a sense of national unity. “Everybody had this sense of unity, and the community came together as one, and we wanted to show the solidarity of both our community and our...

Minnesota Department of Agriculture joins as sponsor for Farm Aid's 40th anniversary festival

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) will participate as a sponsor at the 40th Annual Farm Aid Music Festival, scheduled for Saturday, September 20, 2025. The event, which marks four decades of Farm Aid’s support for family farmers, will...

Otter Tail County Board approves energy savings project 

By Robert Williams Editor Otter Tail County Deputy Administrator Nick Leonard provided a resolution that was adopted regarding the Guaranteed Energy Savings Project for facility improvements and two 40 kW solar arrays, one located at the...

Donald G. Oss

Donald G. Oss, 94, of Spring Valley, Minn., passed away peacefully on September 6, 2025, at the Spring Valley Care Center. Don was born at home in Spring Valley to parents Gjert P. and Julia Oss October 1, 1930. He was baptized and confirmed at...

Edmonds Floretum Garden Club to host program on climate adapted gardens Sept. 15

Naomi Goodman “Futurescapes: Climate Adapted Gardens” is the topic of the Edmonds Floretum Garden Club program on Monday, Sept. 15 in Edmonds City Hall’s third-floor Brackett Room, 121 5th Ave. N. Speaker Naomi Goodman is the owner of Firecracker,...

Minnesota Opinion: Minnesota's wild rice standard demands compromise

No, environmentalists, tribal leaders, and others in Minnesota “are not trying to shut down the mining industry,” as Nancy Schuldt of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s Resource Management Division stated in an Aug. 22 News Tribune...

Nortech Systems Achieves Enhanced Fiber Optic Performance

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 16, 2025-- Nortech Systems Incorporated (“Nortech” or the “Company”), a leading provider of design and manufacturing solutions for complex electromedical devices and electromechanical systems, announced...

MLB notes: Bruce Bochy could be in line for elusive award, how the Mariners rebounded and more

For most of the season, the Houston Astros’ Joe Espada has appeared the clear front-runner for American League Manager of the Year. And he still might be. But what if the Texas Rangers reach the postseason? What if the Astros don’t? Might Bruce...

Hometowns In New York With the Worst Quality Of Life

Several places in New York State have the worst quality of life in America. Is your hometown on the list? Lawnstarter highlighted the places in America with the best "Quality of Life." Lawnstarter ranked 500 cities. Only two hometowns in New York...

Explainer: The FAMILY Act of 2025

Longtime paid leave champions Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), and their Senate and House colleagues are introducing a new version of the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, improving on the...

Fort McCoy ArtiFACT: Tobacco products

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES 09.16.2025 Courtesy Story Archaeologists working at Fort McCoy have found numerous tobacco-related artifacts over the years. Items of this type found in the field during archaeological investigations include...