CCT Joint Powers Board members struggle with contentious environment

WILLMAR — Members of the Central Community Transit Joint Powers Board have struggled for several months under the leadership of Board Chair Paul Johnson about the best way in which to deal with contentious relationships that have arisen in the...

Minnesota visitors spent a record $14.7 billion in 2024

Minnesota welcomed 81.6 million visitors in 2024, and they spent a record $14.7 billion during their stays. Explore Minnesota, the state's marketing and promotion agency, described those figures as "resoundingly positive," but also warned that...

L-A School District celebrates solar project

From: MiEnergy Cooperative The Lewiston-Altura School District celebrated its leap into renewable energy with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for newly installed solar arrays at both its elementary and high schools. The solar system installations were...

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...

Farm Aid’s 40th Anniversary In Minnesota in Limbo Amid University Strike, Statement Released

Organizers of the annual Farm Aid concert are facing a potentially "devastating" decision concerning the 40th anniversary edition of the show as an ongoing Minnesota labor strike has threatened the event. In a public statement issued Thursday...

The Growing Significance of Climate Lawsuits

For the past decade, analysts have debated how much of a threat the clean energy transition poses to the oil and gas industry. The longer it takes to move to a clean economy, the better positioned those companies will be. But a new trend is...

Corps of Engineers seeks comments on city of Northfield environmental project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for a proposed water system improvement project for the city of Northfield, Minnesota. The Corp of Engineers will provide design...

We need National Mesothelioma Registry for orphan cancer affecting Minnesota veterans

By Jonathan Sharp For generations, mesothelioma has become one of the deadliest and most overlooked diseases, which has already claimed thousands of lives nationwide. Though rare – with only 3,000 new cases reported annually – it...

How Much Savings do Minnesotans REALLY Need to Retire?

Retirement. It's something that seems so far off when you start working. If you are in your twenties and people say to start saving for retirement, it seems like so far in the distance that it doesn't really seem to matter that much. At least that...

The key characteristics of data centres in the US and Europe – an overview for those involved in financings

In this first article in our two part series, we look at the main characteristics of data centres in the US and Europe, and the key factors to consider when dealing with this asset class. Data centres are relatively new as an asset in comparison...

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...

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...

‘Had the governor called…’: Trump on why the flags were not at half-mast after Melissa Hortman's assassination

President Donald Trump defended his order that flags be lowered to half-staff after last week's slaying of conservative activist Charlie Kirk by suggesting he would have done the same following the assassination of a Minnesota Democratic state...

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...