Play3min 43secScientists track golden eagle as it soarsMarch 25, 2009 10:12 AMBy Cathy WurzerThe weather might not be perfect today, but it won't matter much to one large golden eagle. The eagle will get to be in the wild again, after spending weeks in the Twin Cities, recovering from an injury.
Play53min 58secAnother view on the economic crisis and the fate of citiesMarch 24, 2009 3:35 PMPeople who study the fate of cities and suburbs debate what the economic crisis will do to them. Joel Kotkin says some big cities are in real trouble as centers of unaffordable living.
Slideshow: The rising Red RiverMarch 24, 2009 12:53 PMA slideshow documenting the rise of the Red River in Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn.
DNR considers early deer hunt in BWCAMarch 23, 2009 8:07 AMBy Stephanie HemphillThe DNR is asking for public comment on a plan to allow hunting for nine days in an area north and west of Tower, about two weeks before the regular deer season begins.
Play53min 54secAntarctic warming, and what it means for the planetMarch 23, 2009 12:00 AMNew research shows Antarctica is warming. A scientist who recently returned from the continent talks about his research and what we are now learning about the impact of global warming on the South Pole.
Expanded nuclear power gets a hearing in MinnesotaMarch 22, 2009 3:02 PMThe debate over expanding Minnesota's nuclear energy gets an airing at the Capitol this week.
More birds migrating through the Upper Mississippi valleyMarch 20, 2009 12:49 PMBy Sea StachuraMore birds are migrating through the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, according to a new survey.
McKnight contributes $100M to fight climate changeMarch 19, 2009 9:03 AMBy Stephanie HemphillThe McKnight Foundation is teaming up with other major foundations to work on climate change policy, and giving $100 million to the effort.
Minn. ag commissioner backs higher ethanol capMarch 18, 2009 1:55 PMBy Stephanie HemphillEthanol producers are asking the federal Environmental Protection Agency to to remove the 10 percent limit on ethanol in gasoline.
State approves power lines for Big Stone II projectMarch 18, 2009 9:43 AMBy Stephanie HemphillMinnesota has officially approved power lines to bring electricity into the state from a planned expansion of the coal-fired Big Stone plant.