Greater Minnesota

December 18, 2009 11:34 AM

Mountain Iron councilor sues city over street tax

Mountain Iron councilor Ed Roskoski is suing his city over a nearly $3,000 special assessment on his property for a street reconstruction project.

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December 18, 2009 11:00 AM

10,000 Lakes Festival going on hiatus in 2010

The 10,000 Lakes Festival, which ran for the last seven summers near Detroit Lakes, Minn., is going on hiatus in 2010.

by Euan Kerr

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December 17, 2009 6:38 PM

Ex-nursing home aide pleads not guilty to abuse

A former nursing home worker has pleaded not guilty to sexually humiliating and abusing vulnerable residents at the Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea.

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December 17, 2009 6:01 PM

Teleconference prepares Red Bulls for return to Minnesota

They're a long way from home, but more than 1,200 Minnesota soldiers already are thinking about what they'll do when they return.

by Ambar Espinoza

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December 17, 2009 4:40 PM

U of M lab may have first terrestrial evidence of dark matter

A physics lab deep below the Iron Range may have uncovered the first terrestrial evidence of dark matter.

by Bob Kelleher

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December 17, 2009 4:32 PM

Prosecutors consider evidence in Minn. bus crash

It's been a month since a tour bus crash in southern Minnesota killed two and injured 20, and Freeborn County prosecutors are considering the evidence.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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December 17, 2009 10:17 AM

Discovery Center library to remain closed

Iron Range Resources Commissioner Sandy Layman overturned the IRR board's decision to give the center $200,000 to reopen the history research library.

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December 16, 2009 5:08 PM

Crucial power lines meant for Big Stone II still an option

The Big Stone II power plant is dead, but at least one part of the project may live on. There is interest in building the power lines planned for the abandoned coal plant project in eastern South Dakota and those lines could be crucial to the wind power industry.

by Mark Steil

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December 16, 2009 1:00 AM

Energy producers finding ways to fill Big Stone II gap

It's been about a month since we learned the proposed Big Stone II power plant won't be built, and it's not clear what's going to replace the electricity it was supposed to generate.

by Stephanie Hemphill

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December 16, 2009 1:00 AM

Parked rail cars an unwelcome neighbor in Lakeville

Due to the bad economy, about 300 empty rail cars parked on the tracks around parts of suburban Lakeville, and it's a scene that's become familiar in cities and towns around the country.

by Rupa Shenoy

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