Statewide Blog

Arts Around MN: Split Personalities; Homegrown; Marc Johnson-Pencook
Washington Gallery, an artist cooperative in Duluth, MN will be displaying an exhibit titled "Split Personalities" through the month of May.; To check out music happenings in Duluth this weekend, the annual Homegrown Music Festival is continuing to celebrate local music acts until Sunday, May 6th.;
Mining debate about trust; Twins fall to major league-worst; Drought diminishes
Op-Ed: Trust at heart of copper mine debate; Minnesota Twins GM Terry Ryan: 'You can't feel sorry for yourself'; Last defendant in racial beating sentenced; Dayton OKs wolf hunt, license increases; Minnesota schools find it harder to shorten their school weeks; Who Built The 405? Oberstar wades into California political skirmish
Ron Paul could play big role in Republican pick for Senate race; Mining Q&A draws hundreds to Duluth; Severe storms sweep through Faribault, southern Rice County; Rancher loses lease after he refused to give up opposition to quarry plan; Union: Crystal lockout negotiations to resume June 8; Worthington KFC raided by Buffalo Ridge Drug Task Force; Quist, Parry to fight it out in primary; Bachmann to endorse Romney
Paint by partisanship; The third Dakota; Radar love
Visualizing presidential campaign contributions throughout Minnesota; Legislature seeks progress on bills as deadline nears; Minnesota corn farmers planted 3 million acres last week; Crystal says union's cost estimate of labor struggle too high; Superfan says pass stadium or become 'the third Dakota'; Minn. Republican Party says it reached deal with landlord to avoid eviction from headquarters; New radar promises more detailed pictures of coming storms
Another batch of winners has been announced by the IDEA Competition in northwest Minnesota. Now in its fourth year, the competition is designed to encourage homegrown entrepreneurs who have innovative ideas or inventions.
New 1862 memorial planned
A New Memorial will soon commemorate the U.S.-Dakota War. The conflict was fought mainly in and near the Minnesota River valley in southern Minnesota in August and September of 1862.