Loons that nest in Minnesota return to their breeding lakes as soon as the ice melts in the early spring. This pair swims in a Canyon, Minn., lake. (Brian Peterson/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

The majority of federal COVID-19 relief funds spent by McLeod County went to assist small businesses. The county’s $4.37 million share was part of $853 million given to Minnesota cities, ...

Savers in Inver Grove Heights: Where fashion meets frugality in a dance as graceful as a Minnesota loon on a calm lake. Photo credit: Elizabeth Ann Alright, thrift enthusiasts, brace yourselves for ...

Bloomington, for one, is saving $1 million with a school repurposing that also helps build enrollment in the long run. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

BEMIDJI — Loon Country Arts will host a creative café ... featuring folded paper layers that swirl into fun and fanciful designs for cards or framed art, a release said. All materials are ...

MINNESOTA, USA — "Imagine now, a clear summer evening in the north woods. Above you, the bands of the Milky Way framed by the dark spindly boughs of spruce and fir. And cutting though the ...

BEMIDJI — Loon Country Arts Gallery will be hosting its first Saturday ... 1 p.m. as she leads participants to fold and swirl paper layers into fun and fanciful designs for cards or framed art to ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The power dispute at the state House is now in the hands of the Minnesota Supreme Court. At the center of two cases before the justices is the question of quorum, which is the ...