Officials at Isle Royale National Park are deciding how best to address a sharply declining wolf population.
(03/20/2012)
Unseasonably warm weather and drought conditions have land managers scrambling to make early preparations for what could be a severe fire season.
(03/15/2012)
Each week, we check in with one of our reporters in Greater Minnesota to hear about some of the stories they're tracking. This week, Dan Kraker tells us about closed campsites in BWCA, the opening of the shipping season on the Great Lakes and new rules which should make it easier to cross the border.
(03/14/2012)
The waning mild winter sets up a promising start to shipping season on Lake Superior.
(03/13/2012)
A northern Minnesota state lawmaker who is trying to shorten the approval timeline for a proposed new iron pellet plant has changed plans.
(03/13/2012)
Release of the long-awaited review was delayed last fall when the EPA asked PolyMet for more modeling of how the controversial precious metals project would meet water and air quality regulations.
(03/12/2012)
For many small business owners in northeast Minnesota, winter typically brings the sound of money. Not this year.
(03/09/2012)
SkyWest Airlines began providing air service to the Bemidji area today.
(03/02/2012)
Researchers have updated the number of Iron Range workers known to have died from a rare lung cancer.
(03/01/2012)
Both proponents and foes of controversial proposed sulfide mining projects in Minnesota are launching public relations offensives, starting with events in St. Paul.
(02/29/2012)
"Today is not the day to make a trip up to Duluth," a State Patrol captain said after a major winter storm hit parts of northern Minnesota. The storm slowed the commute in the Twin Cities as well.
(02/29/2012)
Cathy Wurzer talks with MPR's Dan Kraker about his investigative reporting.
(02/27/2012)
The courthouse shooting in Grand Marais last December shocked the small North Shore town of about 1,000 people. The consequences of the incident, however, are resonating far beyond the violence.
(02/27/2012)
The Teamsters Union endorses former Congressman Rick Nolan for the DFL nomination in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District.
(02/16/2012)
Minnesota Power, the utility serving the Arrowhead region, is proposing a new transmission line from Winnipeg to the Iron Range to bring additional hydropower to northern Minnesota.
(02/09/2012)
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