Stretch of Hwy. 169 to close for one year The Highway 169 bridge over Nine Mile Creek will be closed for a year starting in the fall of 2016 while it is being replaced.August 18, 2015
Founder of popular Zorbaz restaurant chain dies Tom Hanson launched the lakeside fixture more than four decades ago in a vacated beachside candy shop in Detroit Lakes, Minn.August 18, 2015
Mpls. officials work to dampen distrust of tap water On a tour of the water plant, Hmong visitors were impressed to learn that tap water is just as safe and tastes as good as the water they buy in a store. And it is much, much cheaper.August 17, 2015
Twin Cities weekend road closures get early start A 12-mile stretch of southbound Interstate 35E closed at 11 a.m. Friday morning, the first in a wave of weekend road hassles. Here's your guide.August 14, 2015
Sands of time: Beach etiquette of long ago Lakeshore, riverside and seaside beaches in America today are democratic scenes -- level playing fields for folks of all stripes. Not so in summers past.August 11, 2015
Newsrooms, diversity and covering the news Why are so many newsrooms still largely white? And how are journalists of color bringing their perspective to some of the most urgent issues of the day?August 11, 2015