Appetites: Pass the creamy, fresh, seasonal butter On the table this week: butter, and plenty of it. The Splendid Table's Lynne Rosetto Kasper is here to convince us that, when it comes to butter, different really can be better.January 23, 2013
5,000 gals. of milk given away in La Crosse A delivery truck loaded with milk from the shuttered Golden Guernsey plant in Waukesha finally made it to La Crosse Tuesday after breaking down in cold weather.January 23, 2013
Petraeus Affair: Jill Kelley denies Paula Broadwell rivalry We're hearing for the first time from one of the people caught up in the story that led to retired Gen. David Petraeus' resignation from the post of CIA director last November.January 22, 2013
Minnesota Marine up close at inauguration While most eyes were fixed on President Barack Obama during the presidential inauguration, a family from Kasson was watching for the Marine standing guard at the door of the White House.January 22, 2013
12 half-truths we live with Things may not always be exactly what they seem and -- perhaps more precisely -- we already know that. We live with half-truths of varying kinds and sizes. A year is not always 365 days. A billable hour is not necessarily 60 minutes. Pluto isn't precisely a planet.January 19, 2013
'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies at age 94 Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running "Dear Abby" advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94.January 17, 2013
U of M startup leverages birch bark The venture is called The Actives Factory and it's based in Two Harbors. The university says it will extract and synthesize naturally occurring chemicals from birch bark to manufacture cosmetics, nutritional supplements, and eventually drugs and industrial products.January 16, 2013
Pipe burst sends St. Paul school kids home Students are being transported to Johnson Senior High School until they can be picked up by parents. Some children were already en route to school by bus.January 16, 2013