Photos: Harvesting native Minn. prairie species The fall harvest is under way at Prairie Restorations, Inc. in Princeton, Minn., where more than 100 native plant species are grown and sold. The business, which was started by two brothers in 1977, specializes in the supply and support of native prairie, wetland, woodland and shoreline plant communities. Owner Ron Bowen said the company restores about 1,500 acres of prairie a year and produces seed for roughly 5,000 acres of prairie a year.September 19, 2012
Stay-tirement: Why retirees stay put instead of moving south Not long ago, retirement for many meant moving to Florida or Arizona. One worked hard, saved hard, and moved somewhere warm. However, as a new generation plans their retirement, not all retirees are flying south or completely fleeing from family.September 17, 2012
Antietam, the 'lost dispatch,' and the bloodiest day in US history From as far away as Minnesota, Colorado and Ohio they came, more than 30 members of the Bloss and Mitchell families who converged on the hallowed Civil War fighting grounds of rural Maryland.September 17, 2012
Best of News Cut 5x8 Each weekday the News Cut blog by Bob Collins presents "5x8" -- 5 stories worth a second look. The best of 5x8 for Sept. 10-14.September 15, 2012
The Week in Commentary A review of the week's commentaries and some of the comments they elicited.September 14, 2012
MPR News photos of the week Culture camp for kids adopted from other countries. College kids finding new ways to make friends. The drought threatens thousands of urban trees. Rural poverty persists. And an Uptown Minneapolis theater gets a facelift. All that and more in our photos of the week.September 14, 2012
Smaller memorials on 11th anniversary of 9/11 There were still the tearful messages to loved ones, clutches of photos and flowers, and moments of silence. But 11 years after Sept. 11, Americans appeared to enter a new, scaled-back chapter of collective mourning for the worst terror attack in U.S history.September 11, 2012
Dayton proclaims Patriot Day Dayton has ordered flags lowered to half-staff at all state and federal buildings in Minnesota from sunrise until sunset Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.September 11, 2012
New Hastings bridge 'a gawker issue' The bridge span, weighing 6.5 million pounds, was rolled onto barges Sunday and is waiting upstream from the construction site.September 10, 2012