The Dakota Rail Trail now qualifies for state money. But should the county pursue it? That was the question in front of the McLeod County Board Tuesday morning. It came as a result of the trail ...

When piles of snow and bitter winds do their best to make the winter season unbearable, Minnesotans are famous for our ability to weather the cold and bring joy and light to these dark days. The ...

Jamie Tulupan was homeless and eating a free dinner at a Loaves and Fishes community meal in Shakopee three years ago when Heidi Cianflone, a public health nurse, offered him a free health ...

The old Watertown missile site, owned by the Western Area Fire Training Academy (WAFTA), may finally get cleaned up. U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, announced in Dec. 17 ...

There are problems with MNsure, but what is the source? That, and other questions, contrast incumbent Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, and challenger Amy Wilde, DFL-Dassel Township. The two candidates ...

Eden Prairie, with its plentiful grocery stores and restaurants, doesn’t qualify as a food desert, but it didn’t always feel that way. Some of Eden Prairie’s restaurants, like ...

A new development may reshape Carlson Parkway as United Properties, a Minnesota-based development company, is looking to replace the large green lawn near the Carlson Towers ...

For a while, it looked like no one wanted the Ward 2 seat on the Litchfield City Council. That all changed within a matter of hours on the final day of the filing period, when incumbent councilor ...

Growing up in California, I never had the plentiful access to ice as Minnesotan children do. Balmy Februaries and palm trees, sure, but a hockey rink? Forget it. Berkeley’s only skating rink ...

As a Shakopee reporter, it didn’t take me long to learn you don’t mess with Wampach’s. Either you like their food or you don’t, but nothing about that place is changing, ...