Question: I heard some talk about a new law of July 1st that allows motorcycles to drive through traffic. Can you explain ...

In partnership with over 200 libraries and bookmobiles across the state, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is expanding the popular library park pass program, which provides access to ...

Minnesotans are encouraged to report observations of ring-necked pheasants and wild turkeys in a citizen science effort by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Germany is efficient. France is flirtatious. Canada apologizes for being in your way, even though I don’t know anyone on their way to the North Pole other than Will Steiger. But America? If you want ...

At our meeting last Wednesday, we heard some good news: in addition to all the other pluses of having them around, our summer ...

Due to the flooding on the Riverwalk, the July Makers Market, hosted by the Granite Area Arts Council, was held at Rice Park ...

The small town of Maynard put on a big display of fireworks on the 4th of July. The fireworks show was preceded earlier in ...

I’m currently at my “big” summer vacation. My husband and I have national parks on our bucket list, and we will hit up three ...

At Monday evening’s meeting of the Granite Falls City Council, one of the topics of discussion was a potential riprap stabilization project along a pond area, located just across the bridge on the ...

I’m a fan of a phenomenon that I don’t believe has a name, though maybe my long-winded German ancestors had a word for it. Let’s call it “awe at surprise rural architectural gems.” For instance, I ...

Live music at Bluenose Gopher Public House 7-9 p.m. with SW MN Musician Sam Jeffrey. No cover charge.

He began with frogging. Then jigging. By noon, he said, he’d be hula popping. I kept nodding, as though these were natural ...