Construction on Interstate 494 through Bloomington – and its outdated cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 35W – is slated to begin in June 2021. There will be a turbine interchange.

Summer-a time when the urge to explore places familiar and new beckons to young and old alike. Although the sun sets late during the summer months, we inevitably find ourselves outside looking at ...

The snow arrives in western Minnesota late Friday and reaches the metro by about midnight. Most of the snow will fall ...

Minnesota’s future legislative district map released Tuesday by the Minnesota Judicial Branch shows a significantly changed political landscape for Litchfield and Meeker County. According to ...

The Minnesota Department of Health delivered good and bad news to residents this past week. The bad: A map developed by the Department of Health shows how 40 percent of the state’s homes ...

After living the better half of a year under a global pandemic, the common Halloween themes of fear, frights and death are no longer the novelty they were in years past. On the other hand, the ...

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 ...

Minnesota’s political landscape saw a significant shift last week. And nowhere was that shift more pronounced than Meeker County, which finds itself divided three ways by the new legislative ...

Minnesota’s record month of February snow is a boon to winter sports enthusiasts. With more than 18 inches of snow covering two-thirds of the state, there’s still time for people to ...

Minnesota is a great place to live if you are a fishing fool. There are thousands of fishing lakes, a Great Lake, and streams all across the state teeming with panfish, bass, walleye, pike and ...

Between improvements to parks, the maintenance of equipment and the clearing of snowy roads, a lot of work has been done between three McLeod County men over the past 40 years. Parks director Al ...

I went on a retreat up north. I had been to this particular retreat center plenty of times before, and I was looking forward to a time of quiet and solitude. When I arrived, the ...