From the column: "The Iron Range has minerals America needs. The Duluth Complex ... is estimated to hold 95% of U.S. nickel reserves, 88% of cobalt reserves, and a third of U.S. copper reserves." ...

New research flips a long-held belief that frozen environments slow down chemical reactions and helps explain why Arctic ...

From high-tech metal spinning in Princeton to zero-emission bus building in St. Cloud, two dozen Central Minnesota ...

The state’s decades-old wild rice sulfate standard is as central to miners’ fears as it is to environmental advocates’ hope.

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

A helium exploration company is expanding its search for the buoyant gas in northern Minnesota, sinking 10 new wells to determine if there’s enough to bottle and sell. Thomas Abraham-James, the CEO of ...

From 1910 to 1914, this town was bustling. By 1945, it was completely quiet, adding to the list of forgotten ghost towns.

In a crowded ballroom, they urged state pollution regulators to consider the impacts on local communities. Environmentalists said the standard was attainable and long overdue. People fill a large ...

Adam Lantz runs a business that depends on Northeastern Minnesota's taconite industry. He worries his business is in danger due to regulations faced by the mining industry. “We sell everything from ...

A meeting on the Iron Range centered on concerns about one particular measure the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has used for decades to protect wild rice on Tuesday August 19th. The ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting. A ...

VIRGINIA, Minn. — An Embarrass, Minnesota, man who has served as a teacher and church leader is accused of sexually assaulting a child. Ryan Ross Denzer-Johnson, 43, was charged Monday, Aug. 18, with ...