Answer: Yes, the most common one is that of the great gray owl, which may live year-round in the northern part of Minnesota.

LITTLE FALLS — The Heartland Symphony Orchestra announces a Call for Scores for the 2025-2026 composition competition.

MINNEAPOLIS — If the Vikings weren’t going to be able to compete for a Super Bowl, they wanted to make sure neither were the ...

One by one, each was shipped in a different direction at last year’s trade deadline. The Twins’ bullpen was broken apart, and ...

In Minnesota, it is illegal and dangerous to deposit snow from private property onto public roads, ditches or rights of way as it creates hazards like blocked sightlines, drifts and drainage issues, ...

The Pine River City Council approved a 3% increase to its final 2026 property tax levy at its Tuesday, Dec. 16, rescheduled meeting. Winter weather forced the council to reschedule the Dec. 9 regular ...

NISSWA — Nisswa will no longer pursue the idea of enacting a local option sales tax , or LOST, in the city to fund city park improvements. This decision came at the Tuesday, Dec. 16, regular meeting, ...

PINE RIVER — Members of First Lutheran Church in Pine River sang Christmas carols at the Good Samaritan Society and selected homes in Pine River on Dec. 17, 2025.

Now in Florida most of the year, Carlson remains deeply engaged in Minnesota politics — and blunt about fraud, money in ...

Girls' basketball: Pequot Lakes vs. Southwest Christian (holiday tournament) at Sartell 2:30 p.m.

In an alternate universe, quarterback J.J. McCarthy didn’t suffer a small hairline fracture in his right hand, which meant he was able to continue his upward trajectory for the Vikings last weekend in ...

Nobody was injured in the shooting but a federal agent struck by a car suffered non-life threatening injuries.