Commissioner Fritz Sobanja had Taconite Harbor and high resolution fly-by photos on his mind after this week’s county board meeting.

Lodging tax revenues for the second month of 2012 were down from February of last year county-wide.

March 28, 2012
Dr. Seth Moore is Director of Biology and Environment with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

The Ups and Downs of Forest Birds

Two decades of survey data paint a generally positive portrait of Minnesota's forest breeding-bird populations—with a few troubling trends.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Regulators have postponed voting on a plan for reducing haze over the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will offer a limited bulls-only moose hunt next fall, and is closing two hunting zones in St.

Courthouse security, a new deputy in Grand Portage and dispatchers dealing with medical emergencies.  WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with Sheriff Mark Falk about these and other public safety is

March was a warm one. Spring seemed to be in a hurry to get here. As such many birds and plants also started early.

As ice-out begins and waters warm, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is announcing seasonal closures that protect fish spawning areas.

Bob spoke Mar. 23 with Debra Fitzpatrick, director of the Center on Women and Public Policy at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, U of MN, about their recent report on the status of women and girls in Minnesota. You can find the report here. You might be surprised at how far women haven't come, even in 2012.

Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board Commissioner Tony Sertich will be in town for a listening session Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

Buck spoke Mar. 23 with Dr. Mark Seeley, professor at the U of MN and regular commentator on MPR, about Minnesota's unusual weather of late, climate change in Minnesota, and what it might mean for us.

The National Park Service has begun an internal review of the wolf population and wildlife dynamics on Isle Royale.

The week ahead looks like cooler, wetter weather ahead. WTIP’ Jay Andersen spoke with National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Stewart on a return to normal early spring weather.