Many Minnesotans who live next to the CapX 2020 project worry it will tarnish their landscape and hurt their property values, maybe even their health, but because the project isn't touching their property, they aren't eligible for any compensation and have no power to negotiate.

The Minnesota Zoo has announced the birth of a Tamandua, a species similar to an anteater. Tamanduas are generally clumsy animals who live in tropical climates. The newborn was born on April 8, but does not yet have a name.

Hundreds gathered on the campus of North Dakota State to remember the four young women who died on I-94 near Alexandria while driving back to the university.

Minnesota has revised a law that allows mothers of unwanted newborns to turn the babies over to authorities with no questions asked. The window of time has been widened to seven days, rather than three. Mothers may also call 911 and have an ambulance come get the baby.

Gov. Dayton and Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken were among the crowd that packed St. Mark's Episcopal in downtown Minneapolis. Mondale died last month after a battle with brain cancer.