The vice president turned environmental activist says severe storms linked to climate changes are causing wastewater plants to dump sewage in the lakes, which causes algae growth.
The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office is investigating.
A 28-year-old man died.
Thanksgiving featured a ban on social gatherings with non-household members.
People can virtually tour Santa's Candy Cane Institute.
More than 80 holiday displays are on this year's list.
The governor is speaking at 2 p.m.
The officer, who is a five-year veteran, is charged with two felonies.
The project has attracted criticism from environmental and tribal groups.
The key for Minnesota likely requires winning on the road against two top NFC teams.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
There are fewer than 100 staffed ICU beds available in Minnesota.
The Minnesota weatherman says he's a staunch Republican, a conservative and a Christian -- with a message some of his Republican friends don't want to hear: "Climate change is real."
A meteorologist with the NOAA says the warmth was a "freak event" caused by warm air blowing north from the Gulf of Mexico. But some outside scientists say climate change is indeed behind weather extremes like the March heatwave and that we should expect more.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency signed off on a plan to dump more than 13 tons of taconite concentrate into Rush Lake. The lake association wants to reduce the level of phosphorus, which leads to growth of algae and invasive pondweed. It hopes the taconite experiment will do the trick. Audubon Minnesota had argued for an environmental review.
Back in the day, I told people to look at the data trends – not out the window – for evidence of global warming. But that's changing. As an editorial in this month's New Scientist magazine suggests, "From killer heatwaves to destructive floods, the effects of global warming are becoming ever more obvious – and we ain't seen nothing yet."
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for more than a decade has allowed a sewage treatment plant to pollute recreational lakes in Alexandria, an environmental law firm alleges in a new lawsuit. It's the latest in a string of complaints by advocacy groups who say the state's top environmental regulator is not tough enough in protecting Minnesota's lakes and rivers.
U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack argued the $10 million National Science Foundation program duplicates other government efforts. The National Wildlife Foundation charges Cravaack with trying to keep children in the dark when it comes to climate change.
The president's budget plan includes money to help clean up pollution in the lakes and keep out the invasive Asian carp, among other environmental initiatives.
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