State farmers will benefit in two ways: drought has helped to drive corn prices higher, and Minnesota farms are producing high yields compared to farms in other states, where dry conditions have shriveled crops, WCCO reports.

Finding your way through the corn maze is supposed to be the hard part. But for a Fridley family the real challenge came afterwards, while playing in the three-foot-deep pit filled with corn kernels. Karilyn Miller discovered she'd lost her wedding ring. But fate - and a metal detector - was on her side as the ring amaizingly turned up.

And did you know Betsy Ross probably didn't sew the very first flag? It turns out there are a lot of myths about the Fourth of July. Arm yourself with the truth about July 4 and the war for independence before you head out today – and impress your friends and family at the barbecue later.

Triple-digit temperatures heated up the Twin Cities during the 4th of July holiday. The National Weather Service's Minneapolis-St. Paul station said the temperature hit 100 degrees at 3 p.m., which marked for only the second time ever that Independence Day has been this hot. The last 100-degree 4th of July was in 1949.

The director of the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota is waiting for a work crew to repair the roof of the popular tourist destination, which was damaged in a May hailstorm. The Associated Press reports that work was supposed to begin in June but has been delayed. The Mitchell City Council authorized Schilling to spend $175,000 to repair the hail damage.

Minnesota's cornfields will average 168 bushels an acre this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Pioneer Press reports this would be Minnesota's largest corn crop in state history and make the state the second largest corn producer in the country -- only trailing Iowa.