Angie Hong

It was 10 p.m., and we sat hunched over a soggy picnic table, swatting mosquitoes while eating mac and cheese. The noodles were shaped like characters from SpongeBob SquarePants, and

After weeks of non-stop rain, communities across Minnesota are battling swollen rivers, washed-out roads and trails, and a home toppling into the Blue Earth River near the 100-year-old Rapidan Dam.

Picture this scenario. You’ve recently joined your community’s planning commission and are asked to review a redevelopment proposal for a lakeshore property in town. The applicant has purchased a small

Is it possible for stormwater treatment in a built environment to be both functional and beautiful?

Owning a lake home is the quintessential Minnesota dream, but it also comes with a lot of responsibility.

Hippos make a sound like a sinister fat man laughing, low and slow – heh, heh, heh, heh.

If you’ve passed by Brown’s Creek Park in recent weeks, you may have noticed heavy machinery at work and a newly clear view from the state trail down to the

When Maggie Rice and her husband Griff Bartzen moved to Scandia in 2021, they were excited to find a slice of small-town living, less than an hour from Minneapolis and St. Paul. “We like to say that it's rural, but not remote,” says Rice with a laugh.

Austin Jordan and Ruth Albee have been as busy as the bees they raise since moving to the country.

Thirty-five years ago, in 1989, the first zebra mussels arrived in Minnesota in Lake Superior's Duluth Harbor.