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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says unlicensed bandits are snipping off the tops of spruce trees, trying to cash in on a market that one legal harvester calls “green gold.”

In the eyes of many observers in Duluth's marketing and business communities, about the only decision worse than awarding a valuable contract to a

The backers of a controversial, $45 million proposed resort expansion outside Ely and near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have asked a

A rendering of shared public space at the proposed Incline Village housing development in Duluth, including a possible amphitheater. Courtesy of DSGW in Duluth

BABBITT—On an 80-acre patch of boggy black spruce swamp outside the small northeast Minnesota town of Babbitt, the telltale signs of a unique North Woods crime are everywhere.

There's a new cross country ski race coming to Minnesota this winter. And it's not for the faint of heart.

“What we are trying to do in the planning process is getting the word out to folks about what aquaculture is, what it can do for the state, and how

The Ski North Ultra is scheduled for March 8, 2025, along the North Shore of Lake Superior.

The Grand Avenue Chalet is visible from just below the main chalet at Spirit Mountain as skiers and snowboarders make their way up and down one of the destination's hills in 2021. Derek Montgomery for MPR News