Natalie Ryder

Doug Burgum, in his new role, will oversee a panel that crosses all executive branch agencies involved in energy permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, and transportation.

At the Cass County level, where the additional 4,300 acres of land is located, county commissioners are officially neutral on the matter. (Stock photo)

Since around 1995 to the present, there’s a trend emerging that shows a population of smaller yellow perch in Minnesota.

Adams said the organizations that might be affected by a pay-rate change don’t disagree with paying higher wages. The concern lies with how it was handled.

“After Christmas, people will completely have forgotten about last winter” and its poor ice-fishing opportunities across the state, joked Brad Hawthorne, owner of Hawthorne’s Guide Service on Mille Lacs.

With a split House, bipartisan collaboration will be a constant element to consider going into this session. (File photo by Dan Ladd)

Minnesota DNR officials say the Canada goose population, while far below its recent high, is where they’d like to see it, based on current goals across Minnesota. (File photo courtesy of North Dakota Game and Fish)

Since 2010, around 290 of the approximately 350 total positive cases in Minnesota have been reported in DPAs 646, 647, and 648 in far southeastern Minnesota. (File photo)

State researchers who monitor bears during winter want to determine if differing habitat means differences in when sow bears begin to reproduce in Minnesota. (Photo courtesy of Minnesota DNR)

In past years, commercial fishers and Minnesota DNR crews have made big hauls of Asian carp from the Mississippi River. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Brown)