A year and a half after Dakota County paused plans for a permanent homeless shelter amid fierce backlash, Minnesota’s third ...

CoCoRaHS maps daily reports from more than 20,000 people nationwide. About 2,000 Minnesota residents ... in northern Washington county and about 20 to 30 more in Dakota County.” ...

In 1995, a NDSU student studying electrical engineering cut telephone cables in order to rob an electronics store, and then ...

Bemidji and the surrounding towns were home to many madams and disorderly houses in the late 1800s to early 1900s.

The North Star State is packed with fascinating cities and villages, and this charming spot on a river serves up a downtown ...

Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states.

In the U.S., place names are standardized by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, which is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, the agency in charge of making maps ... county commissioners. When the ...

Small towns are ideal for weekend getaways, offering just enough diversions to be entertaining without being overwhelming, ...

The most powerful and deadliest tornado ever to hit the state of Iowa occurred around the Charles City area on May 15, 1968.

ORTONVILLE, M.N. (Dakota News Now) - One person has died after a pickup fell through the ice on a lake in western Minnesota. UPDATE: Authorities identified the victim as 62-year-old Rodney Gustafson ...

The northernmost states in the U.S. have the highest chances of seeing the northern lights, including Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, ...