While loons and ducks share habitat on Minnesota lakes, they aren’t close relatives. Ducks are closer cousins to geese and swans.

Niron Magnetics boasts University of Minnesota-linked, homegrown technology that could reduce reliance on the rare-earth minerals.

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s daily roundup of Minnesota news. There are at least 20 active fires in the Superior National Forest, which includes the BWCAW, according to the Star Tribune’s ongoing ...

While other states scramble to protect families from the cost of the data center boom, Minnesota saw it coming and set the standard first. In 2025, the Legislature passed one of the strongest data ...

Instead of one Blue Line, imagine interconnected bus rapid transit routes linking north metro neighborhoods east-west and north-south.