ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 13 -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * CWD late-season hunt takes place in select DPAs Dec. 20-22 * * * A deer harvested near Wheaton in western Minnesota during the opening weekend of firearms season has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The adult male deer was harvested within deer permit area 271 along the Minnesota-South Dakota border. To date, no wild deer with CWD had been previously detected in  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 14 -- The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: On Thursday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) began the process of reviewing Xcel Energy's petition to increase rates for its residential and business customers. As part of this rate-case review, utilities are entitled under Minnesota law to recover a portion of their proposed costs through interim rates while the PUC conducts a comprehensive evaluation of  more

NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, Dec. 7 -- St. Olaf College issued the following news: When Associate Professor of Practice in Religion Trish Zimmerman learned that St. Olaf College would be acquiring a Saint John's Bible Heritage Edition -- a state-of-the-art reproduction of the original hand-written, hand-illuminated text that is one of just 299 of its kind worldwide -- she was thrilled. As part of courses she's taught in the past, Zimmerman has taken students on a two-hour trek to Saint John's Univer  more