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A custom cattle feeder on the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a valuable soil additive.
Agriculture

Humus compost manure system gets carbon into the soil, cuts fertilizer use

Stand up for the fleecing of America against our farmers and food systems, says Katie Pinke. (Erin Brown/ Grand Vale Creative)
Agriculture

Food security, not eating meat, is the real problem in New York City

Andy Vano of Alexandria, who once worked for NASA, stands next to a Bellanca aircraft that was being restored. Vano began working as the chief engineer for Bellanca in 1975 and is still the chief engineer for the present company, Alexandria Aircraft LLC. About 1,800 Bellanca airplanes were built while the company was in operation. (Contributed)
Technology

After career with NASA, Minnesota man takes note of 'historic' Mars mission

Two protesters stand on a flipped over vehicle Wednesday in northern Minnesota's Savanna State Forest. The protesters created two blockades to Enbridge Line 3 worksites. (Submitted photo)
Energy and Mining

'Water protectors' create blockades to Line 3 worksites in Minnesota state forest

Though images of frozen wind turbines in southern states went viral during this week's power grid blackouts, grid operators in Texas and with Southwest Power Pool, the grid serving parts of Minnesota and North Dakota, said that contributions from wind resources met their expectations. Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service
Energy and Mining

Though power grid held steady during cold, Minnesotans brace for natural gas price surge

Pat and Madeline Revier prepare coconut core trays for egg laying at their cricket farm location in Moorhead. David Samson / The Forum
Agriculture

Moorhead cricket-farming couple is making high-protein cricket flour

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The Comet Theater in Perham is one of many locally owned movie theaters in the region that has struggled to draw in audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. (RosaLin Alcoser / Forum News Service)
Business

For small movie theater owners, "the worst year in the business" has come at personal cost

An unidentified protestor kneels Friday outside the Enbridge Line 3 protest camp on Magney Drive in Carlton County, pleading to tribal members calling for the breakup of the camp, which they say is disruptive and potentially dangerous in the wake of Friday's investigation of suspicious activity. (Brady Slater / bslater@duluthnews.com)
Energy and Mining

Area in northeast Minnesota evacuated after authorities receive report of 'suspicious device' at Line 3 protest

Former Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., has donated his old office desk from 30 years in Congress to the Becker County Museum in his home town of Detroit Lakes, Minn. The longtime House Agriculture Committee chairman said he still wants to be useful for agriculture. Photo taken Feb. 5, 2021, in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Mikkel Pates / Agweek
Agriculture

Former US Rep. Collin Peterson still wants to help agriculture

photo by Explore Minnesota
Tourism

Scenic byway beginning in Minnesota awarded new distinction

The 2021 Toro Power Max 826. Image from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Manufacturing

Toro recalls snowblower for amputation hazard

Announcements

Sanford Health welcomes Heather Czywczynski, NP, to the bone health team

The Tuttle Rural Innovation Center opened in 2018 in the former Tuttle School. (Katie Pinke / Agweek)
Agriculture

Central North Dakota town transforms school building into Tuttle Rural Innovation Center

The community of Tuttle, N.D., population 58, serves as one example of rural ingenuity in how they’ve worked to transform the school that closed in 2007 into a rural innovation center for entrepreneurship, the arts and local foods. A group held a community room dedication event there on Jan. 30, 2021. (Katie Pinke / Agweek)
Agriculture

It's time for rural America to envision and act

Justin R. Lessman (Submitted photo)
Announcements

Jackson County publisher-owner elected president of Minnesota Newspaper Association

Darlene Matthies throws an ax at the wooden target on the wall Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Roundhouse Brewery's Wreck Room. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
Restaurants and Bars

Minnesota brewery invites patrons to enjoy a beer, throw an ax

Thank-you cards to the Busy Butterflies/Country Critters 4-H Club are a day-brightener. (Jenny Schlecht / Agweek)
Agriculture

Clear the drear by looking to what you can do for others

Announcements

Sanford Health welcomes Gregory Schuchard, MD, to the interventional cardiology team

Announcements

Sanford Health welcomes Katie English, MD, to the ENT team

Small craft brewers around the state are hoping a new law will soon be passed enabling them to sell their products in any package between 12 ounces and 64 ounces. Right now, six packs of 12-ounce cans, like these from Copper Trail Brewing in Alexandria, can only be sold at liquor stores. (Contributed)
Small Business

Small Minnesota brewers backing bill that would allow sales of smaller cans

Enbridge's Line 3 oil pipeline under construction near the intersection of Hohensee Road and West Moorhead Road in Carlton County in January 2021. (Clint Austin / File / caustin@duluthnews.com)
Energy and Mining

Court denies another request to halt Line 3 construction