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Bob Bertsch, Web technology specialist in agriculture communications for North Dakota State University, developed the Winter Survival Kit smartphone app. Special to The Forum

Dial up winter survival kit on smartphone

FARGO - If you get stuck in a ditch during a blizzard, don't know where you're at, and need to get help, well, there's an app for that. The Winter...

news / region Wed, Dec 14, 2011 - 8:59am

Franken, Klobuchar: Delay post office closings

GRAND FORKS - Minnesota Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar are urging Senate leaders to delay closing or consolidating post offices for six months to give Congress more time to...

news / government Tue, Dec 13, 2011 - 11:15am

Dale Ekdahl of Elbow Lake builds and sells "grain bin rescue tubes."

Tubes for the trapped: Minnesota man's product aimed at grain bin rescue

REYNOLDS, N.D. -- Seeing men die in an ugly fashion, buried in grain bins, pushed Dale Ekdahl to do something. The Elbow Lake, Minn., man, retired from a career in...

farm / agriculture Mon, Dec 12, 2011 - 11:08am

Capitol Chatter: Conflicting information slows stadium agreement

ST. PAUL -- Trying to agree on how to fund a new Vikings football stadium is hard enough, but legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton also must deal with trying to...

news / government Sun, Dec 11, 2011 - 5:00am

Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen of Alexandria explains Tuesday to fellow senators his proposal to allow video lottery terminals in bars, with some proceeds available to fund a Vikings football stadium. Don Davis/Minnesota Capitol Bureau

Electronic lottery, pulltabs, bingo considered for stadium

ST. PAUL -- There appears to be a feeling that gambling is at least part of the answer to funding a new Vikings football stadium, but the questions come down...

news / government Fri, Dec 09, 2011 - 4:47pm

A photo taken in Illinois shows how silver Asian carp, such as those that could be in Minnesota rivers, can jump out of the water. At times, the fish have been known to hit boaters. (Submitted photo)

Carp fight in high gear as DNA shows fish heading north

news Thu, Dec 08, 2011 - 3:27pm

President Don Schiefelbein of the Minnesota Cattlemen's Association joins in a Wednesday celebration over the state's cattle being declared TB free. Others at the Capitol announcement included, from left, cattleman Steven Brake of Wilmont, Sen. Doug Magnus of Slayton and Rep. Rod Hamilton of Mountain Lake.

Cattle TB restrictions over, opening national markets

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota cattle producers faced six emotional and financially challenging years, but now they celebrate a re-opening of markets nationwide after the state has been declared free of...

farm / news / USDA Thu, Dec 08, 2011 - 8:46am

Judge puts brakes on day care union vote, for now

ST. PAUL -- A Minnesota day care provider vote to join unions is least temporarily on hold. A judge Monday ordered a stop to an election that was to begin...

news / government Mon, Dec 05, 2011 - 3:57pm

Capitol Chatter: Political leaders scramble to rewrite talking points

ST. PAUL -- A projected state budget surplus so shocked Minnesota political leaders Thursday that they did not know how to respond. Their talking points, drawn up long ago, featured...

news / government Sun, Dec 04, 2011 - 5:00am

Surplus leaves state leaders happy but concerned

ST. PAUL -- The revelation of an $876 million Minnesota budget surplus includes a dark side. Gov. Mark Dayton showed the two sides by calling Thursday's announcement "terrific news," moments...

news / government Thu, Dec 01, 2011 - 4:18pm

Update: State budget surplus comes with warnings

ST. PAUL -- Jaws dropped this morning as Minnesota leaders learned the state budget will be $876 million bigger than earlier thought. But the news came with warnings: -- A...

news / government Thu, Dec 01, 2011 - 12:46pm

Surprise: State budget shows a surplus

ST. PAUL -- Jaws dropped this morning as Minnesota leaders learned the state budget will be bigger than earlier thought. Leaks before the mid-day official release of a budget forecast...

news / government Thu, Dec 01, 2011 - 10:35am

Auditors say legacy funding needs to be monitored

ST. PAUL -- A new method of funding Minnesota outdoors and arts programs needs better oversight, the Minnesota legislative auditor warns. "Things generally are OK," Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles said...

news / government Thu, Dec 01, 2011 - 9:04am

One of the most interested spectators in a Tuesday Senate committee hearing was Rep. Morrie Lanning, R-Moorhead, who leads House efforts to build a new Vikings stadium. No House stadium committee hearings are scheduled, but another Senate meeting is set for next week.

Rural legislators could lead stadium deal; Vikings won't discuss future

ST. PAUL -- Rural legislators must get on board if a new Minnesota Vikings football stadium has a chance, a legislative leader says. "Rural members are going to have to...

news / government Tue, Nov 29, 2011 - 4:17pm

Dakota County day-care provider Becky Swanson tells reporters Monday that she fears she could lose her voice with state officials if Minnesotans who provide child care in their homes are allowed to belong to unions. Don Davis/Forum Communications Co.

Some day-care providers fear they would lose say under unions

news / government Mon, Nov 28, 2011 - 2:24pm

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