Dan Kraker

So far this season conservation officers have seized well over 15,000 spruce tops illegally harvested in Minnesota.

More than 44,000 people leave in the winter and return in the summer, boosting local economies but raising COVID-19 fears.

The holiday season is the busiest time of year for many retailers, including the country's 2,500 hundred independent bookstores. Some, despite Amazon's dominance, are flourishing.

Cities around the country have long had to worry about roads. Now, with the help of volunteers, they’re also investing more heavily in trails.

The shipping industry is profiting from rising water levels in the Great Lakes, but homeowners and city parks are struggling.

New environmental rules could transform stove makers' business.

Native Americans migrated to Minnesota centuries ago “where food grew on the water,” 500 years later, the wild rice harvest tradition is still being passed on.