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Ready for a New Name? Xcel Energy Center Has About a Year Left
I know it was only since the year 2000, but I can't think of a time when it wasn't the Xcel Energy Center. I looked to see wha the previous name was, and it was just the St. Paul Civic Center. Anyway, after 25 years, the Xcel Energy Center will...
Metallica donates $40,000 to non-profit that helps the homeless
(Minneapolis, MN) -- A Minnesota nonprofit is thanking a well-known heavy metal band for a big contribution. Metallica performed over the weekend at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis and then left a gift behind for the group People Serving People. The nonprofit made a post on Instagram yesterday thanking the musicians for a 40-thousand-dollar donation. The money will be used to fund programs that help families experiencing homelessness in Minnesota.
Project 2025 Operative: GOP Environmental Policy Is “Silly,” “Selfish”
As the world experiences what could be its hottest year on record, the right-wing groups behind the Project 2025 policy road map for a second Trump administration want to supercharge oil and gas drilling, claw back regulations and research funding, and “eradicate climate change references from absolutely everywhere,” according to one training video reported last week by ProPublica.Yet a senior staffer at one of the groups that’s contributed to Project 2025, the Center for Renewing America, or CRA, seems to have some doubts. In previously unreported private remarks, Micah Meadowcroft—who served in the Environmental Protection Agency during the Trump administration,...
End of Summer Golf Begins at These 25 South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa Courses
Did you see the forecast for this weekend? Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we will enjoy temps in the upper 80's and lower 90's. With the end of the golf season coming rapidly, golf courses will be calling you for a few rounds at area South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa courses.
Tim Walz's climate record? It's complicated by coziness with fossil fuel companies, experts say
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, soon to be coronated as the Democratic Party's official nominee for Vice President of the United States, has stirred enthusiasm amongst the climate movement. Since taking office in 2019, Walz signed into law a bill requiring utilities to provide 100 percent carbon-free energy by 2040 and aligned the state's climate change policies closely with those of another environmentally progressive state, California.
So Minnesota: Oliver Kelley Farm
He changed agriculture in our state and around the world. The Oliver Kelley Farm in Elk River honors its namesake’s contribution to farming. “We portray farming in the 1860s and ’70s,” site manager Alyssa Olson said. “We tout ourselves for having hands-on experiences for our guests.”
The Highest-Earning Food Vendors Now at the Minnesota State Fair
The Minnesota State Fair starts August 22nd and runs through September 2nd. The event attracts 2 million people who come for the agricultural exhibits, animals, music, entertainment, attractions, rides, and, of course, tons of delicious food!. Fair food is a huge business, with top vendors making big money during the...
Supplier sees promising early harvest for Minnesota carrots
Morris, Minn.-based supplier Fresha says the Minnesota carrot season has officially begun, with an early start to planting and favorable weather setting up a good outlook for the crop. “We are thrilled with how this season is unfolding,” Matthew Wulf, Fresha vice president of sales and marketing, said in a...
Coal Power Defined This Minnesota Town. Can Solar Win It Over?
BECKER, Minn. — The past and the future of electricity in America are perhaps most visible in a Minnesota town surrounded by potato farms and cornfields. Towering over Becker, a community of a little more than 5,000 people northwest of Minneapolis, is one of the nation’s largest coal power plants. It is being replaced — to the dismay of some residents — with thousands of acres of solar panels and a test of long-duration batteries.
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