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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources donated 23 yearling bison to three conservation organizations this fall as part of efforts to expand bison populations across the region. The DNR maintains a herd of 115 to 145 bison between Minneopa State Park in Blue Earth County...
A herd of genetically diverse plains bison grazes on a prairie in Minnesota, right below a rock wall nearly two billion years old. That alone made me stop and read twice. The cliff rises up to 100 feet and runs about a mile long. Its stone glows in shades of pink, purple, and deep red, thanks to iron oxide.
(Words 'Court Room' on dark wood doors - KIWA Staff Stock Photo) Sioux City, Iowa (KTIV-TV) — Two men charged in connection with the death of a Sioux Falls teenager — allegedly in Lyon County — are now scheduled for trial on the same date in federal court in Iowa.
(Pipestone, MN) — Minnesota regulators have approved a new route for a fuel pipeline near Pipestone National Monument. The Public Utilities Commission voted four-to-one to allow Magellan to move the pipeline away from the monument, where Native Americans have quarried sacred stone for generations. The original line ran beneath the site but was shut down in 2022 after federal officials denied a permit renewal. The replacement route is about 13 miles northwest of the monument. Tribal leaders opposed the plan, saying a larger buffer is needed to protect culturally significant land.
A Bigelow woman was hurt Thursday in a rollover crash on Minnesota 60 in Nobles County. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix operated by Roxana Maribel Lopez Velasquez de Tema, 32, of Bigelow was westbound on Minnesota 60 when it left the roadway and rolled at 330th Street. The crash was reported at 3:38 p.m. Thursday.
(KIWA) — The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a telephone scam targeting families of people who have recently been arrested. Sheriff Brian Hilt says scammers monitor online arrest records, then search for contact information for potential relatives. They call family members and demand immediate payment, claiming the money is needed for the arrested person’s bail bond.
South Dakota stepped up in a big way last month for Taco John's fundraiser for Deputy Katherine Ann Frank
