Brooks: How one group trains young Minnesotans to go out on a limb with their careers
It might not be a Green Christmas, but a new generation of arborists are working for a greener New Year.
![GLEN STUBBE � gstubbe@startribune.com -- Tuesaday, July 13, 2010 -- St. Cloud, Minn. -- ] Arctic Cat's St. Cloud plant. The company recently announced plans to produce snowmobile engines there making them more vertically-integrated. ORG XMIT: MIN2012091320223569 ORG XMIT: MIN1304051542286038](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/EIPHX4JD3ZG252WMI7S4SPEDQI.jpg?&w=80&ar=1:1&fit=crop)
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MN Fortune 500![GLEN STUBBE � gstubbe@startribune.com -- Tuesaday, July 13, 2010 -- St. Cloud, Minn. -- ] Arctic Cat's St. Cloud plant. The company recently announced plans to produce snowmobile engines there making them more vertically-integrated. ORG XMIT: MIN2012091320223569 ORG XMIT: MIN1304051542286038](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/EIPHX4JD3ZG252WMI7S4SPEDQI.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Arctic Cat owner stopping all production, could sell the Minnesota snowmobile and ATV maker
Textron Inc. had already announced it was halting factory work in Thief River Falls and cutting the workforce; now, St. Cloud operations also will be affected as powersports industry continues to hit bumps.
December 19, 2024
Outdoor Activities
Wolves, walleyes, moose and the Superior Hiking Trail attract funding in record package of Minnesota projects
A package of conservation projects funded by a record $103 million in state lottery proceeds will need legislative approval.
December 19, 2024
Twin Cities
The winter solstice is coming. Here’s how to celebrate the shortest day of the year in the Twin Cities.
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December 18, 2024
High Schools
No mountains nearby? Elite Hopkins athlete makes Minnesota work for him, whether he's skiing or pedaling.
A state champion Nordic skier and national-level cross-country mountain biker, Logan Drevlow gets by quite well with rolling hills.
December 18, 2024
Minneapolis![High winds and low temperatures were not enough to discourage Mike Walsh, St. Louis Park, from skating on the smooth ice at Lake of the Isles on Saturday morning. ] JIM GEHRZ ïjames.gehrz@startribune.com / Minneapolis, MN / February 14, 2015 /11:00 AM](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/JDXZ4LQSTN7ULJFCSGX6KZKA6M.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Minneapolis outdoor skating rinks to open this weekend
Despite weather fluctuations, the Park Board expects rinks to open Saturday.
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Nation
The winter solstice is almost here, the Northern Hemisphere's darkest day
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December 17, 2024
Outdoors
How weather sculpts snowflakes
This Week in Minnesota Nature: Different conditions shape six-sided ice crystals.
December 16, 2024
Outdoors
Anderson: Forward-facing sonar drawing anger in muskie fishing, other angling in Minnesota
Some argue the devices amount to cheating.
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Outdoors
A plunge through thin ice, a panic and a struggle for safety
A veteran ice angler and volunteer emergency responder recalled a frightening plunge into a central Minnesota lake, lending truth to the unreliability of ice thickness.
December 14, 2024
Outdoors
Chronic wasting disease pops up in a whitetail deer near Wheaton
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December 12, 2024
Outdoor Activities
Anderson: For this traditional archer, bow hunting is a shot back in time
Ron Roettger can hit a target at 65 yards, but he never takes a shot at a deer longer than 17 yards.AuthoredDennis Anderson
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Outdoor Activities![Biologists Keith Reeves left ,Josh Blankenheim ,and Cory Goldsworthy pulled out netted lake trout from Lake Superior during an annual spring population survey that's been a key to this long-range fisheries management success story on Lake Superior Tuesday May 8, 2018 in Duluth, MN. ] JERRY HOLT • jerry.holt@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/DF4VIRGK3WHXJITAHNFUTCQEKA.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Minnesota reaps windfall from epic comeback of lake trout in Lake Superior
For the first time, the once-endangered fish could become a star in the state hatchery system for stocking other lakes.
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