Minnesota to close Upper Sioux Agency State Park in February

Minnesota's Upper Sioux Agency State Park will permanently close to the public on Feb. 16, as the state gets ready to transfer the land to the nearby tribal community. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that it will turn over the park, built on a notorious site of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, to the Upper Sioux Community by mid-March, completing the transfer ...

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