Only a handful of miles of road construction remain as work to bring four lanes of roadway between Willmar and Interstate 94 is slated for completion this summer.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources staff conducting a survey of algae in Long Lake near Hawick found starry stonewort at a depth of 8 to 12 feet near the west public access.
Kandi Acres of Hawick, Minnesota, is home to nearly 500 goats, most of them raised for meat production. Owned by Tiffany Farrier, it has been a labor of love. It is the only halal-certified goat farm in the state, meaning the goats are raised in a way acceptable to Islamic tenets.