March 29, 2021

Nome Schoolhouse sees new life as fiber arts center

The Nome Schoolhouse was built in 1916, and the gym was added in 1949. It last saw students in 1970. It had seen some use, […]
March 29, 2021

The Latest: Metro Manila, outlying provinces go on lockdown

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials placed Metropolitan Manila and four outlying provinces, a region of more than 25 million people, back to a lockdown Monday […]
March 29, 2021

The Latest: Brisbane, Australia will go into lockdown

BRISBANE, Australia — Australia’s third-largest city Brisbane will enter a three-day lockdown Monday evening after the coronavirus was found spreading in the community. Queensland State […]
March 28, 2021

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York is poised to join a growing number of states that have legalized marijuana after state lawmakers reached a deal to […]
March 28, 2021

Minnesota's farms and food industry face another pandemic growing season

The 2021 growing season is about to start in Minnesota, bringing fresh questions about how the state’s sizable agriculture and food-processing industries will manage another […]
March 28, 2021

Grand Forks graduate sews success in Minneapolis men's fashion industry

But five years later, Thompson is delighted that his inaugural collection will debut at a Minneapolis boutique. A dozen of Thompson’s custom-made pieces of upper-body […]
March 28, 2021

Bridges marked to come down as interchange work kicks up this week in Duluth

Over the next two weeks, the $343 million Twin Ports Interchange reconstruction project through Lincoln Park delivers major ramp and bridge closures, and new limits […]
March 28, 2021

Austin is 'the hottest market in the country'

AUSTIN, TEXAS – In March 2020, the outlook in Austin was bleak after the pandemic forced business closures, lockdown orders and the cancellation of South […]
March 28, 2021

Supersized legal action: First trial starts this week in massive 3M earplugs litigation

The first trial in one of the largest U.S. mass torts ever kicks off Monday with 3M defending itself against claims that its Combat Arms […]
March 28, 2021

Rebels besiege town in northern Mozambique for fifth day

JOHANNESBURG — Rebels fought Sunday to control a strategic town in northern Mozambique for the fifth straight day, as reports came in that dozens of […]