Organizers of the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, the state’s rainfall monitor volunteer program, are putting out a call for more volunteers to measure rain, hail and snow in their backyards. The program, called CoCoRaHS for short, is coordinated by the State Climatology…

Vince Wren was all set to become a prosecuting attorney until he worked an internship and found the job didn’t bring much gratification. “I was bored with the lifestyle of researching and writing,” the 26-year-old from Eagan said. “I wanted something more fast paced and dynamic.” He found th…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Members of a left-leaning group tried to get Rep. Tom Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House, to hold a town hall to talk about President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes to Washington. Receiving no response, Wright County Indivisible and Indivisible North Metro chos…

A state program that tells high school seniors which Minnesota colleges they can attend without requiring them to apply is helping more students enroll in higher education — and there’s a bill this year that would require all high schools in the state to participate. The Office of Higher Edu…

Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives will be determined by the result of a special election scheduled this Tuesday for a vacant Roseville-area seat. Republicans have had a one-seat advantage in the House this legislative session because the winning Democratic Farmer Labor candid…