MinnPost collaborated with Rural News Network on Sowing Resilience, a project exploring food insecurity in rural communities. For it I visited remote areas of Minnesota to learn how vital grocery stores are to quality of life. www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

Farm Aid 40 in Minneapolis was a day I won’t forget. Great story/photos by my MinnPost colleagues www.minnpost.com/arts-culture...

Court rulings and/or legislation seem inevitable to clear up disputed interpretations of Minnesota's cannabis law by cities.

Any goodwill derived from Minnesota lawmakers having to work together more last session will be tested by gun control debates. www.minnpost.com/state-govern...

Two tiers of Minneopa Falls.

Enjoyed this interview with @jaygabler.com about the @duluthnewstribune.com's upcoming Edmund Fitzgerald podcast.

Fewer Canadians are coming to Minnesota this year amid strained U.S.-Canada relations. Last month I crossed the border for an interview with the Fort Frances mayor to hear how he's maintaining friendly relations with his American neighbors in International Falls. www.minnpost.com/economy/2025...

Print is not dead! Greater Minnesota reporter @brianarola.bsky.social wrote about three local, family-owned newspapers in a western Minnesota county that are hanging on in part through collaboration: www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

Long story short, the last photo before my car broke down along Minnesota’s northern border was of Willie Walleye in Baudette.

O Canada! Giving myself a new, unofficial title as MinnPost’s international correspondent after today’s visit to Fort Frances, Ontario.

I ate my way through Minnesota’s biggest county fair, the Steele County Free Fair, over the weekend. Read on for highlights from one of my favorite events in Greater Minnesota.

Two Minnesota GOP congressmembers told me they want transparency when asked about the Epstein files, but what they'll do to ensure the Trump admin releases information remains to be seen. www.minnpost.com/national/202...

Gov. Tim Walz rocking a Mankato River Ramble hat at Farmfest today.

These 13 Minnesota cities applied for cannabis muni licenses. www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

While in Montgomery for an assignment recently @photoellen.bsky.social and I got swept up in preparations for Kolacky Days, a celebration of the city's Czech heritage. Her photos at a bakery 100+ years old are the real highlight here. www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

An Albert Lea man didn't want to sue the city, but may do so after Councilors defied state law by denying his cannabis business license Monday. www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

In defiance of state law, the Albert Lea City Council denied a cannabis retail license by a 4-3 vote Monday. The consequences of this could be withheld state aid and lawsuits, according to the city’s manager and attorney. Council members voted against it anyway.

Here's the sign-up link for my Greater Minnesota Newsletter, where you'll find the latest selection of stories by me and my colleagues, plus other news from around the state. Why not sign up for all @minnpost.bsky.social newsletters while you're at it? www.minnpost.com/newsletters/

Trump-led cuts to public broadcasters, backed by Minnesota Republicans in Congress, were aimed at NPR and PBS. But community radio and TV stations in Greater Minnesota are likely to pay for it most. www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

Here is a story I wrote about how the Trump tax and spending bill's Medicaid cuts seem to mostly revolve around making the process of applying for Medicaid more tedious and labor intensive www.minnpost.com/state-govern...

This month I started as the visual journalist @minnpost.bsky.social, @catchlight-io.bsky.social fellow and @reportforamerica.bsky.social corps member. On Tuesday, I drove south to Albert Lea on the cannabis beat for a story with Greater MN reporter Brian Arola: www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

My colleague @brianarola.bsky.social wrote a v. informative story about MN cities welcoming/not welcoming legal weed stores while subtly using the phrase "to be blunt" www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

I recently visited Willmar, one of the most diverse cities in Greater Minnesota, for a story on a new amateur baseball team composed of players from the area's Latino communities. www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

Coming from Greater Minnesota, I'm bound to come across stories that hit close to home. Like when I found out the hospital where I was born, in Hibbing, is highly vulnerable to Medicaid cuts coming from Trump's "big beautiful" budget bill. www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

We reported on eight skate park projects that have received funding from the Legislature. We also made a short video.

Went to Northfield last week to learn about its unrealized skate park plans, which are rolling again thanks to new grant funding from the state. In a legislative session marked by few general fund appropriations, how did skate parks make the cut? Check out the story. www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

Our summer member drive is underway and we’ve got a goal of 115 new or upgraded sustaining members. Start a monthly or annual donation today to support MinnPost’s independent, nonprofit newsroom. buff.ly/pzAtYHj

I went to Watonwan and Nobles counties this week to learn about how immigration advocates are responding to the two getting placed on a federal agency's "sanctuary jurisdiction" watch list. www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

Greater Minnesota trivia: How many of the 10 most populous Minnesota cities outside the Twin Cities metro can you name?

A rarity even a decade ago, body camera usage is now more the rule than the exception among Minnesota police departments. www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

My first byline at MinnPost is an article on how conservationists are responding to renewed threats to undo environmental protections on the Boundary Waters. www.minnpost.com/environment/...

Excited to share professional news! This is my first week with @minnpost.bsky.social as its new Greater Minnesota reporter. Looking forward to reporting on issues all over the state from my homebase in Mankato.

Minnesota State University's president announced five international students in Mankato had their visas terminated by federal immigration officials. www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_n...

Saturday marked five years since the first known COVID-19 case in Mankato's region. I looked back on the half-decade since then, talking to health and data professionals about their experiences working through the most turbulent time in their careers. www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_n...

As good as Anthony Edwards' 3-shooting is this season, his shooting at the rim and in the mid-range should be top priorities over the summer. From 10-14 feet he's shooting 29.9%. The worst shooting team in the league from 10-14 feet is the Hornets, shooting 34.1%.

Yeah you could say I have a type musically.

Shaboozey’s half time show length > the Bear’s time of possession in the first half.

South-central Minnesota has had four mayors charged with felonies since 2021. In separate cases, two of them pleaded guilty to gross misdemeanors on the same day today. The two, Robert Anderson in Good Thunder and Randy Zimmerman in Waseca, are seeking re-election in November.

One Burnsville police officer who was killed in the line of duty Sunday and another officer who was injured graduated from Minnesota State University in Mankato: Matthew Ruge, who died Sunday, was in the class of 2018 Adam Medlicott, who was injured, was in the class of 2007