A tour of Otsego’s medical marijuana facility
Minnesota’s marijuana makeover was kicked into high gear on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, with a tour of a new cannabis-growing plant north of Rogers operated by Kyle Kingsley, CEO of Minnesota Medical...
View ArticleModel aircraft fans losing their airfield at Kaposia Landing in South St. Paul
After nearly a decade of use, radio-controlled model aircraft hobbyists who have used a strip of land at Kaposia Landing in South St. Paul will have to find a new location to fly their planes. This...
View ArticleForest Lake woman a dental school grad, 40 years later
Kathleen Mattison graduated from college Friday at age 60. Minnesota officials say the Harley-riding mother of three is the oldest to receive a Doctorate of Dental Surgery in modern memory.
View ArticleReWalk helps paraplegic patients stand upright and walk
A small group of paraplegic patients at Regions Hospital are trying a new motorized exoskeleton that lets them stand upright and walk. The device, called ReWalk, is made by a Massachusetts company and...
View ArticleRegret your tattoo? Woodbury clinic will remove it
Memories can be painful — and removing them is a little painful, too. “This is intense,” said 20-year-old Nicole King of Minneapolis, wincing slightly as a laser technician zapped a tattoo on her arm....
View ArticleAn Afton house so green it generates energy
An Afton zero-energy home, built by the Amaris Company, is so green the company guarantees the house will have no gas, power, water or sewer bills for 10 years. The house is No. 299 in the Parade of...
View ArticleHmong American Farmers Association; Getting beyond farmer’s markets
The Hmong American Farmers Association, a 4-year-old St. Paul nonprofit, runs a farm in Dakota County and provides its more than 30 members land to grow more vegetables and training so they can supply...
View ArticleA pilot’s eye view of the St. Croix River bridge construction
Pilot Mike Demulling has been taking aerial photos of the St. Croix River bridge construction site since Aug. 2013. Demulling, the manager of the New Richmond, Wis., Airport, has taken more than 5,000...
View ArticleRoseville World War II sailor helped bring back top-secret Japanese submarine
Roseville’s Gordon Neslund is one of the last surviving World War II crewmen who was part of the capture of the top-secret Japanese I-400 submarine in August 1945. He was also part of the handpicked...
View ArticleStillwater’s Vista Tek going green
VistaTek, the Stillwater-based mold-making and custom manufacturing company, is going green. The company is launching a new line of dinnerware and pots made from a corn byproduct. Among the...
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