The city of New Ulm wants to put up five wind turbines as a power source, but proposal has angered a group of landowners who say eminent domain is being used to secure rights for a wind energy project.

On the same day a U.S. Senate committee approved a sweeping health care reform bill, Gov. Tim Pawlenty unveiled his own more modest plan he says will rein in health care costs in Minnesota.

Cargill, the Minnetonka-based agricultural giant makes a soybean-based chemical used to produce furniture-grade foam, reducing the need for petroleum to make the foam we sit and sleep on.

With support from a lone Republican, a keySenate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health careplan that moves President Barack Obama's goal of wider andaffordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law.

Xcel Energy is celebrating the final stage of a $1 billion retrofit of its metro-area power plants. Tuesday afternoon, the company will dedicate the Riverside plant in northeast Minneapolis.

The winter driving season has already begun, and Twin Cities commuters have gotten their first taste of it this week with snow one day and icy roads the next.

In Albert Lea, many residents participated in a ten month-long project to make small, health-conscious changes to their lives. Although the project is coming to a close, indications are that the changes are here to stay.

The idea of charging older people more for health insurance didn't begin with reform -- it's already happening -- and the latest version of health care reform bill set for a Senate committee vote on Tuesday aims to limit how

A surge in suspected cases of flu has forced a hospital in St. Paul to call in extra staff and open up some more treatment space for emergency room patients.

For years, teenage impulsiveness and immature behavior was attributed to hormones. More recently, scientists have suggested the teenage brain is the problem. One psychologist says that theory is all wrong, and believes teenagers are capable of being far more mature

Letters chronicling a failed attempt to stage patriotic singalongs late in World War I provide a window into the devastation of the 1918 Spanish Influenza outbreak in Minnesota.

Minnesota nurses are calling for tax increases to protect subsidized health care for more than 30,000 low-income adults.

The snow that covered grass and made roads wet in southern Minnesota on Monday began to taper off by the afternoon.

Several recent public opinion polls show that only about half of Americans say they'll get immunized against H1N1 and an even smaller percentage say they'll let their children get the vaccine over concerns about potential side effects.