An environmental committee hearing at the Minnesota State Capitol veered into religion and protecting the unborn Thursday as lawmakers discussed a bill that would grant inherent rights to the state ...

Layne Kennedy Come September in northern Minnesota, on lakes on the Ojibwa lands, harvesters, two per canoe, pole through thick clusters of wild rice plants growing along the marshy shores.

DULUTH — The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a state ... pollution nearly eight times higher than the standard for wild rice waters. On Monday, a three-judge panel unanimously said the ...