Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge, which runs a unit near the Scott County Fairgrounds in St. Lawrence Township, was established to ...

Nowadays, a vast network of highways ties the southwest suburbs to the rest of the world. However, there was a time when the Minnesota River was the region’s lifeline. Steamboats ferried passengers up ...

Eden Prairie’s Republican lawmakers are hesitant to support the proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit line amid calls from DFL legislators for the project to be included for funding in a ...

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

There are problems with MNsure, but what is the source? That, and other questions, contrast incumbent Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, and challenger Amy Wilde, DFL-Dassel Township. The two candidates ...

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, has served in Congress since 2018 and is up against Republican and former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, who served from 2001-2015, for this open seat. It's expected to ...

Etihad Rail is a much-needed project connecting all seven emirates and, eventually, we’ll even be able to get to Abu Dhabi in just 30 minutes. Following the announcement of the first four passenger ...

This is a critical milestone in the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s efforts to advance West-East Rail. The South of Palmer Yard is located about a half mile from downtown Palmer and was chosen ...

Two years after the Minnesota Legislature passed the first ... of $32 million a year in general funds to Metro Transit for rail operations. Charlie Zelle Credit: Metropolitan Council “As a ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’ll know the UAE has a new railway service. The exciting new Etihad Rail connects the Emirates and later it will connect the Emirates ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.