Top Hidden Destinations To Visit In Minnesota
Five hidden gems off the beaten path offer scenic beauty, cultural relevance or historical significance.
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Five hidden gems off the beaten path offer scenic beauty, cultural relevance or historical significance.
Enjoy Minnesota's great outdoors on any of these five easy hiking trails.
A 23-year-old Hastings man is accused of pulling a gun on a teenage friend earlier this month after the two got into an argument about who should keep $60 found in a driveway.
The fields are planted all across Minnesota; endless rows of corn and beans are healthy and deep green. But on a rural Hastings farm, the crop Ken Anderson is planting is making a bit of history.
A snowmobiler has died in an accident in Saint Louis County. Sheriff's officials say 53-year-old Steven Rahman was riding on the Taconite trail near Tower on Wednesday night with four others when he missed a curve and struck a tree.
A Hastings man is charged with severely injuring a motorist last February in a crash involving a truck with an illegal bumper height and window tints. Justin Lee Schlomka, 33, is charged with criminal vehicular operation resulting in great bodily harm for a crash he is said to have caused on Feb. 4, 2015.
The most competitive wheelchair basketball teams in the country took over the Twin Cities Saturday. Hastings High School played host to the Courage Kenny Classic.
A Hastings family is asking thieves to leave their daughter's gravesite alone. Gary and Kris Rothers daughter Abbey passed away in August, after developing viral pneumonia.
A Minnesota teenager says she is lucky to be alive after she survived a rollover crash near Hastings. Seventeen-year-old Kianna Stewart fell asleep behind the wheel while driving home on the night of Aug. 4.
With well over 10,000 lakes, rivers and waterways to explore in our great state, you'd be hard-pressed to not find a boat to rent nearby. Check out our list of five of the best places for boat rentals in Minnesota.
A Rock Island man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend will be sentenced Oct. 9. The sentencing date for 40-year-old Timothy McVay was set Wednesday. He was convicted July 17 of first-degree murder and concealment in the death of 29-year-old Carrie Olson of Davenport, Iowa.
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge took center stage in Hastings on Sunday. People gathered at Veterans Park to break the world record for largest Ice Bucket Challenge.
A 33-year-old Inver Grove Heights man is accused of stealing a state construction truck, leading authorities on a chase and damaging a squad car in a crash, according to charges filed Tuesday in Dakota County Court.
A family in Hastings fell just short of breaking the world record for people attending a family reunion. More than 1,500 members of the Bauer family got together on Sunday.
A new art installation is bringing in big crowds to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Nature Connects features 13 different nature displays made entirely of Legos.
A Cottage Grove woman is accused of stealing almost $3,000 worth of eyewear from a Hastings Pearle Vision last spring. Emily Catherine Pesek, 31, is facing one count of theft over $1,000.
Mayflies have once again invaded the city of Hastings, causing headaches for many.
A Hastings woman is making a public appeal, trying to get information about a driver she believes caused the crash that killed her husband.
A former Hastings priest accused of sexual abuse was found not guilty on Tuesday. The 64-year-old was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a former altar boy at a Hastings Catholic Church from 1989 to 1991.
Williams is a former home builder who had to get creative after being laid off in 2006. He tried his hand at building log furniture, but then was inspired by a chainsaw artist and realized he also had the ability to create characters out of wood.
A local business has created what may be the first drone obstacle course in the U.S. Extreme Sandbox lets visitors fly drones over, through and under various hurdles in an open field.
Golf and soccer are two of the most popular sports in Minnesota, and FootGolf combines the best of both. Just like regular golf, you start on the tee box and attempt to get the soccer ball into the cup in the least amount of kicks.
A 20-year-old man is dead after broadside crash in Dakota County Thursday afternoon. Johnathan M. Byrne, of Prescott, Wis., died at the scene of the crash.
A 21-year-old faces charges after authorities say he was found with a missing 15-year-old girl in Hastings. Court documents say police were called to a Hastings home by a father who tracked his missing daughter there.
A Minnesota couple blames their veterinarian for burning their dogs so badly it killed one of them. But what happened after, they consider even worse.
