Here are the winners of the 2025 Pioneer Press Peeps Diorama Contest
Sofia Serdiouk, age 11, of Woodbury, wanted to participate in the 2025 Pioneer Press Peeps Diorama Contest, but she faced a quandary. She used items...
Hidden in Eagan office building, new Hagen Hus Gallery is a world art tour
Wearing a graphic blazer designed in the style of Jean-Michel Basquiat, art collector Leif Hagen points to paintings on the walls of his new gallery...
A Scandia pastor overcame addiction. Now he confronts the stigma in a podcast aimed at faith communities.
Seth Perry, the lead pastor at Elim Lutheran Church in Scandia, started smoking pot and drinking when he was 15. Within two years, he was...
David Fickling: Dead bees are a symptom of modern farming
It’s a recurring disaster that can seem like a biblical plague: bees cropping up covered in parasites, with deformed wings, or slaughtering their own larvae....
Senate president faces scrutiny, MN lawmakers say ethics rules need a look
Lawmakers are questioning how Minnesota awards money to nonprofits as a state senator faces scrutiny for his association with groups he helped fund. Sen. Bobby...
Readers and writers: Picture books to emphasize kindness
Today we’ve got children’s picture books that emphasize kindness and anti-violence, and a new collection about New York from a Twin Cities baker/poet. Minnesota author...