Anyone who flies out of Brainerd or who works for a business that benefits from air service should root hard for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to select SkyWest Airlines as the main air carrier at the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport.

Guest Commentary Minnesotans: Do you know where your oil is coming from or what risk we live under (or should I say live above)? July 25 marked the second anniversary of the Kalamazoo, Michigan pipeline spill—the largest and costliest inland oli spill in the history of the United States. Events ...

Ok, the price of everything is going up at a time when our economy is down. I've tried to work that one out in my mind, but there are certain things that can't be explained.

Gov. Dayton proposes $190 million in flood relief Minnesota Gov.

A Sikh temple was the scene of the most recent slaughter of innocents. Oak Creek, Wis., the most recent killing field has raised a lot of questions around the country.

A man who read the Dispatch editorial on economist Milton Friedman and his University of Chicago student, Thomas Sowell, called to tell me of an article published in Investors Business Daily.

Don't tell the 8.3 percent of unemployed American workers that things are getting better in the U.S. economy. According to the U.S. Labor Department there were only 163,000 jobs added in July.

While millions of Americans are glued to their television sets, one of the most beautiful summers in central Minnesota is unfolding for thousands of visitors to lake country.

Corn stalks are being disked under as the extensive drought in the corn belt causes concern over the United States government's ethanol mandate. Cargill, a giant grain trading entity, has asked the U.S.

While admitting nothing, Accretive Health, a huge national bill collector for medical debt was hit with a $2.5 million fine by the State of Minnesota.