Jeff Hargarten

Track the popularity of any first name in Minnesota over the past century.

Farm pollution persists despite hundreds of millions spent to clean it up.

Farm pollution persists despite hundreds of millions spent to clean it up.

The pandemic caused abrupt and unusual shifts at home, at work, shopping, traveling and more. Life isn’t completely back to pre-pandemic normal — and maybe it never will be.

The state's immense forests once made it a lumber milling giant.

The state’s immense forests once made it a lumber milling giant.

DFL Gov. Tim Walz won re-election in part by winning strong support in areas of the Twin Cities and its suburbs — further cementing Minnesota's urban-rural political divide.

Scientists know the actual number of extirpated species is much larger, but we don't have a full picture of what species have lived here.

Scientists know the actual number of extirpated species is much larger, but we don’t have a full picture of what species have lived here.

A Star Tribune analysis of data from 50 Twin Cities suburbs shows violent and property crimes jumped notably in some communities last year.