Reid Forgrave

Clay County, a western Minnesota county mixing urban and rural, picked the winning candidate in every presidential election since 1992 — until this one.

One recent week before the election, Minnesota Star Tribune reporters fanned out across the state to see how — or if — religious leaders discuss the election with congregants.

Pickleball fans raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to build six courts in Red Wing’s Colvill Park.

In 2020, 881 people in Mountain Iron voted for Biden, 876 for Trump.

Its leaders hate the term megachurch. “The minute people label us ‘megachurch,’ there’s all sorts of thoughts and baggage comes with that,” said senior pastor Jason Strand.

Renewed focus on downtown Fergus Falls has enlivened the west-central Minnesota town.

Stevens County’s pod model has attracted attention as an innovative solution for a longstanding issue.

A comedian and a founder of a handful of abortion clinics, who have been friends for more than a decade, aim to destigmatize the procedure.

As lakeside property values skyrocket and fast-paced lives demand different experiences, the state’s small lakefront resorts are a disappearing way of life.

The political landscape around abortion has shifted since the last presidential election.