Beyond giant pickles on a stick and loud country music, Dean Tom Fisher of the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, sees the Minnesota State Fair as a living laboratory for his students. Fisher...

For the last eight years, Tyler Parsons has served foot-longs to hungry Minnesota State Fair-goers. Working at the fair has become a tradition for many University students. For Parsons, it's become an...

Since the grand opening of the light rail transit system, University student Sara Benning said her rush-hour commute to school has been cut from 45 to 30 minutes. "It's a great thing," she said. Benning...

It's not often that rural New Scandia, Minn., makes the front page of Twin Cities newspapers - especially because of a violent stabbing, residents of the township said. On the morning of Aug. 12, a former...