PRIOR LAKE, Minn. — An unwelcome guest is seeking shelter as temperatures begin to drop. Mice are on the move. "I've been doing this for 20 years and I've never seen anything like it," said Beau Geer, ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The University of Minnesota wants pests. Really. A new research facility opening at the University will advance research on biological control of pests. Phase I of the Plant Growth ...

MOORHEAD — The red swamp crayfish is more at home in Louisiana than northwest Minnesota. But state conservation officials say the invasive species has been discovered in a Clay County lake and might ...

Minneapolis is the only Minnesota city among the 50 listed. Several Wisconsin towns made the list, though: Milwaukee (16), Madison (44) and Eau Claire (46). Other Midwestern metropolises Detroit (7) ...