The Minnesota DNR is shifting to rotational CWD surveillance, and southwest Minnesota is first. Hunters there must have deer one year old or older sampled on opening weekend.
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Paramount Skydance completed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery last Tuesday, creating a company called Skydance. Readers can vote on how they view the deal.
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The Academy Award winner known for "On the Waterfront" and "North by Northwest" also played Superman's adoptive mother in the 2006 film. She died Tuesday of natural causes.
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Open campsites, peak fall color and dozens of naturalist events await families during next week's long MEA weekend, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says.
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“Lanterns” closed its first season Sunday night. Now the Daily Planet wants to know how Hal Jordan and John Stewart's HBO debut measured up.
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Daily Planet readers and contributors sent in photos this week from Minnesota, Utah and Indiana, capturing autumn color, city streets and a few quiet moments between Sept. 27 and Oct. 3.
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Minnesota’s fall colors are arriving across the state. From winding forest roads near Ely to the North Shore and Mississippi River bluffs, here are five drives to put on the fall-color calendar.
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September 20, 2026
Sunrise over Hibbing, MN. (Photo by Traci Whitlock) -
September 21, 2026
Downtown Minneapolis, MN, on the Daily Planet’s fifth anniversary in the city. (Photo by Zack Benz) -
September 22, 2026
The first day of Autumn in Minneapolis, MN. (Photo by Zack Benz) -
September 23, 2026
St. Mark’s Cathedral rests at the end of W 15th Street in Minneapolis, MN. (Photo by Zack Benz) -
September 24, 2026
The Narrows in Zion National Park, Utah. (Photo by Brianna Taggart) -
September 25, 2026
A monarch butterfly pollinates a flower in a community garden planted by Hennepin Ave. United Methodist Church. (Photo by Zack Benz) -
September 26, 2026
Zion Park Lodge in Utah. (Photo by Brianna Taggart)
This week's Flamebird Frames spans red-rock canyons in Utah, a monarch butterfly in a Minneapolis community garden and the Daily Planet's fifth anniversary in the city.
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Dolly Parton, the entertainer, philanthropist and Country Music Hall of Famer whose songwriting and business empire made her one of the most beloved figures in American culture, died Tuesday in Nashville. She was 80.
MoreAbbie Wells hit the road solo this summer, traveling through Connecticut and Rhode Island and navigating changing plans along the way.
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