Effects of drought being felt at harvest

Rainfall this weekend will recharge the soil and help rejuvenate trees and pastures on the Sorg farm in Hastings; but it may be too late to help Randy Sorg with the corn, soybean and alfalfa that he is now harvesting.

Sparking truck leads to grass fire in Shakopee

An early morning reminder about just how dry it's been, and how ripe conditions are for brush fires. This happened just before 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, at Highway 169 and Highway 101 in Shakopee. You can see sparks fly out from under a white box truck, cross the road and grow into a grass fire. We sped this video up a bit, but it took just a few minutes in real time to grow into a fire.

Ham Lake man left out of well reimbursement

One year ago the city of Blaine admits it broke rules when it over-pumped water from unpermitted city wells, a decision that left many private well owners without water.