Rochelle Olson covers Regan Smith's stellar swim career, Albert Lea blocking the city’s first cannabis dispensary, the Minnesota Judicial Branch’s social media and more.

On Monday, the Albert Lea City Council voted against registering the business license of what would be the state's first pot shop not on tribal land. The mayor said the city had more questions about ...

County administrators are reviewing those requests and may trim the ask to $106 million, which would still mean a 9.5% ...

The legal cannabis scene in Minnesota heats up as Jacob Schlichter from Albert Lea encounters opposition from locals and the ...

After rejecting its local registration 4 to 3, the City of Albert Lea is giving the Smoking Tree another chance to plead its ...

The regional campus is a unique partnership between the university and CentraCare, the region’s largest health care provider, which is facing an urgent need for more doctors in rural Minnesota.

Jacob Schlichter is the owner of the Smoking Tree and was awarded a license from the Office of Cannabis Management on July 17 ...

A new decision from the Albert Lea City Council could be a sign of more difficulties for the cannabis industry ahead.

The dispensary was supposed to open this month, but city council members voted the final step of the plan down at their ...

The Albert Lea City Council voted on Monday to block the state's first retail cannabis business off tribal land from moving ...

Richard Lee, the trailblazing activist who helped push marijuana reform into the mainstream and founded Oaksterdam University ...