In North America, summer, especially late summer, is butterfly season. Multiple generations hatch as caterpillars grow, pupate and emerge to pollinate flowers and lay eggs of their own. If you would prefer a butterfly that lasts longer, they often appear in decorative arts and jewelry, like ...

ST. PAUL — New Ulm has been selected as the site for the southwest regional headquarters of the Department of Natural Resources, DNR Commissioner Robert Herbst announced today. The department will construct an office building on a 117-acre site donated by the city and county along Highway 15 ...

Artus Van Briggle and his wife, Anne, were decorators at the Rookwood Pottery in Ohio. They moved to Colorado after Artus was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and he opened his own pottery there, the Van Briggle Pottery, in 1901. After Artus died in 1904, Anne took over the pottery. Van Briggle ...

I was experiencing a bit of a reading slump, during which I was picking up my phone more often than a book. Luckily, these books helped me out of my slump. I hope that one or more of them might appeal to you. Wealthy Manhattanites flock to their beach homes on Fire Island each summer, spending ...

Edward Ozias, last direct descendant of the Stork Brothers produce family, left $929,000 to 19 charities through a trust arrangement, insurance policies and annuities, according to probate papers filed Thursday in Brown County Court. Ozias died March 19 at his home at the age of 61. He had ...

DEDICATE ST. MARY’S CHURCH WEDNESDAY ———— Archbishop Austin Dowling of St. Paul Performs Solemn Rites and Delivers Sermon. ———— MANY VISITING CLERGY ASSIST IN CEREMONIES ———— Cafeteria Dinner and Supper Served. Open-Air Amusements in Afternoon and ...