The Minnesota Wild have announced a deal with Tria Orthopedics in the team's first-ever jersey patch partnership.

Two mining companies in northern Minnesota are pushing back against state water pollution rules that aim to protect wild rice beds, saying the mines aren't hurting the cherished food source.

In recent weeks, Minnesotans have heard about multiyear, state-funded scientific research initiated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on the effects of sulfate on wild rice production.