Hannah Yang

Second Harvest Heartland distributed a record 172 million pounds of food to Minnesota food shelves as demand, inflation and fuel costs rose.

Minnesota food shelves can now receive refrigerated egg donations up to 30 days past their sell-by date, expanding access to protein and reducing waste.

Eighty-five years after leaving New Ulm for WWII, Medal of Honor recipient Capt. Willibald Bianchi’s newly identified remains return home for burial and long-awaited family closure.

Thousands of Minnesotans face losing SNAP by April 1 as federal rule changes raise work requirements, extend them to age 64 and eliminate exemptions, straining food aid.

As ICE enforcement and shootings rattle Minnesota, parents and experts share ways to help children process fear and trauma while preserving routine and community support.

Amid fears of ICE raids even at churches, Minnesota faith leaders use Christmas services to demand compassion, safe sanctuaries and an end to anti-immigrant rhetoric.

A federal judge has struck down Trump's freeze on new wind energy permits, a win for Minnesota officials who say it clears a key path toward 100% clean power.

Rising tariffs and input costs are pushing up prices for both real and artificial Christmas trees, leading to higher demand for local tree farms as the holiday season approaches.

Minnesota food shelves brace for rising demand this holiday season as SNAP cuts and lingering shutdown impacts leave more families in need, despite increased donations and emergency aid.

Delayed and reduced SNAP benefits in Minnesota are leaving families hungry and putting small-town grocery stores at risk as sales drop and local economies feel the strain.

Minnesota braces for possible SNAP benefit delays as legal battles and the federal shutdown threaten food assistance for 440,000 residents; emergency funds offer only temporary relief.

By Hannah Yang Thousands of Minnesotans might not receive federal food aid benefits if the government shutdown continues into November, as federal officials have told states that funding for SNAP benefits is running out. All 87 counties and tribal leaders in Minnesota received an email from the state Department of Children, Youth and Families Wednesday […]

By Hannah Yang Minnesota’s home-based child care providers are shutting their doors at an alarming rate. Some say one reason so many providers are quitting is because they feel burdened by complex regulations and strict enforcement actions that drive up their cost of doing business. Kelsey Hayley, 35,  is a family child care provider from […]

The sandstone bluffs and hillsides of the Minnesota River Valley are especially vulnerable.

According to the state Department of Human Services, more than 4,000 licensed in-home child care providers have called it quits over the last decade.

It’s becoming more difficult for Minnesotans displaced from their homes to find places to stay — especially during emergencies

By Hannah Yang Farming has never been easy, but this year seems especially challenging, with input costs rising, violent storms damaging crops and some commodity prices dropping. Those concerns took center stage at the annual Minnesota Farmfest, which is underway this week in the southern part of the state. Hundreds of people strolled through an […]

By Hannah Yang AI in agriculture, sustainable fuel and crop insurance are just a few of the topics that’ll be discussed during Farmfest Forums starting on Tuesday. Farmfest is a two-day event from Aug. 5-7 in Morgan, Minn., on County Highway 13 in Redwood County at the Gilfillan Estate. Hundreds of exhibitors come from all over […]

It’s not just counties, but cities too. The stormwater infrastructure in many Minnesota cities have aren’t meant to keep up with the severity and frequency of rainfall.

Pavement buckling or swelling can happen when air temperatures change from moderate to extreme heat, according to MnDOT.