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Former WNBA Superstar Lindsay Whalen head coach of the U of M Gophers Women's Basketball Team, was showing she still has amazing skills when a little kid stole the show.

I'm trying my best to raise well-behaved, responsible children, but there is no manual so I wonder if what I'm doing is effective. A study conducted by the University of Minnesota does offer some advice on how to raise good kids.

Sunday evening we went up to the Barn to watch the Minnesota Gophers men's basketball team play Michigan. The tickets were a Christmas present from our future daughter-in-law, Megan. Megan will finish her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry at the University of Minnesota this spring...

The University of Minnesota corn and soybean variety trials are now published on the University of Minnesota Extension website. It seems seed companies are asking for seed orders from farmers earlier every year. Many times the best early season discounts are available in November and early December...

The Minnesota Golden Gophers are in their first California Bowl game since they appeared in the Rose Bowl in 1960. Yesterday, right after I learned Minnesota was heading to sunny San Diego, I purchased my tickets at Qualcomm Stadium, home of the San Diego Chargers...

A  body found in the Mississippi River near the Ford Parkway Bridge has been identified by the Hennepin County Medical examiner as that of 20-year-old University of Minnesota student David Miller of St. Peter. David Michael Miller was last seen leaving Wilkins Hall on the University of Minnesota campus about 9AM Tuesday, May 10, according to a university notice...

The University of Minnesota Extension Beef Team will be hosting the annual Cow-Calf Days at two locations in southern Minnesota this week. The program is held at a number of locations around the state including Thursday, January 28, at the Heintz Center in Rochester beginning at 5:30PM, and Friday, January 29, at the American Legion in Le Center starting at 9:30AM...

Edward Usset, who is a grain marketing specialist with the University of Minnesota Center for Farm Financial Management, will be my guest on AM Minnesota on Thursday. Usset just released the second edition of the book Grain Marketing is Simple (it's just not easy)...

When I was a kid more than four decades ago, there were just a few bowl games. Now there are 41 and even teams with losing records like the Minnesota Gophers have been invited to play. Here is a listing of the 2015-2016 college football bowl games...