The Nature Conservancy is turning a swath of northeastern Minnesota forest into public land – and other headlines from around Minnesota.

The Minneapolis Fire Department is making history with the first all-Indigenous fire crew. For the past six months, a crew of four has manned engine 10 in fire house number six in Minneapolis.

David Marlin Smith, 84, died on Sunday, October 5th at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. He was born October 28,1940 in Burlington, WI to the late Rev. Marlin E. Smith and Murlen Nelson Smith.