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Airport officials hope to start construction on the terminal addition in the spring of 2024, with three or four years of construction to follow.

Despite dropping 15 points from J.D. Power's 2021 survey, MSP moved two slots up the rankings, from last year's third-place rank.

An Iron Range landmark, Bimbo's Octagon is one of the oldest standing veterans halls in America. For the past 55 years, it's been a bar and restaurant beloved by locals and regular visitors to the community of Side Lake.

Medora has become a go-to destination for people wanting to see where history lives. The western North Dakota town, with the Badlands as a backdrop, has quickly become a summer tourist hot spot, and one reason that small town is so popular is 96-year-old Norma Myers and her business on main street called Chateau Nuts.

Under the program, identified low-risk air travelers can avoid having to remove things like shoes, liquids, laptops, light outerwear, and belts.

With its number of residents and name’s meaning in American English slang, a town like Nimrod — population 69 — is bound to get noticed by anyone who sees a sign for the town on a northwestern Minnesota highway. And while the curiously named rural Wadena County town tends to keep on the quieter side, its streets will teem with people this Labor Day weekend during its annual “Jubilee Days” celebration.

Campgrounds across the state say they're almost entirely booked for Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end of summer travel season. Even so, the private campground industry, which saw nationwide growth to meet a surge in demand during the pandemic, is concerned that the re-introduction of more travel choices could mean a precipitous drop in profits. That worry was a driving force behind opposition to an expansion of Custer State Park this past legislative session.

Air passengers' rights are limited when it comes to flight delays, cancellations and lost luggage, but there are things consumers can do to smooth their travels.

A summer trip offered a much greater appreciation of the vastness of God’s creation on earth, while also putting things into perspective.