Turck’s Trees in Litchfield, Minnesota, provided the Christmas tree that graces the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda for the upcoming season. An 18-foot balsam fir grown on a family farm in Litchfield ...

The balsam fir was delivered Tuesday, Nov. 25, and will be decorated Monday, Dec. 1. It will be on public view in the rotunda through the holiday season. A crew carries a 17-foot balsam fir Tuesday, ...

Even in the summer, a lot of Minnesotans are thinking about the holidays, and at the Minnesota State Fair there's no better place to get into the holiday spirit than at the Christmas tree exhibit in ...

St. Louis County employees Anna Earley and Robert Benson unload pine cones at the Minnesota State Forest Nursery. Seedlings grown from the seeds harvested will be returned to the county for ...

SANDSTONE, Minn — A Minnesota tree grower will have the honor of sending a Christmas tree to our nation's capital. "It's kind of just all been kind of a big surprise to us," said Myra Olson with Happy ...

PARKERS PRAIRIE, Minn. — Almost 60 years ago, Lowell Dittberner and Cynthia Singleton’s father bought acreage in Parkers Prairie, in west central Minnesota, for duck and deer hunting. Over the years, ...

When it comes to choosing and decorating live Christmas trees, balsam fir ranks as the state’s favorite. Thank that fresh, piney scent replicated in candles, soaps, lotions and air fresheners this ...