Duluthian Ausma Klints, 86, who spent her life decorating Duluth with roses in appreciation for her freedom, died Wednesday, on Independence Day, after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease.

“If you don’t know where you are going, you are going to end up somewhere else.” This sage adage, credited to Yogi Berra, pinpoints the importance of planning. If you are a novice gardener and you ...

Who knew that 10 crab apple trees gone AWOL could spark nationwide outrage? But such was the case on Saturday, when first lady Melania Trump’s under-wraps renovation of the White House’s world-famous ...

First lady Melania Trump unveiled a newly renovated White House Rose Garden on Aug. 22, 2020, posting images to Twitter of a neatly manicured space. The news sparked a backlash among those unhappy ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Last spring, when it was time to plant the bare-root roses for Lincoln’s new rose garden, it rained. And rained. And rained again. Finally, when planting the roses seemed impossible, the city’s ...