Ten years ago on October 10, 2000 we lost Congressman Bruce Vento to mesothelioma. Bruce’s accomplishments remind us that working hard to build stronger communities, better lives and more ...

A vacant warehouse in the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary could get a second life. Dan McGuiness, director of the Lower Phalen Creek Project, has proposed converting the 1918 Standard Oil warehouse into ...

Michele Knutson, 37, walked around the encampment at the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary on Thursday, snapping photos of the empty tents she and others lived in before they were taken down. “I’m not ...

The Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary Cultural Center is a hidden jewel in St. Paul. The size of 27 football fields on the edge of downtown, this city park is not only full of Minnesota history, it is a ...

A pair of St. Paul parks will be renamed to reflect their sacred significance to the Dakota people. The City Council on Wednesday voted to change the names of Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary and Indian ...

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announced on Monday the city's plans to co-manage the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary with nonprofit partner Wakáŋ Típi Awáŋyaŋkapi on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Mayor Carter ...

The widow of Rep. Bruce Vento (D-Minn.), who died in 2000 due to cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, is calling on Congress to reject legislation that she says would make it harder to asbestos ...

The vision of a scenic and seamless pedestrian and bicycle corridor traversing Ramsey County from its southern reaches along the Mississippi River to its northern border is moving closer to reality.

The city of St. Paul on Thursday cleared a homeless encampment near the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary. As previously reported, the “process of closing the encampment” began on Jan. 7, according to a ...

[image_credit]Metropolitan Council[/image_credit][image_caption]A rendering of the proposed Purple Line route.[/image_caption] Despite what others say, many folks in White Bear Lake welcome the Purple ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting. ST.