October 23 Update: According to the Minnesota Incident Command System, the Evergreen Forest fire near Pine City is now 70% contained as of Wednesday, October 23. Firefighters are continuing to mop up ...

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. PINE ...

The Evergreen State: There is one US state nicknamed after a tree. The reason lies within the beautiful, green landscape of Washington State, which is also called the Evergreen State. This unofficial ...

The Chengwatana State Forest north of the Twin Cities reopened Friday, after rain and snow helped officials extinguish a fire that had been burning there for about two weeks. The Evergreen Forest Fire ...