Is it still summer? It might feel like it — and look like it. Fall foliage is coming later in the season this year, MPR News reports. With a long stretch of above-average temperatures, “fall colors are running behind seasonal averages across our state.”

But winter will return: Although it might be premature to start thinking about winter, WCCO reports that “Ice Castles will return to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds for the second year in a row.” Construction on the castles is set to begin in November, with a late December target date to open the attraction. Weather permitting, of course.

Top Minnesota colleges: Now that fall is here and students have returned to campus, the 2026 U.S. News Best Colleges report is out. Bring Me The News reports that the “list highlights the same 15 Minneso

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