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Osage man builds career from passion for art

Osage artist Boyd Sharp spends many hours in his art studio, working on paintings and drawings using a variety of media, from oils to acrylics to watercolor. VICKI GERDES/TRIBUNE

Capitol, flooding, veterans, disaster end Minnesota legislative session

Minnesota Rep. Dan Schoen of St. Paul Park works through paperwork Monday, May 20, 2013, as the Minnesota Legislature prepares to adjourn for the year. (Forum News Service photo by Don Davis)

Warming Lake Superior affecting fish

A 3-pound chinook salmon comes aboard at sunrise on Lake Superior. Increasing water temperatures over the last three decades have made conditions more favorable for chinook salmon, walleye and lean lake trout but less favorable for cold water-loving siscowet lake trout. (1998 file / Forum News Service)

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