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Minnesota named best state for summer road trips in 2025
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(FOX 9) – A new list ranking the best road trip destinations for the summer has Minnesota as its top spot – beating out longtime favorites such as Florida and California.
Minnesota named best road-trip destination
What we know:
Known nationally for its 10,000 lakes, Minnesota is a haven for those who love the outdoors, placing it the highest among its composite scores that weighed cost, safety and activities.
According to WalletHub, Minnesota has the fourth-highest spending per capita on parks and recreation, and has the third-most fairs and festivals per capita during the summer.
Spending the night under the stars shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg either – the state has the 12th-lowest camping costs, despite Superior National Forest proposing future rate increases.
Getting where you’re going will run below the national average as well, with gas costing roughly $3.10 per gallon compared to the national average of $3.22, according to AAA.
Other states ranked
Dig deeper:
During the window of warmth that are the summer months, nearly 75% of American adults plan to take some sort of road-trip, with around 33% planning to travel more than 250 miles from home, according to WalletHub data.
The list ranks New York second for summer road-trips due to having an extremely large number of attractions – also being second among most National Historic Landmarks per capita.
Somewhat surprisingly, Ohio ranked third, with the research citing the number of available attractions, especially things like zoos, botanical gardens and amusement parks. Ohio also has the second-highest number of fairs and festivals in the country during the summer months, according to WalletHub.
The Source: Information provided by annual WalletHub study.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Expect a sunny Saturday with heat expected to build up this weekend before an even hotter work week.
Saturday forecast
Local perspective:
Winds stay light out of the south with plenty of sunshine today.
There are hints of an extremely isolated thundershower, but the chance of that happening over any given area is extremely small.
Expect highs to peak in the upper 80s with dew points in the mid to upper 60s this afternoon.
Extended forecast
What’s next:
This forecast is hot.
Highs will peak in the 90s every day this upcoming week for the Twin Cities and a large portion of the area as well.
Dew points really don’t look to surge into the 70s but mainly stay in the lower to upper 60s depending on the day of the week.
Little to no precipitation forecast this upcoming week. Expect dry and sunny days.
The Source: This story uses information from the FOX 9 weather forecast.
BEMIDJI — The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development recently announced over $1.4 million in child care economic development grants, including a $200,000 award to the
Northwest Minnesota Foundation
in Bemidji.
Split between 11 programs and organizations around the state, more than 80% of the awarded funds support programs in Greater Minnesota, with the aim of creating more than 1,100 new child care slots.
“Affordable, reliable child care is essential for a thriving economy,” DEED Commissioner Matt Varilek said in a release. “These grants are supporting working families by ensuring Minnesota parents are able to work knowing their child is well cared for by some of the best caregivers in the nation. We’re also helping employers retain talent and working together to establish the foundation for long-term economic vitality.”
DEED’s Child Care Economic Development Grant program provides funding to organizations and communities to invest in new or expanding child care businesses, including facility improvements, worker training, attraction, retention and licensing, and other strategies to address the child care shortage.
Since the office’s inception in July 2023, DEED has awarded over $13 million in grants to 56 organizations to fund child care startups or business expansions, resulting in over 4,000 new child care slots.
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