MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- County sheriffs and state natural resource officials are trying to respond to a rash of thefts of birch trees in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Thieves are quickly cutting down ...

AUOROA, Minn. - A 40-year-old Aurora man has been charged with stealing more than $3,400 worth of birch trees off state and county land near the Iron Range. A criminal complaint has been filed in St.

Thieves are illegally cutting down thousands of birch trees in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin to make a quick buck off city dwellers who love the paper-white logs, limbs and twigs in their home ...

In a case connected to the decorative knick-knack market, a Minnesota man has been charged with stealing more than $3,400 worth of birch trees off public land near the Iron Range. A criminal complaint ...