Michele Knutson, 37, walked around the encampment at the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary on Thursday, snapping photos of the empty tents she and others lived in before it would be gone.

On Thursday, city crews cleared the encampment by Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary, citing concerns over safety, fire danger and cleanliness. The city gave the roughly 40 people living there a week's ...

For two years or more, a sizable tent community has laid claim to the field south of the East Seventh Street entrance to the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary in St. Paul. Half or more of the residents ...