Reporter | Features

Rachel Hutton is a general assignment reporter in features for the Star Tribune. 

Hutton was previously the editor of Minnesota Monthly and Midwest Home magazines and City Pages' food critic. She has written frequently about restaurants, travel, and design and enjoys profiling interesting people. A Minnesota native, Hutton returned home after stints in the Bay Area and New York City and has traveled the state extensively, from the Spring Grove Soda factory near the Iowa border to the Northwest Angle, which pokes into the Canadian one. She has a degree in product design from Stanford and co-edited an essay collection about life "before the mortgage" prior to settling in the Twin Cities.


Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan hits the runway at Native Nations Fashion Night

The annual event spotlights Indigenous designers and an artisan market.


Spring's hot gift book features gorgeous found-nature photos

4,000 images later, this Shoreview photographer is still searching for the beauty we usually miss.


Do Minnesota's discount grocery stores really offer cartloads of savings?

Looking past sell-by dates can yield big discounts on everything from pantry staples to produce. Here's what we found.


Is the Too Good to Go restaurant discount app too good to be true?

We shopped the app that helps restaurants reduce waste while giving shoppers steep discounts.


Duluth pub responds to Cargill's diss by serving Cheerios with its beer

The community is also donating boxes of the cereal to local food shelves.


A Minnesota chef trusted these kids to cater his wedding

High-school culinary students cook like pros at their bacon-scented state championship.


Charming Ojai is Hollywood's playground for a reason

Just outside Los Angeles, this hidden gem has ranches, vineyards and spas for a great girlfriends getaway.


Not going anywhere for spring break? Try these fun Twin Cities area family activities

Get slimed, grab a joystick, brave a cold plunge.


Gucci, Max Mara, and Breitling are coming to Southdale

The Edina center is renovating a new luxury shopping wing , redefining "the mall."


A Minneapolis woman's Kia was stolen 5 times: 'I am going out of my mind'

Thousands of Minnesotans have experienced the material and psychological toll of having their vehicles stolen.