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Easy, cheap ways to get outside this summer

Easy, cheap ways to get outside this summer

Yes, it’s already August, but there’s still plenty of time to get outside and have fun before the fall chill blows in. Here are some cheap or free ways to get outdoors with the whole family.
by Sara Porter

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Woman’s kayaking hobby brings delight, discovery at 106

Woman’s kayaking hobby brings delight, discovery at 106

Pat Marble, just a few weeks shy of 107, still spends her summers at the family lake house in Northome, about four and a half hours north of the Twin Cities where she lives. At the lake, she sleeps on the porch, and says she doesn’t do much housework anymore. But she has picked up a new hobby: kayaking.
by Britta Greene

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‘Just crazy’: Boys haul monster sturgeon from Minnehaha Creek

‘Just crazy’: Boys haul monster sturgeon from Minnehaha Creek

Two Edina boys tubing down the west metro creek on a July afternoon hauled the catch of a lifetime, lassoing the beast and dragging it onto the bank without wetting a hook. And it’s all captured on YouTube.
by Tim Nelson

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On the North Shore, many hands work to help a dying forest

On the North Shore, many hands work to help a dying forest

Insects, invasives and hotter temps are laying waste to Minnesota’s northeastern forests. People are working now to rebuild the North Woods, making them more resilient to climate change without losing the grandeur Minnesotans know and love.
by Cody Nelson

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Rattlesnake squad comes to the rescue — of the snakes

Rattlesnake squad comes to the rescue — of the snakes

When temperatures soar in southeastern Minnesota, homeowners tend to have more run-ins with the typically shy, and threatened, timber rattlesnake. When that happens, the rattlesnake responders are called in.
by Dan Kraker

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