Greater Minnesota

From Red Wing to Vancouver
For more than three decades, Riedell Shoes has made skate boots for national, world and Olympic athletes. This year, the Red Wing-based company made custom skates for five figure skaters competing in the Vancouver games.
The Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa apparently will be able to repurchase some land within the northeastern Minnesota reservation.
A family deployment
With three members of the Howe family serving in the military, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are a constant part of their lives.