Greater Minnesota

December 23, 2009 3:00 PM

Cultures clash among classmates at SE Minn. schools

Parents are looking for answers to cultural clashes after several large fights have broken out between Somali students and white and African Americans students.

by Elizabeth Baier

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December 23, 2009 3:00 AM

Hope fades for a hospital in a county without one

Cass is one of only seven counties in Minnesota that doesn't have a hospital. A task force worked for years to get one built on a site near Walker, Minn., but the effort has lost a key supporter.

by Tom Robertson

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December 22, 2009 5:17 PM

Winona woman accused of causing painful injury

Authorities in Winona are considering whether to charge a woman accused of grabbing a man by the genitals and yanking hard enough for him to need stitches.

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December 22, 2009 2:49 PM

The Bentleyville 'Tour of Lights'

The Bentleyville "Tour of Lights" annual lighting display has grown so large that this year that founder Nathan Bentley moved it from Cloquet to Duluth's Bayfront Festival Park.

by Bob Kelleher and Nathaniel Minor

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December 22, 2009 1:47 PM

Massive Duluth lights show goes green

With its 14 miles of holiday lights, The Bentleyville "Tour of Lights" in Duluth will burn through 72,000 kilowatts of electricity.

by Bob Kelleher

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December 22, 2009 1:03 PM

Tennessee man to be committed in Rochester death

An Olmsted County judge has ordered a Tennessee man found not guilty of homicide by reason of mental illness to be civilly committed.

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December 22, 2009 1:01 PM

No charges in Moorhead apartment shooting

Prosecutors say a Moorhead man won't be charged for shooting and killing a 17-year-old boy who confronted him in his apartment last June.

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December 22, 2009 9:44 AM

Duluth girl's Flat Stanley spends day with Obama

A third-grader from Duluth has a friend in common with President Barack Obama.

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December 22, 2009 9:42 AM

Minn. agency rejects New Ulm wind energy project

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has rejected a permit for New Ulm's proposed wind-power project.

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December 21, 2009 7:07 PM

State regulators reject New Ulm wind energy project

The PUC voted unanimously to block the city of New Ulm's planned wind farm in Nicollet County.

by Mark Steil

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