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Greater Minnesota

Two Harbors Marine remembered

Two Harbors Marine remembered

A Marine from Two Harbors, Minn., who was killed last week in Afghanistan, is being remembered as a warm and dedicated soldier and friend.
by Tim Nelson

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Minn., Wis. lawmakers meet to discuss tax reciprocity

Wisconsin and Minnesota state lawmakers will send a joint letter to Govs. Tim Pawlenty and Jim Doyle asking them to save a program that allows residents working in one state but living in the other to file one tax return.

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Reenactors turn back the centuries in Minn.

Reenactors turn back the centuries in Minn.

At the Big Island Rendezvous & Festival, the participants know each other as fur traders, canoeman and beadworkers, but in their day-to-day lives they often work regular jobs.

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Minnesota couple nurtures endangered farm animals

Minnesota couple nurtures endangered farm animals

Our quest to protect endangered animals can take us to some very wild places. In this case it leads to a place very tame: A small farm in Lac qui Parle County.

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Dakota County guard cartoons jail life

Dakota County guard cartoons jail life

Over the past two years, correctional deputy Joe Engesser has managed to combine his day job with his skills as a cartoonist, producing humorous one-panel sketches of daily life inside the Dakota County Jail.
by Madeleine Baran

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School bus crash forces cancellation of homecoming

A crash between a car and a school bus carrying the Ely High School football team led officials to cancel Friday night's homecoming game and dance at Onamia High School.

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Corn crop harvest increased by warm weather

Warm September weather helped increase the size of the Minnesota corn crop and the U.S. Agriculture Department says state farmers should harvest more than 1.2 billion bushels.
by Mark Steil

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Rochester school honors civil rights activist

This weekend, residents of Rochester, Minn., will dedicate a new elementary school which is named in honor of George Gibbs, a civil rights activist, a military veteran, an entrepreneur -- and the first African-American to set foot on Antarctica.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Sheriff: Man shot by deputies fired handgun

Authorities in Sherburne County said the 47-year-old man who was fatally shot last week by two sheriff's deputies fired a handgun during the confrontation.

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