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Statewide Blog

Blue Earth vote in doubt

The governor’s race is not the only contest from last week’s election where the outcome is in doubt. Voters in the city of Blue Earth in southern Minnesota are waiting to hear what happens with a city governance issue which was on the ballot. It asked whether Blue Earth should change how it elects city…
by Mark Steil

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New MnDOT center open in Mankato

New MnDOT center open in Mankato

Photo courtesy of Minnesota Department of Transportation Officials with the Minnesota Department of Transportation invite the public to see the new multi-transportation center in Mankato this week. An open house is set for 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The building is located at 2151 Bassett Drive, east of Hwy 22 in Mankato. The new multi-transportation…
by Elizabeth Baier

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Effort launched to restore Ely Pioneer mine complex

Effort launched to restore Ely Pioneer mine complex

A major fund raising drive is underway to help clean up the site of the former Pioneer Mine in Ely and preserve the buildings there to become the Ely Arts and Heritage Center. The complex across from the Grand Ely Lodge near Shagawa Lake is what remains on the surface of the underground Pioneer mine.…

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U.S. Border Patrol shares new International Falls space with State Patrol

Minnesota State Patrol officers stationed in International Falls are now operating out of the U.S. Border Patrol's new facility in that community. It's the first time in history that Border Patrol agents and State Patrol officers work out of the same facility.

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Skunked again – literally

Skunked again – literally

Perhaps you’ve seen the Seinfeld episode of the horrible smell that just wouldn’t go away – the smell that no amount of washing could remove. I now have some idea what inspired that show – a skunk. For it was a skunk that I encountered early on a recent morning; and the memory lingers still…

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Dispatch from Southeast Minnesota

Dispatch from Southeast Minnesota

Elizabeth Baier, who covers Southeast Minnesota for Minnesota Public Radio News, reviews stories on her beat during Morning Edition with Cathy Wurzer. Elizabeth discussed the contest between Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Walz and his Republican challenger Randy Demmer in Minnesota’s 1st District. She also talked about the potential loss of Rochester Public Schools Superintendent Romain…
by David Cazares

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