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Photos: Firefighters battle blaze near Park Rapids

Photos: Firefighters battle blaze near Park Rapids

The Minnesota Interagency Fire Center says the Green Valley Fire near Menahga in Wadena County has prompted evacuations and has damaged some structures in the area.

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Photos: Senate passes same-sex marriage bill

Photos: Senate passes same-sex marriage bill

The Minnesota Senate on Monday joined the House in approving a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Gov. Mark Dayton will sign the bill into law Tuesday. Minnesota will be the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage and the first Midwestern state to do so via legislative action.

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MPR photos of the week: Marriage, kayaking, walleye and more

MPR photos of the week: Marriage, kayaking, walleye and more

The Minnesota House OKs a same-sex marriage bill, spring runoff bring out the kayakers in Duluth, the Wild are out of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and it's going to be an icy walleye opener up north. All that and more in our photos of the week.

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Photos: Passions high at Capitol for same-sex marriage House vote

Photos: Passions high at Capitol for same-sex marriage House vote

Less than six months after a GOP-backed Minnesota constitutional amendment aimed at banning same-sex marriage failed at the polls, the new Democratic-led Legislature voted Thursday, May 9, 2013, to legalize it. As lawmakers debated and voted, thousands of supporters and opponents of the bill rallied in the Capitol's rotunda.

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Photos: North Shore thaw brings world-class kayaking

Photos: North Shore thaw brings world-class kayaking

Along the North Shore of Lake Superior, streams like the Lester River in Duluth are roaring, full of chocolate-brown, frothy, churning spring runoff. It's that time of year when hikers are warned to stay away from the creeks -- and when kayakers like Chris Baer flock to them.
by Dan Kraker

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Minnesota Scenes: Your April

Minnesota Scenes: Your April

By this time of year we'd hoped to be taking your photos of spring breaking out all over. But endless winter was on a lot of peoples' minds.

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