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The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board said that 15 ash trees in or near Tower Hill Park have now been infested with the destructive beetle. State officials say they have identified another 25 park trees where infestation is suspected.
On March 3, with no fanfare, two welders sparked a torch and linked two pieces of pipe in Superior, the final touch in the 1,000-mile Alberta Clipper oil pipeline.
A Cannon Falls man accused of poaching a world-record eight-point buck has pleaded guilty to three charges and was sentenced to 245 days in jail.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department says a mule deer killed by a hunter last fall in western Sioux County tested positive. The county is in south central North Dakota.