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Community solar project gets started in Minneapolis

Community solar project gets started in Minneapolis

    A business on East Lake Street in Minneapolis is showing off its roof, which will soon be home to a community solar garden. No, there won’t be any plants on that roof, but the concept is similar to a community garden: People invest in the array to cover their electricity needs, just as…
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Should foie gras be banned in Minnesota?

Should foie gras be banned in Minnesota?

A June protest in Minneapolis targeted 112 Eatery. Protesters picketed up and down the block in front of the restaurant in opposition to foie gras — duck or goose liver pate. The Animal Rights Coalition waved signs printed with photography of abused ducks and held those signs against the restaurant’s picture window glass so the…
by Michael Olson

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5 things to do in Northfield

5 things to do in Northfield

If you drive into Northfield from the west, you’ll be greeted by a pleasant oatmeal-like aroma, courtesy of the Malt-O-Meal Factory. Malt-O-Meal operates the old Ames Mill, originally built in 1869, and Northfield is the only place the company’s hot cereals are produced. It seems fitting that this wholesome American icon is produced in Northfield,…
by Molly Bloom

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Minneapolis Fire Dept. makes more medical runs

Minneapolis Fire Dept. makes more medical runs

Calls for medical help make up an increasing share of the Minneapolis Fire Department’s work load, according to its annual statistical report. The department received nearly 2,000 more calls for emergency medical service than it got in 2011 — an increase of 5 percent. Since 2003, EMS calls have risen 13 percent. But while medical…
by Curtis Gilbert

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St. Louis County Commissioner Steve O’Neil remembered as man with “conviction”

St. Louis County Commissioner Steve O’Neil remembered as man with “conviction”

St. Louis County commissioner and longtime community organizer Steve O’Neil died Tuesday from a rare and aggressive form of thyroid cancer. He was 63. O’Neil moved to Duluth in the 1970s to earn his master’s degree at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He went on to help form Minnesota COACT, an advocacy group focusing on…
by Dan Kraker

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