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Slow food, slow travel could build rural tourism

MORRIS, Minn – Lucky for small towns, many of the things they do best, like growing local food and wine and making things by hand, are now in vogue. That was the message at a filled-to-the-brim seminar on tourism and rural economies during the final day of the two-day Rural Arts and Culture Summit at Read more →
by Jennifer Vogel

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Bees to find home on Minneapolis City Hall’s green roof

Bees to find home on Minneapolis City Hall’s green roof

What’s the buzz at Minneapolis City Hall? Honeybees. Mayor R.T. Rybak and the chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Charlie Vig, will show off City Hall’s new beehives today. No, they won’t be buzzing around the hallways stinging the parking enforcement officers, they’ll be on City Hall’s green roof. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community donated…
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Old buildings can be cheap foundation for small town arts

MORRIS, Minn. – Sometimes the perfect use for that old, empty, neglected building on Main Street is as an art gallery or studio space. During the first day of a two-day conference exploring the intersection of arts and rural economic development at the University of Minnesota Morris, presenters discussed a farm house turned into an Read more →
by Jennifer Vogel

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How do you feel about the role zoos play in protecting threatened species?

How do you feel about the role zoos play in protecting threatened species?

The new Gorilla Forest exhibit at Como zoo opens today and will be home to seven gorillas, six of which are new to the zoo. The $11 million redesign includes what is said to be the largest all-mesh enclosure in North America. The changes to the exhibit exceed the requirements for holding, exhibiting and managing…
by Michael Olson

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Worthington ice storm clean-up continues

Work crews in Worthington in southwest Minnesota are still clearing away debris from an early April ice storm. That includes about 750 trees from parks and other city property.
by Mark Steil

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Yearning for arts can spur small town economic development

MORRIS, Minn. — If you want to get people in your small town interested in arts as an engine for job and business growth, the first step is to avoid the word “arts.” That was one of the messages delivered this morning at the Rural Arts and Culture Summit, a two-day conference at the University Read more →
by Jennifer Vogel

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How rare is a bear attack in Minnesota?

How rare is a bear attack in Minnesota?

The Department of Natural Resources says an Aitkin County woman is OK after being involved in something that almost never happens in Minnesota — an attack by a black bear. According to the DNR: …the incident on Monday began when the woman let her dog outside after checking to make sure the bears, which had…
by Bob Collins

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Photos: Farmers scramble to buy feed for cattle

Photos: Farmers scramble to buy feed for cattle

Farmers in the upper Midwest are scrambling to buy feed from Colorado, South Dakota and other states. They're also stretching what they have now while they plant more seed. But even that's proving to be a challenge.

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