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June 9, 2015 4:00 AM

Programs give farmers incentive to create bee habitat

By seeding patches of land with native prairie grasses and flowering plants, farmers can improve habitat for pollinators and harvest a bit of cash as well.

by Dan Gunderson

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June 1, 2015 5:25 PM

Busy border rail line reopens after bridge fire

Three days after a bridge fire south of International Falls, trains are rolling again over a temporary structure.

by John Enger

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May 8, 2015 4:00 AM

Minnesota pulls out all the stops to protect walleye

Minnesota takes drastic actions to protect the state's crown jewel fish, among them using sharpshooters to kill thousands of birds that eat the fish walleye feed on.

by John Enger

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May 7, 2015 4:00 AM

Iron Range mobile team offers mental health help to go

Iron Range residents dealing with mental health issues have a new tool, a mobile crisis team from the Wellstone Center for Crisis Stabilization.

by Jennifer Vogel

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December 10, 2014 4:21 PM

Stearns Co. domestic abuse court held up as national example

The Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women designated the court as a "mentor court" this fall. The county will receive grant money to train other locations over the next two years to develop similar programs.

by Tom Crann

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November 21, 2014 8:58 AM

Fond du Lac Band of Minnesota Chippewa joins buyback program

The Fond du Lac Band of Minnesota Chippewa is among 21 Indian communities in 12 states that will join a federal land buyback program by 2017.

by The Associated Press

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November 21, 2014 8:36 AM

Duluth airport opens parking garage, skyway

The new structures will open Friday and allow travelers to go to and from the airport without stepping outside.

by The Associated Press

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November 18, 2014 11:29 AM

Experts issue dozens of recommendations for Minn. sex offender program

A federal court appointed the experts to review Minnesota's commitment program for sex offenders as part of litigation alleging it's unconstitutional.

by Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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November 10, 2014 12:18 PM

Fargo police chief resigns

The resignation comes after a review found that police department discipline policies were causing low morale.

by Dan Gunderson

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July 27, 2014 3:00 PM

Lake of the Woods terns gamble wrong on 2014 floods

It wasn't a great year for the shoreline wildlife of Lake of the Woods. Flood waters from the saturated Rainy River watershed poured into the lake starting in June.

by John Enger

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