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Greater Minnesota

PolyMet copper-nickel mine: Economic opportunity or too environmentally risky?

PolyMet copper-nickel mine: Economic opportunity or too environmentally risky?

This Friday the public will get its first peek at a long anticipated environmental study of one of the state's most controversial development projects in years: copper and nickel mining in northeastern Minnesota.
by Elizabeth Dunbar and Dan Kraker

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Mayo announces $72M hospital expansion project

Mayo announces $72M hospital expansion project

Mayo Clinic officials announced a $72.1 million expansion to parts of Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester. The project includes adding five floors to the Mary Brigh East Building and renovating the third floor of the Domitilla Building at Saint Marys Hospital, according to a news release. In all, it will add nearly 132,000 square feet Read more →
by Elizabeth Baier

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At 94, Minn. hunter still keen to get into the woods

At 94, Minn. hunter still keen to get into the woods

Paul Sersha remembers the first deer he shot, in about 1935. And he sure remembers the last deer he shot. It happened about 9:30 a.m. on opening day of Minnesota's firearms deer season this fall, sitting in his ground blind just west of Virginia.

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Minn. couple go 'Far North' to start craft distillery

Minn. couple go 'Far North' to start craft distillery

One evening, Mike Swanson poured himself a whiskey, leaned back and wondered how he and his wife could squeeze more money from grain and smooth over farming's boom-and-bust cycles. The answer came from the glass in his hand.
by Dan Gunderson

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Unlicensed pilot expected to plead guilty to theft

A Minnesota prosecutor says an 18-year-old who doesn't have a pilot's license is expected to plead guilty to stealing an airplane and taking it for joyrides.

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Duluth woman charged with $800K jewelry theft

A Duluth woman began pawning jewelry from the store where she worked to make ends meet, but the thefts escalated until she had taken nearly $800,000 worth, according to police and court records.

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