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Greater Minnesota

Army Corps prepares to take on huge Red River diversion project

Army Corps prepares to take on huge Red River diversion project

A $1.4 billion project that would divert floodwaters from the Red River around the Fargo-Moorhead area is the largest, most complex project ever undertaken by the Army Corps of Engineers in this region. Some design elements of the 36-mile diversion channel have never been used before.
by Dan Gunderson

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Duluth zoo offers unlikely objects for its animals

Duluth zoo offers unlikely objects for its animals

Zoo professionals are using a wide variety of objects to stimulate their animals' senses. It's known as enrichment, and it's one of the things the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth must show it's doing to regain the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums accreditation it lost in 2006.

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Plotting a new state park on Lake Vermilion

Plotting a new state park on Lake Vermilion

Lake Vermilion State Park is a near-wilderness area on a lake that's popular with anglers and jet-skiers. Some visitors will want to limit development, but local folks want attractions that will help create jobs.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Farmer asks judge to lift embargo on his raw milk sales

Dairy farmer Michael Hartmann wants Dakota County District Court Judge Rex Stacey to remove a state-imposed embargo on food sales from his southern Minnesota farm. State officials say eight people contracted E. coli from raw milk products they got from the Hartmann farm.
by Mark Steil

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